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A portable pig launcher and receiver to enable maintenance and smart pigging of production pipelines

Conference ·
OSTI ID:268181
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  1. ARCO Alaska, Inc., Anchorage, AK (United States)
  2. NANA/Test, Anchorage, AK (United States)
Many oil fields on the North Slope were built without pig launchers and receivers in production gathering lines. Maintenance cleaning and smart pigging of selected lines have become necessary as the field matures. This paper discusses the field background, design considerations, and test strategy for a portable pig launcher designed to ease the task of pigging multiple lines with a single facility.
OSTI ID:
268181
Report Number(s):
CONF-960389--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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