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 ...

A pipe cleaning technology developed in the United Kingdom has been trialled for the first time in an irrigation network. Irrigation pipes can get clogged with weeds, sand, shells and even snails. Ice ...

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 ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Officials with the University of Alaska Museum of the North say Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. has donated an oil pipeline cleaning device called a pig. “Super Pig Hybrid-B” is ...

The University of Bristol’s patented ice pigging technology for cleaning pipes has grown into a global industry. Until the early 2000s, the essential cleaning of industrial pipes was only possible ...

BP decided to shut down its largest Alaskan oil field after inspections by "smart pigs" — multimillion dollar robots that root through the pipelines — showed damage from corrosion. But the pigs still ...

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 ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The operator of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System was on the lookout Monday for a piece of a cleaning device -- called a pig -- that mysteriously got dislodged somewhere ...