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Cokebusters International

Name: Cokebusters International
Address: The Armoury Building, Bae/airbus Estate, Chester, CH40GZ, GB
Telephone: +441244531765

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Supporting the energy industry, Cokebusters specialises in mechanical cleaning & pipeline inspection.

29/10/2026

“Just walk past the machine like you’re all in Reservoir Dogs!”

That was the direction given to our operators during a content shoot at the UK Technology Centre and we think they nailed it 😄

Creating marketing content as an engineering, manufacturing and technology company serving heavy industry isn’t always glamorous!

Our team are fabricators, technicians, mechanics, welders and field operators. Most of them would rather be fixing an engine or trialling something on the test loop than posing for a camera... understandably.

But the photos you see on this page are the real people whose work keeps Cokebusters a world-class leader in our field and we want to celebrate them! That's worth a few awkward minutes in front of the camera lens.

Thank you as always to the team for being such good sports. Who knew a walk past a Double Pumping Unit could turn into such a performance?

26/10/2026

Our US and UK operators flew in from opposite sides of the globe to collaborate on a recent combined service job. Having worked hard on site, the crews had an opportunity to share a meal together.

Two teams from two sides of the Atlantic, working together to achieve the best outcome for our client.

The feedback from the client has been excellent. They praised how well our team works together, the professionalism on site and the willingness to help at every turn, not to mention the high spirits and good humour throughout.

That’s The CB Way in action. Thank you to everyone involved 👏

23/10/2026

It's funny to think that some of the world’s most specialised decoking and inspection machines are built in a sleepy corner of North Wales!

For over 20 years, our team at the UK Technology Centre has been designing, manufacturing and maintaining bespoke Double Pumping Units, engineered to go wherever the job is.

The photos here show some of the units we’ve built over the years. They now work across Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and the Americas and most are in service right now.

Whether trailer-mounted or containerised, every DPU is designed in-house to improve upon the last. Feedback from site operators is paramount as it sparks creativity and innovation in design. Each machine is then manufactured by skilled fabricators and welders in our purpose-built workshop before beginning its working life, serving energy industry clients all over the world.

We may be a small workshop team in a quiet corner of the world, but we're proud to be punching well above our weight and exporting specialist engineering to the global energy industry 🌍

20/10/2026

5 years as a member of the Energy Industries Council!

Yesterday we were delighted to receive a visit from EIC (Energy Industries Council)'s Andrew Scutter at our UK Technology Centre in Chester. He presented a certificate of recognition to our MD James Phipps to mark five years of Cokebusters membership.

Being part of the EIC community keeps us close to the conversations shaping the global energy supply chain, from export opportunities to the issues facing operators and suppliers. It’s a big part of how we stay in tune with what the industry needs next.

It’s also why we were so proud when James was invited to join the EIC board as a Non-Executive Director.

Thank you to Andrew and the whole EIC team for the recognition and for the support over the last five years. Here’s to the next five!

15/10/2026

Before starting a recent mechanical cleaning and tube inspection job, our operators completed the site safety induction, including a hands-on practical session covering working at height and confined space.

Practical training is essential, because these are the situations where preparation really makes all the difference.

Knowing the theory is one thing. Having recently experienced those environments, with the equipment in your hands and an instructor alongside you, is quite another.

It’s the same thinking behind everything else we do before a job: the site walks, the equipment checks and the planning. We always want the people running our equipment to be as well prepared as the equipment itself.

The safety of our operators comes first, before the first pig is run 🦺

09/10/2026

Our Houston team is growing and so are the people in it.

We’re delighted to tell you:

Enrique Medrano has been promoted to Workshop Manager. He’ll lead the coordination and supervision of daily maintenance activities, and the preventive maintenance that keeps our equipment reliable and ready for site.

Liz Gonzalez has been promoted to Logistics Manager. Liz manages the deployment of our people and equipment to site, and she’s also the first point of contact for clients on site access.

Scotty Wilkins, after several years as Workshop Manager, takes on a new role as Outside Sales Lead. Scotty will be out meeting clients face-to-face across North America, drawing on his field experience to talk heater decoking and inspection, combined services and pipeline integrity.

Growing a business means growing its people. Congratulations to all three and thank you for everything you bring to Cokebusters USA!

07/10/2026

Can pigs get stuck?

The short answer is yes. Any honest contractor will tell you the same.

It usually comes down to something unexpected in the line: unknown schedule changes in the piping, excessive fouling, a residual temperature sensor or other debris. That's why the real work starts long before a pig goes anywhere near site.

Every job begins with a detailed review of the P&IDs and, where possible, a site survey, to understand exactly what the tool will meet along the way.

The tools themselves are designed with this in mind. Our patented mechanical pigs are flexible enough to navigate the system, but hard enough to do their job and we can modify the design to suit unusual layouts. Our inspection pigs are single bodied, which makes navigating tight geometry far easier.

And if a pig does stick, our skilled operators have a set of defined routines to recover it, with further interventions available in the unlikely event that those solutions don't work.

Success doesn't come from forcing a tool through, it's all in the preparation.

What's the most unexpected thing you've found inside a line? 👇

02/10/2026

The windows are in! 🪟

Progress on our new Americas Operations Centre in Houston continues to move fast. The building is really starting to take shape now and it's looking better with every passing week 🏗️

Our Cokebusters USA team in Texas is still on track to move in before the end of the year, with an official opening planned for January 2027.

This building has been on our company vision board since we first opened the doors at Cokebusters USA Inc. way back in 2012.

They say good things come to those who wait and this new home was definitely worth waiting for!

30/09/2026

Almost 3 decades of technology evolution in one image.

From early prototypes our founders were working on way back in 1997 to the compact, titanium-bodied Mark VI in service today, our Smart Pig technology has been continuously refined generation after generation.

Every generation of smart pig has introduced new materials, new electronics and new detection logic, always driven by the same question: how do we inspect the assets that other tools can't reach?

Every generation has pushed the boundary of what's considered "unpiggable" a little further, bringing previously inaccessible tubes, pipes and pipelines into proper integrity programmes.

And this innovation is never finished.

The next generation is in the final stages of development... watch this space 👀

28/09/2026

A huge thank you to XRG Technologies for hosting the 'Fired Heater Fouling Seminar' in Rotterdam last week!

Our MD James Phipps had the pleasure of presenting technical insights from the field, covering decoking and mechanical cleaning, inline inspection of fired heater tubes and how combining the two in a single service gives operators a fuller picture of their assets.

He also took the opportunity to look back at how far this specialist field has come. Our people have been pioneering in this niche since its origin in the late nineties and that long experience continues to shape how we approach every job today.

Events like this bring together the people who deal with fouling every day and the result is conversations that move the industry and its technology forward. As always we're pleased to have been part of the conversation.

Thank you again to the XRG team for a well organised and informative event!

Address

The Armoury Building, Bae/airbus Estate
Chester
CH40GZ

Opening Hours

Monday	7:30am - 11pm
Tuesday	7:30am - 11pm
Wednesday	7:30am - 11pm
Thursday	7:30am - 11pm
Friday	7:30am - 11pm

Telephone

+441244531765

Website

http://www.cokebusters.com/

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