Pigs. Oil. Brushes. Swine art? Nay – or oink? Either way, you’re way off. Pig brushes mean oil pipeline cleaning for some of the world’s biggest oil companies – and they’re connected to Galaxy Brushes ...

Of all the technologies available to maintain the United States' 2 million miles of pipelines, one of the most critical devices evokes images of a muddy farm animal — the pig. Now erase the image. The ...

While buildup in a pipeline can cause transmittal slows or even plugging of the pipeline, cracks or flaws in the line can be disastrous. A form of flow assurance for oil and gas pipelines and ...

Around one-third of the world's gas pipelines can be inspected using 'pipeline pigs'. These cylindrical devices have figured in three James Bond movies, in one case being modified to secretly ...

Pipeline pigging is the practice of propelling a device (“pig”) through a pipeline using product flow or a separate driving fluid to clean, inspect, or separate batches. It safeguards throughput, ...