Before a North Dakota wheat farmer discovered an oil spill on his land on Sept. 29, the owner of the pipeline had used a high-tech device to detect problems on the line. San Antonio-based Tesoro ...

Baker Hughes has acquired Cornerstone Pipeline Inspection Group, a privately held company that owns a fleet of so-called "smart pigs" for doing pipeline inspections. In this case, the pigs are not ...

They may not say "oink" or eat from a trough, but Pacific Gas and Electric Co. officials hope the company's "Smart Pig" pipe inspections will help save their bacon. A robotic "Smart Pig," made and ...

HOUSTON — The Deer Park natural gas pipeline fire last September was sparked when a driver intentionally crashed into an above-ground valve, igniting a fire that burned for approximately 80 hours. The ...

Last year Kirkland, Wash.-based National Energy Systems Company (NESCO), operator of the gas-fired Sumas 1 cogeneration plant in Whatcom County, Wash., conducted an extremely thorough examination of ...

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 ...