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Record 1 2006-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Technology - Maintenance
  • Oil and Gas Distribution Facilities
OBS

Pigging has been used for many years to clean larger diameter pipelines in the oil industry. ... Pigging is the cleaning out of pipelines, between processes, with a special contoured plug or Pig. The pig is driven down the pipeline by compressed gas, fluid or even product to give a clean line ready for reuse. A pig can be used either as a separator between two products, or as a method of cleaning out the pipeline at the end of a batch transfer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien (Technologie pétrolière)
  • Install. de distrib. (Pétrole et gaz naturel)

Spanish

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