TIOGA, N.D. -- An inspection of a pipeline that leaked 20,600 barrels of oil near Tioga, N.D., showed a "serious problem" but the company did not receive the test results until after the spill ...

The maintenance and integrity of pipeline networks are critical to global energy infrastructure. Pipeline inspection and pigging operations employ specialised devices – commonly known as PIGs ...

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 ...

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 ...

Public safety is the overriding goal in having new and better testing, but even new technology doesn't mean fast results. It would take an analyst two months in Texas to analyze all the data that ...

Statoil ASA has installed and commissioned about 8,000 km of subsea pipelines in the North Sea area since 1985, including several of the world’s largest offshore gas trunklines. Commissioning and ...

A few weeks ago British Petroleum, administrator and partial owner of Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay oil field, announced that recent tests had revealed corrosion in the pipeline system and shut down production ...