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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2024
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
A pipeline pig includes a main body with a conduit extending therethrough which defines a conical inlet converging to a throat and a conical outlet diverging from the throat such that the conduit is venturi-shaped. The pig further includes turbine blades disposed in the conical outlet about a longitudinal axis of the conduit and one or more scraper heads. When the pig is disposed within the pipe, the longitudinal axis of the conduit is parallel to and coincident with a longitudinal axis of the pipe, and, as a fluid flowing in the pipe pushes the pig through the pipe, at least a portion of the fluid flows into the conduit and through the throat and thence across the turbine blades, thereby imparting rotation on the one or more scraper heads as the scraper heads scrape the interior wall of the pipe.
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