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Across the world’s energy networks, the integrity of operating pipelines underpins safety, environmental protection, and reliable hydrocarbon delivery. Yet these critical assets face constant threats - corrosion, mechanical damage, ageing infrastructure, and evolving operational demands. When intervention is required, traditional approaches often mean shutting down production, depressurising long pipeline sections, and absorbing significant costs, delays, and supply disruption. That’s a compromise operators can no longer afford.

STATS’ tethered Tecno Plug® technology is transforming how pipeline repair and maintenance is carried out. Designed to deliver leak-tight, double block and bleed isolation, Tecno Plugs enable operators to safely isolate live, pressurised pipelines. But the real benefit of the tethered plug is its short design, allowing it to be set before the production tee so avoiding a shutdown.

By enabling localised isolation rather than complete depressurisation, planned activities can be completed safely, efficiently, and cost-effectively. Whether it’s valve replacements, trunkline repairs, or complex maintenance campaigns.

As the industry drives towards safer operations and a lower-carbon future, independently verified, high-performance isolation technology isn’t optional - it’s essential. Read on to see how tethered Tecno Plugs are helping operators protect their assets, maintain supply, and keep production flowing during the most critical interventions.

STATS’ tethered Tecno Plug offers operators a smarter approach to pipeline repair, maintenance, and modification - keeping production online throughout. Not only this, the design ensures secure deployment and retrieval, while robust sealing capability delivers reliable isolation even in high-pressure, high-consequence applications.

Delivering high-integrity, leak-tight double block and bleed isolation, the system enables safe, controlled intervention on pressurised pipelines. Covering diameters from 3” to 56” and pressures up to 230 bar, the Tecno Plug deploys across a wide range of pipeline configurations, from complex valve stations to major trunklines.

By facilitating localised isolation rather than widespread depressurisation, Tecno Plugs significantly reduce downtime and minimise overall project costs and schedules. That capability is particularly valuable where production continuity, safety performance, and environmental protection are critical priorities.

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