The Pipeline Inspection Gauge can detect abrasions the size of a dime inside a pipeline.
That’s one of the tools TransCanada uses to as part of their safety maintenance and North Bay media got up close with the device known as a PIG. Regional Director for Ontario Stefan Baranski says they were showing off the PIG because they want to be transparent in their process.
He says this gives them a real sense of the condition of the pipeline on a very detailed level.
Baranski says they already have a very good sense in real time of what is happening along the pipeline, but the PIG gives them a sense of the condition both inside and outside the pipeline.
Baranski says the data collected from the PIG will be used to determine what kind of maintenance is needed, if any.
He says this tool is all about taking pre-emptive measures to avoid emergency situations.
