1.   Although a smart pig can be run through a pipeline while oil is flowing, it can become jammed if it encounters deformities.

2.   And faults can be explored to see how oil flows through them or around them.

3.   But as of now, that oil will not flow in large amounts for at least a month.

4.   But only now is the oil finally flowing, and with it a great deal of money.

5.   Countries like Norway or Britain, which had developed economies and political systems long before oil flowed from the North Sea, were capable of benefiting from their bonanza.

6.   Diesel oil has been flowing into China from refineries in other parts of Asia even though a ban on imports took effect in February.

7.   From there, the oil would flow along one of the eight Azerbaijani routes outlined below.

8.   In addition, skepticism that the oil will actually flow --after repeated delays this year -- is helping buoy prices.

9.   Iraq said last week that it expects the oil to flow in late September.

10.   Iraqi oil would flow amid plentiful crude oil supplies in the U.S. and promises for additional sales from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.