codes and standards
API 1169 and its role in pipeline project traceability
Learn how to apply API 1169 in piping projects, improve safety, avoid failures and excel professionally.
May 7, 2025
Publications of Mario Toyo
equipment inspection
The human reliability of the equipment inspector in asset management
It is the responsibility of the equipment inspector and his employer to guarantee the results of an Inspection carried out, since these may or may not affect the production process of any company, they play a leading role in any manufacturing and repair activity that is carried out. This article describes in a very general way, the important interrelation that exists between the equipment inspector and its reliability, before the client’s asset.
January 16, 2023
non destructive testing
Importance of visual inspection for the oil & gas industry
Author: Ing. Mario J, Toyo, 17 October 2022.
Visual inspection is the most important, extensive, frequent and applicable non-destructive testing method for any material in the oil & gas industry; which uses the human eye and visible light as instruments to see, examine and diagnose the external condition of an object or specimen. It is the first inspection method and allows solving many problems in a variety of industrial fields.
October 17, 2022
equipment inspection
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.
February 21, 2022
equipment inspection
Pros and Cons of Encapsulating a Pipe Section
The encapsulation process welded in pipe; It is the result of wrapping a metal pipe with a diameter (Example 4” Ø) with another metal pipe (6” Ø); using welding for the fixing and sealing of the envelope or capsule according to the procedure and engineering design.
January 19, 2022
non destructive testing
Thermography and its applications in the oil and gas industry
Thermography is one of the most common methods used by the Equipment Inspector in plants in service, to verify the existing conditions of any asset.
December 15, 2021
