Offshore Platforms

Optical Gas Imaging is the method of using thermal infrared cameras to visualize gas, including methane and many other organic gases. These specialised Thermal cameras are fast-acting gas leak detection devices. They help keep your workers, your workplace, and your environment safer.

A variety of cameras exist which enables a very wide range of gases to be surveyed for their emission. Regular inspections can identify problems before they arise, saving you time and money in the long run.

Thermal imaging or IR cameras have a wide range of applications. Thermal imaging cameras can be used to identify a many issues, such as problems with thermal insulation on hot vessels or pipework and therefore critical when moisture is getting in and creating the potential for CUI.

Control rooms and sub stations must be regularly checked for electrical faults, panels can have IR windows fitted so that surveys can be done more safely.

Pulsed Eddy Current (PEC) is an industry accepted NDT inspection technique, which is an ideal tool for detecting corrosion under insulation (CUI) and fireproofing (CUF).

Advanced eddy current inspection technology can help detect hidden corrosion before it becomes a potentially expensive and hazardous problem.

Inspectahire utilizes Pulsed Eddy Current (PEC) and PEC Array (PECA) inspection services for tanks, spheres, piping systems, and other assets. Inspectahire pioneered its use with Shell for verifying the integrity of 100's of production wells in the North Sea.

Caissons have been part of Offshore Production platforms for decades and our expertise has been in providing CCTV surveys of these with a range of cameras and cetralisers.

Many of our systems are explosion proof and these can compliment the waterproof units and the ROV's which are regularly deployed to check on the condition of these.

We have also developed our own bespoke internal Caisson inspection device so that NDT surveys can also be performed.

Like tank inspections, we have the capability to inspect vessels both off and onshore. Often the decision on how the inspection is performed comes down to working with our clients to understand the product or process being undertaken and then deciding what are the viable inspection methods. It may be a combination of RVI and UT or UT & PEC for example.

Offshore Production platform legs are hazardous confined spaces which present many challenges to the inspection community. They are large and have many services and floors within them, access is often restricted - lower sections of them often have become flooded or actually used for storing hydrocarbons.

We have decades of experience in providing solutions to inspecting down them, usually with our ATEX CCTV systems.

Pipework provides the arteries of any plant or vessel and inspecting them using our Remote Visual Inspection services utilises a vast range of endoscopes, borescopes, CCTV, NDT technology and all the different methods of deploying are utilised in the sea, in air or in the ground to ascertain the condition of these subjects. Our experience has even extended to clearing blockages and locating foreign objects

Ultrasonic Testing is one of the NDT Services that can be provided by Inspectahire.

We have a range of UT instruments - ATEX / Waterproof / and even bespoke for the differing applications our clients have.

Verifying the thickness of metal and its condition is widely required throughout the refining industry and its affiliates. Probes can be deployed by our technicians or mounted onto mechanised deployment devices and now even by drone.

Inspectahire carry out Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) surveys across a wide range of clad assets on platforms and is perhaps one of the most significant integrity threats that the oil and gas industry faces today.

Water ingress causes damage to pipework and other susceptible steel elements, but the corrosion process underneath existing insulation materials is one of the most difficult to prevent. We deploy with Thermal Imaging technology, moisture meters, as well as X Ray backscatter technology, to identify areas where there is a probability of CUI.

We have Videoprobes from sub 3mm diameter through to the longest at 30m, which allows many inspection requirements to be provided for. Our range also includes explosion proof versions.

Articulated Videoscopes offer the user a host of advanced features, enabling remote visual inspection of difficult or hard to reach areas. Some have interchangeable objectives, others can have a stereo measurment capability.

As well as hiring such instruments, we can carry out an internal inspection of pipes, pressure vessels, machined galleries, turbines etc on site.