Not all gas pipelines can be serviced by maintenance pigs, but the sensor data from ones that can are providing mountains of vital information.

The "pig," in this case, represents inflation and its tentacles into the global economy. The "python" is the domestic economy.

Hifi HDS providing more value-added commercial applications in addition to preventative pipeline leak detection Hifi Announces New Pipeline Pig Management Application Image 1 CALGARY, Alberta, Feb ...

The operator of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System was on the lookout Monday for a piece of a cleaning device -- called a pig -- that mysteriously got dislodged somewhere inside the 800-mile oil ...

Those unexpected delinquent borrowers have caused a “pig in a python” situation: a huge, overwhelming disruption in the lending pipeline due to archaic technology and poor customer service.

You’ve got to go back a few generations to locate the origins of the phrase “the pig through the python,” but it comes to mind as we see economic machinations dampen our near-term rally on ...