Much of the oil and gas industrys infrastructure is now either approaching or ageing far past its operational life expectancy.

With the cost of replacing assets, and the resultant turnaround time, prohibitively high for so many facilities, asset integrity is now rivalling terms such as OPEX and Agile as the watchword on peoples lips.

Challenges such as vessel inspection, which is a significant contributing factor to production downtime, and corrosion under insulation, a frequent cause of sudden shutdowns, are on the rise and taking the step to employ new solutions is becoming a necessity in many sites, particularly those offshore.