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8 STEPS toward Pipeline Cleaning

2019-02-21 | By: H. Marandi

The cleaning procedures of the pipelines are set in 8 steps. The output of each stage is the next step's prerequisite. These steps are based on IPEC's successful experience and technical standards.

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A Decade of Informative & Successful Experiences

2019-02-21 | By:

After a decade of effort and accomplishment of 25 successful projects in the field of engineering services, Hydro-testing, Pre-commissioning, Nitrogen Services, Cleaning and Maintaining of offshore and onshore pipelines. 

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Pipeline Pre-Commissioning at a Glance

2019-01-26 | By: Ali Sadedel

The stages of a typical Pipeline Pre-Commissioning project are explained in the following illustration. The activities in each stage have to be performed according to the approved technical procedure. It is important to finish each stage and then commence the next stage because completion of one stage affects the upcoming stages as well.

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Most Common Pig Stuck Reasons in South Pars Pipelines

2018-10-10 | By: IPEC Co.

Pigs getting stuck in a pipeline is not a rare case during pipeline pre-commissioning operations. The real challenge is how to deal with it. The most common problems that usually happen in pipelines in South Pars Gas Field leading to pig stuck or stall conditions can be summarized as follows: - Collision of vessel anchors with pipeline and sticking to it, causing damage and buckling to the pipeline; - High length and low diameter (which…

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Data analysis underpins successful pig rescue on small-diameter pipeline

2018-10-10 | By: Pooya Gholami

 The ability to pig a pipeline is crucial to maintenance and other operations such as pre-commissioning on the pipeline. Usually, high-length low-diameter pipelines are difficult to pig, and therefore produce a complicated pigging operation. There are several parameters that cause the pig(s) to get stuck. These include cleanliness of the pipeline; an accumulated amount of debris and corrosion product; pipeline dents or buckles; and erosion of pig disks. Recently, a pigging operation was performed in a…

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