When Pigs Fly

Pigging is the term used in the oilfield for sending devices through the pipelines to scrape, clean, and monitor. Smart pigs are capable of detecting corrosion levels in the pipe. Regardless of what the pig is doing, it must be launched and received.
Much of this winters work has consisted of preparing for these mods. We built ice roads and drove pilings, welded caps, and did lots of piping work to accomodate the new routes that these pigs will take throughout the field from the drill pads to the processing facilities. The lifting and setting of these pig mods was a much anticipated, high profile, very dynamic job. And we pulled it off in two nights without a hitch.