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PICA: Pipeline Inspection and Condition Analysis Corporation has been incorporated in Canada and the USA.
PICA(pronounced peeka has several meanings, one of which is a very small measurement … just like the fine resolution measurements made by our See Snake and HydroScope Tools).

Russell will perform free-swimming See Snake™ inspection of 27km of epoxy lined pipeline for Cenovus in Central Alberta. Special centralizers were developed to ensure that the in-line inspection tool does not scratch or damage the epoxy liner. Special thanks to Dan Lingnau for this innovation, which was originally developed for HDPE lined pipe inspection for Shell Canada.

Mr. Vijay Das, (Assistant Director) and Ms. Chong Mien Ling (Executive Engineer) of Singapore P.U.B. visited Russell’s head office in Edmonton on Saturday, March 27th. Our guests were brought to us by Mr. Gordon Heinrich of Red Zone Robotics (Pittsburgh office) at the request of Mr. Wing Chan of the Chun Wo Company (Hong Kong Office).

A big “Thank You” to Greg Stamer, Machine Shop Supervisor, for creating the new Russell NDE sign for our lobby. Greg created the individual letters of “RUSSELL” using the CNC Mill and polished aluminum plate.