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PIG Launcher & Receiver Heads for Nordstream 2

Commissioned by Allseas, Hollandia Systems has realised 7 PIG launcher and receiver heads for the Nord Stream 2 AG project (the 2nd pipeline connecting Europe to the Russian gas grid). These heads serve to clean the 2 pipelines of 1200 km before they are put into operation.

This is done as follows: The launcher head fires the ‘PIG’ under very high pressure. This PIG is slightly larger than the inner diameter of the pipe, which cleans and polishes the pipe. The PIG is then collected by the receiver head. Hollandia Systems manufactured these heads before for the Nord Stream 1 project. The PIG owes its name to the sound that is released when it is shot through the pipeline.

ABOUT NORD STREAM 2

In September 2018, Allseas started the construction of the Nord Stream-2 pipeline in the Baltic Sea. Three pipe-layers of Allseas, the Pioneering Spirit, Solitaire and Audacia have been deployed for this purpose. It concerns 2 parallel pipelines with a length of 1200 km and a capacity of 27.5 billion m³ per pipeline.

On 11 April 2019, the first 1000 km, about 80% of the total, was on the seabed of the Baltic Sea.

Source: Wikipedia