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Dutch, Russian firms conduct pigging operations on Iranian oil pipelines network

Oil&Gas Materials 30 November 2014 17:04 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov.30

By Fatih Karimov - Trend: Two Dutch and Russian firms are conducting pigging operations on Iranian oil pipelines network.

Qasem Arab Yarmohammadi, an official with the Iranian Oil Pipelines and Telecommunications Company, said there are over 14,000 kilometers of oil pipelines and telecommunications network across the country, Iran's Mehr news agency reported on No. 30.

He did not provide any details about the foreign companies.

Recently, pigging operations at northern and northeastern parts of the country have been transferred to a Russian company, he said.

'PIG' is an acronym derived from the initial letters of the term 'Pipeline Inspection Gauge. Pigging refers to the practice of using devices known as "pigs" to perform various maintenance operations on a pipeline. This is done without stopping the flow of the product in the pipeline.

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