ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED PIPELINE MONITORING AND CLEANING DEVICE

摘要

The methods and apparatus include a tubing disposed within a conduit. The tubing string (70) is neutrally buoyant or substantially buoyant and has a cleaning and monitoring tool (130) attached to its end. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for removing material from a conduit includes a tubing (70) extending through the conduit and having a flowbore adapted to flow fluids within the tubing (70). The toll preferably includes a plurality of nozzles (330), a sonic measuring device (320) and an expandable element (310).