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Pigging Pressure and Flow Guidelines

This document provides guidelines for typical pigging pressures and liquid or gaseous flows through pipes of various diameters when launching or running pipeline pigs. It lists recommended pressure ranges in psi needed for different pipe sizes during pigging operations. It also includes estimated liquid flow rates in gallons per minute and gas flow rates in standard cubic feet per minute that can be achieved at various pipe velocities. The document notes that the volumes and pressures provided are approximate guidelines and may vary depending on specific pipe, fluid, and pig factors.

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Pigging Pressure and Flow Guidelines

This document provides guidelines for typical pigging pressures and liquid or gaseous flows through pipes of various diameters when launching or running pipeline pigs. It lists recommended pressure ranges in psi needed for different pipe sizes during pigging operations. It also includes estimated liquid flow rates in gallons per minute and gas flow rates in standard cubic feet per minute that can be achieved at various pipe velocities. The document notes that the volumes and pressures provided are approximate guidelines and may vary depending on specific pipe, fluid, and pig factors.

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Suggested Pigging

Pressures & Flows


Pipe I.D.

Typical Pigging Pressure


in psi

Liquid Flow gpm

Gaseous Flow scfm

Launching

Running

3 fps

5 fps

5 fps

10 fps

2"

100-200

40-100

30

50

21

98

3"

100-150

35-85

70

100

46

172

4"

75-125

30-80

120

200

70

273

6"

50-100

30-75

250

450

134

498

8"

30-80

25-70

450

800

238

749

10"

30-60

25-50

750

1,250

317

957

12"

30-50

20-45

1,000

1,800

458

1,223

14"

20-50

15-40

1,400

2,500

518

1,665

16"

15-45

10-40

1,800

3,000

540

1,901

18"

15-40

10-30

2,000

4,000

683

2,406

20"

10-25

5-20

2,800

5,000

843

2,542

24"

10-25

5-20

4,000

7,000

1,214

3,661

30"

10-20

5-15

7,000

11,000

1,897

4,757

36"

10-20

5-10

10,000

16,000

2,732

6,850

40"

10-20

5-10

12,000

20,000

3,373

8,457

42"

10-20

5-10

13,000

22,000

3,718

9,324

48"

10-20

5-10

17,000

27,500

4,857

12,178

54"

10-20

5-10

22,000

38,000

6,147

15,413

60"

10-20

5-10

26,000

42,000

7,588

19,029

72"

10-20

5-10

37,000

65,000

10,927

27,402

Notes: Volumes and pressures are approximate and guidelines only. These are not to be considered
as absolute requirements. Requirements will vary according to type of pipe, fluid, materials in the
pipe, viscosity, temperature and type of pig.

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