Inline Services was established in Houston, Texas in 1991 to offer pigging equipment and associated technical services. Our founders are an experienced team of industry professionals in the areas of construction and management of pipelines.
We soon moved our operations to Tomball, Texas and expanded our facility to include substantial warehouse space, manufacturing equipment and quality control capabilities with the goal to become an industry leader in the design and manufacture of pipeline pigs and pig parts including poly foam, urethane, steel mandrel, urethane discs, cups and gauge plates. Our larger space and robust manufacturing operations allowed us to stock extensive product inventory for quick order turn-a-round to our customers anywhere in the world.
To complement our pigging products, we began offering pig detection and tracking equipment. Inline established relationships with pig tracking equipment manufacturers and became the exclusive U.S. distributor of the Apache pigPRO™ intrusive pig passage indicators, as well as COMTEL’s AGM’s.
In 2018 Inline Services released our fleet of 1.5D capable Active Speed Control cleaning pigs (SCP) for high velocity gas transmission lines. To accommodate the high demand, Inline leased additional warehouse space in Tomball, TX to house additional field support staff and SCP inventory storage.
In 2020 Inline acquired First Call Enterprises, LLC, a Pipeline Intervention Services company, and formed Inline Pressure Services, LLC, and Inline Fitting Services, LLC. This acquisition allowed us to offer Hot Tapping, Line Plugging Services and Fittings, Hot Tap and Line Plug Equipment Maintenance, Pipe Freezing Services and Operator Qualification Training to our list of value added products and services to the pipeline industry.
Our employees are the backbone of Inline Services growth and success. We pride ourselves in providing a team oriented culture that encourages personal and professional growth. Our dedicated staff is passionate about continuous innovation and assisting pipeline Operators, Construction and Maintenance companies with their cleaning, integrity management and maintenance needs through exemplary customer service and the highest quality products available.
Inline has developed many new products for specific applications. Recent innovations include our Cutter Disc and trademarked Pit Cleaning™ Pig. While we have most applications covered, Inline’s team of technical and sales personnel are always working to create new innovative products that will better enhance your cleaning runs.
Our pipeline cleaning pigs are made to get the job done. Inline’s urethane pigs are made with MAXITHANE™, our proprietary mixture of the highest quality poly resins and curatives able to withhold in some of the worst environments. At Inline, every product goes through an extensive quality control check to ensure it meets the requirements of our customers.
We carry a large inventory to enable next day delivery of many products. Our logistics team is capable of turning orders around quickly making sure our customers are receiving the right product at the right time. At Inline we have a sense of urgency when it comes to shipping because this part of the purchasing process is what gets our product out the door and to our customers.
Our team is dedicated to serving you. Hopefully, you will always find us friendly and knowledgeable. Inline employees are dedicated to working toward the vision of Inline on a daily basis.
At Inline we value our employees and our customers. The are what makes our business successful. Budgets are a fact of life and we always endeavor to be competitive.
At Inline Services safety is something we greatly value. Our company maintains high standards of environmental quality to protect the health and safety of our employees and surrounding communities. We aim to incorporate safety in our business development and daily operations. Inline employees have the right to stop work if they ever feel a situation places themselves, other persons, the facility or the environment around them at risk. The advantage of implementing safety into our workplace is that our staff is able to provide high quality products and services to our customers while guaranteeing safe pigging operations.
With our commitment to operational safety Inline Services strives to:
27731 Commercial Park Road
Tomball, Texas 77375
Tel: +1 -281.401.8142
Toll-Free: +1 -888.973.0079
Fax: +1 -281.401.8147
Simple Pigging System with Drop-Out
Simple Pigging System Closure
This animation demonstrates a simple pigging system closure. Inline’s VIPRS pig is positioned in the launcher as the product is run through the pipeline. At the end of the product run, the VIPRS pig is launched to remove all product from the line. The pig will trigger the indicator to alert that the pig has reached the end of the line.
Bi-Directional Pigging
This animation demonstrates Bi Directional Pigging. Inline’s VIPRS pig positioned in the launcher as product is run through the pipeline. At the end of the product run, the VIPRS pig is launched to remove all product from the line. When the VIPRS pig reaches the JB receiver, the propelling media is turned-off. When this happens the VIPRS pig is resting at the jail bar in the JB receiver; propellant is used on the receiver side of the pig to return it to the launcher.
Automated CIP System
This animation demonstrates a fully automated VIPRS bi directional pigging process system with CIP. Inline’s VIPRS pig is first positioned in the pig launcher. The product is pumped from the storage tank to the destination. The VIPRS pig is then launched to push the remaining product to the destination and captured in the VIPRS wash chamber at the destination station. Next, the CIP solution is pumped through the line to wash the chamber and pig. Finally, the pig pushes the CIP solution out of the piping and leaving the pig clean and ready for the next product run.