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Title: Field experiences with intelligent pigs

Abstract

Oil and gas production operations use intelligent pigs for corrosion inspection of gathering systems and pipelines worldwide. The authors have been involved with intelligent pig inspections which have been conducted on over 155 different pipelines owned by one international corporation. A variety of intelligent pig vendors have been used with tools ranging from standard first generation magnetic flux leakage (MFL) to high-resolution MFL to standard and custom made ultrasonic (UT) tools. Experiences encountered during these inspections are discussed and resolutions to many of the problems are described.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. Exxon Co., U.S.A., New Orleans, LA (United States)
  2. Esso R.E.P., Begles (France)
  3. Esso Production Malaysia, Inc., Terengganu (Malaysia)
  4. Esso Australia, Ltd., Victoria, Melbourne (Australia)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
268183
Report Number(s):
CONF-960389-
TRN: IM9634%%255
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) annual corrosion conference and exposition: water and waste water industries, Denver, CO (United States), 24-29 Mar 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Corrosion/96 conference papers; PB: [6615] p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM; 03 NATURAL GAS; PIPELINES; IN-SERVICE INSPECTION; NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; MAINTENANCE FACILITIES; PERFORMANCE; CORROSION PRODUCTS; DETECTION; MAGNETIC TESTING; ULTRASONIC TESTING; HYDROGEN SULFIDES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; PRODUCTIVITY; WALLS; THICKNESS; WAXES; BRINES; DESIGN

Citation Formats

Smith, S N, Duvivier, J P, Lefevre, D E, and Robb, G A. Field experiences with intelligent pigs. United States: N. p., 1996. Web.
Smith, S N, Duvivier, J P, Lefevre, D E, & Robb, G A. Field experiences with intelligent pigs. United States.
Smith, S N, Duvivier, J P, Lefevre, D E, and Robb, G A. 1996. "Field experiences with intelligent pigs". United States.
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abstractNote = {Oil and gas production operations use intelligent pigs for corrosion inspection of gathering systems and pipelines worldwide. The authors have been involved with intelligent pig inspections which have been conducted on over 155 different pipelines owned by one international corporation. A variety of intelligent pig vendors have been used with tools ranging from standard first generation magnetic flux leakage (MFL) to high-resolution MFL to standard and custom made ultrasonic (UT) tools. Experiences encountered during these inspections are discussed and resolutions to many of the problems are described.},
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year = {Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996},
month = {Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996}
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