Ultrasound – ‘Smart Pigs’ Keep Oil Pipelines Clean
‘Smart Pigs’ Keep Oil Pipelines Clean
WINK TV – Instead, BP had relied mostly on exterior ultrasound to monitor the pipes’ integrity, believing the risk of corrosion was low because they carried market-ready crude or processed oil that had been stripped of harmful water, gas, and solids. BP now
David Bruce to be president, CEO of EP MedSystems
Philadelphia Inquirer – Bruce had spent nine years at Acuson Corp., a Mountain View, Calif., provider of medical diagnostic ultrasound systems, and in the ultrasound division of Siemens AG. Acuson is a unit of Siemens. Shares in EP MedSystems were up 14 cents, or 9 percent
Veterinary clinic opens in Phillips
Phillips Bee – Among the services provided by the three veterinarians are comprehensive exams, digital dental and body X-rays, in-house blood testing, ultrasound, surgery, behavior appointments, acupuncture, dentistry and chemotherapy. “Chemotherapy offers great
Health calendar
Quad-Cities Times – Ultrasound screening for blocked arteries, aortic aneurysm and hardening of the arteries, Tuesday, Aug. 22, Northgate Place, 1815 E. Kimberly Road, Davenport. Appointments begin at 9 a.m. Cost is $109 for complete vascular screening or $129 for
Federal DOT head tours Alaska oil field
Belleville News-Democrat – Pipeline regulators allowed the company to keep operations going in the western half, which has undergone thousands of recent ultrasound inspections. But BP will have to strip insulation from the pipeline there and continue to conduct ultrasonic