Innovations in industrial inspection, monitoring, and data management
Innovations in industrial inspection are essential to meet the challenges of aging infrastructures and the growing demand for sustainable practices.
Equipment inspection involves assessing the physical condition and structural performance of components and systems to determine operational fitness. It is a cornerstone of integrity management, enabling detection of damage, degradation mechanisms, and deviations from design.
In the energy sector, inspection supports maintenance decisions, RBI intervals, and operational continuity. Globally, it evolves toward advanced techniques, remote inspection, automation, and digitalization, with wide adoption in the U.S., Europe, and LATAM.
Main topics
This section gathers content for inspectors, engineers, and integrity specialists.
Key topics include:
- Visual, dimensional, and specialized inspection
- RBI evaluation and asset criticality analysis
- Inspection of vessels, piping, tanks, and structures
- Thickness, deformation, and defect monitoring
- Remote techniques (drones, crawlers, ROVs)
- Compliance with API 510, 570, 653, and ASME
- Inspection planning, execution, and documentation
Inspection is essential to validate equipment integrity and prevent failures affecting safety, environment, and production. Challenges include adequate coverage, interpretation of results, regulatory compliance, and adoption of new technologies.
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Advanced monitoring techniques to detect leaks in storage tanks
Monitoring systems that allow product losses to be identified in real time and with high precision.
Specialized robotic inspection in Oil & Gas: Optimized efficiency
The use of robots and drones with NDT for robotic inspections in Oil & Gas improves safety, efficiency, and predictive maintenance.
RBI in the oil and gas industry: Case studies and best practices
Risk Based Inspection prioritizes risk based assessments, optimizing frequencies and approaches to inspect critical oil and gas assets.
The Deepwater Horizon catastrophe: keys to training and education
On April 20, 2010, the world witnessed the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
Best practices for industrial inspections and maintenance
Best practices for industrial inspections and maintenance on platforms and equipment are necessary to ensure asset safety and efficiency, as well as to reduce…
The human reliability of the equipment inspector in asset management
Evaluates how the inspector's human factor influences the reliability of asset decision-making.
How reliable and safe is your boilers? (2nd part)
It is to reflect! In the first part of this sequence of articles, reference is made to the accidents that have occurred since 2016,…
Model for an ongoing inspection program
This document is a guide for selecting and including pipes and static equipment in an ongoing inspection program for the Oil and Gas Industry.
Hydrogen reformer: protocol for emergency shutdowns
A detailed technical protocol for handling emergency shutdowns in a hydrogen reformer within industrial plants is presented.