Pigging


TES provides pigging services to help clients monitor and maintain their pipeline assets. Perhaps you require construction pigging of a new pipeline to check for anomalies. Perhaps you require pigging to clean a pipeline in preparation for final decommissioning. TES will carefully plan these activities and follow through with safe and efficient field execution. Review the services below to learn how we can help you achieve goals.

Decommissioning Pigging

Do you need to displace and clean a pipeline for decommissioning? Do you require long term lay-up of a pipeline? Technical Energy Solutions (TES) conducts mechanical and chemical cleaning of pipelines to meet regulatory requirements. For long-term lay-up,

TES can displace operating fluids and preserve the pipeline with nitrogen or preservation chemicals such as corrosion inhibitor, oxygen scavenger, and biocide.

TES will generate a project-specific engineered procedure combined with a risk assessment to enable safe and efficient field execution. By applying this methodical approach, TES helps you decommission your pipeline. As is customary for TES, parameters are monitored and verified utilizing calibrated instruments to drive safe and efficient operations.

Stuck Pig Removal

Do you need to remove a stuck pig from your pipeline? Technical Energy Solutions (TES) conducts stuck pig removal. First, a thorough review of the information available is conducted. The knowledge and experience of the TES team is then applied to develop a plan utilizing the various purging, flushing, and pigging tools in the TES toolbox.

TES will generate a project-specific engineered procedure combined with a risk assessment to enable safe and efficient field execution. By applying this methodical approach, TES helps you remove the stuck pigs and restore your pipeline to operating conditions. As is customary for TES, parameters are monitored and verified utilizing calibrated instruments to drive safe and efficient operations.

Precommissioning Pigging

Do you need to clean, hydrotest, dewater, dry, and inert a new gas pipeline? Do you need to flush and degrease a speciality services line before putting into service? Technical Energy Solutions (TES) conducts all required pipeline pigging to prepare your new pipeline for start-up. In the case of natural gas pipelines, the following steps are normally required:

  • Construction pigging to remove debris and assess for anomalies
  • Hydrotesting to relevant code specification
  • Dewatering and drying to target dew point
  • Inerting to target oxygen content
  • Inspection tool run to establish baseline

TES will generate a project-specific engineered procedure combined with a risk assessment to enable safe and efficient field execution. By applying this methodical approach, TES helps you meet your pipeline start-up schedule. As is customary for TES, parameters are monitored and verified utilizing calibrated instruments to drive safe and efficient operations.

Maintenance Pigging

Do you need to remove debris to increase pipeline throughput or reduce pressure loss? Do you require pipeline pre-cleaning in advance of pipeline inspection runs? Technical Energy Solutions (TES) conducts mechanical and chemical cleaning of pipelines to restore operating conditions. TES can propel pigs with various fluids including water, nitrogen, as well as pipeline product.

TES will generate a project-specific engineered procedure combined with a risk assessment to enable safe and efficient field execution. By applying this methodical approach, TES helps you restore your pipeline operating conditions. As is customary for TES, parameters are monitored and verified utilizing calibrated instruments to drive safe and efficient operations.

Inspection Pigging

Do you require external support to propel pipeline inspection tools? Do you require pipeline pre-cleaning in advance of pipeline inspection runs? Technical Energy Solutions (TES) conducts controlled pipeline pigging to help you collect a complete set of data on your pipeline inspection run. TES can propel pigs with various fluids including water, nitrogen, or pipeline product. Critically important to successful data collection is enabling sensor contact with the wall of your pipeline. TES also conducts mechanical and chemical cleaning of pipelines to remove debris and prepare them for inspection runs.

TES will generate a project-specific engineered procedure combined with a risk assessment to enable safe and efficient field execution. By applying this methodical approach, TES helps you inspect your pipeline on the first run. As is customary for TES, parameters are monitored and verified utilizing calibrated instruments to drive safe and efficient operations.

Batch Treatment Pigging

Do you need to batch treat your pipeline with corrosion inhibitor or biocide for integrity purposes? Do you require batch treatment to remove paraffins and waxes? Technical Energy Solutions (TES) conducts batch injection of speciality chemicals to help you accomplish your maintenance and integrity requirements.

TES will generate a project-specific engineered procedure combined with a risk assessment to enable safe and efficient field execution. By applying this methodical approach, TES helps you to safely treat your pipeline. As is customary for TES, parameters are monitored and verified utilizing calibrated instruments to drive safe and efficient operations.

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