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Pig Tracking Case Study: Leapfrogging Two Geophone AGMs on an MFL Run
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  • 26 October 2026

Case Study: Hearing the Pig Coming: Leapfrog Tracking of an MFL Run in West Texas

A third-party pig tracking company tracked a 2-mile MFL inline inspection run in West Texas using just two Propipe North America APEX Above Ground Markers (AGMs) fitted with geophones. The tool carried no transmitter, so the APEX units detected its strong magnetic signature while the geophones picked up its sound. The crew leapfrogged the two units ahead of the pig, streamed data live over cellular, and detected every passage.

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: Satellite Pig Tracking in Mountain Terrain
  • By admin
  • 19 October 2026

Case Study: Satellite Pig Tracking in Mountain Terrain

A third-party pig tracking company tracked an MFL inline inspection run on a mountain pipeline just outside Salt Lake City, Utah. Propipe North America’s APEX Above Ground Markers (AGMs) covered most of the tracking points: units near the city reported over cellular, and units in the remote mountain sections used Iridium satellite modules. The markers were hibernated after early deployment, woken remotely on run day, and all data was collected for the run.

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