(MENAFN - GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) CALGARY, Alberta, Feb. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hifi Engineering Inc. ('Hifi'), a developer and supplier of next generation fiber optic sensing technology used to monitor assets including pipelines and oil and gas wells, today announced the company has released the HDS Pipeline Pig Management Application (PMA) for pipelines as part of their patented high fidelity distributed sensing (HDS™) platform. HDS is a specialized data interrogation and analysis platform which uses advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence software algorithms to support Hifi's high fidelity fiber optic sensors. The new PMA allows pipeline operators to use the HDS 2.0 platform and web-based HDS Monitor pipeline monitoring interface to manage pipeline pig detection and tracking for their pipeline networks. Pigs are sensed and tracked automatically. The pipeline operator can optionally pre-enter pig identifying information such as a unique ID and final destination into the system. Alerts can be enabled to track the pig by time or by location, including the speed and relative strain of the pig as it travels through the pipe. The web-based HDS Monitor pipeline monitoring interface software will provide notifications to the pipeline control room if a pig stops unexpectedly and when the pig run has been completed (see attached image example).