11/12/2025
In the Benin Oredo–Ogharafeh 10-inch, 18.5KM intelligent pigging project, one tool quietly shaped the direction of everything that followed, the Calliper tool. Built for precision, it moves through the pipeline like a structured investigator, capturing every dent, restriction, and geometric shift that could influence the performance of the advanced MFL tool deployed after it. Its role may look simple from the outside, but the depth of engineering within it is anything but.
Launching the Calliper requires technical discipline: controlled flow, calibrated mechanisms, careful alignment, and a full understanding of pipeline behaviour. Each reading it captures becomes a safeguard, ensuring the line is fit for the more sensitive, data-heavy MFL inspection. In essence, it acts as the project’s assurance layer, where mechanical accuracy meets operational judgment.
And while these images show only one component of the entire operation, they hint at the level of expertise behind the scenes, teams coordinating, systems aligning, and tools like this ensuring the integrity of the whole inspection. The Calliper run may be just one step, but it is a crucial one.