pig survey

15:57 Jan 7, 2006
English to Danish translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Petroleum Eng/Sci / Inspection of pipelines
English term or phrase: pig survey
The on-going corrosion status is verified by monitoring equipment at Ula and Tambar. The monitoring shows that the corrosion in the UGIP pipeline is under control. An intelligent pig survey was also conducted 9 months after the tie-in. No signs of corrosion were detected.
kate persson


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5 +1undersøgelse med rengøringssonde (pig)
Sven Petersson


  

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undersøgelse med rengøringssonde (pig)


Explanation:
The cleaning probe, called "pig" in English and "Molch" in German, is moved along the pipe by product pressure. The English name is derived from the sound the probe makes when travelling through the pipe; it sounds like a feeding pig.

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Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 05:44
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish

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