Industrial site visual inspection survey report

Industrial site visual inspection
Survey report

200 oil & gas and energy executives were surveyed worldwide to gain a deeper understanding of visual inspection drivers, practices, and trends.

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Current technologies used for promoting asset integrity
Inspection frequency and average number of inspectors per site
Visual inspection digitalization and automation

Visual inspection is a critical process, which remains labor-intensive

98% of organizations surveyed are employing more than 20 people per site to conduct daily and weekly inspections

Number of inspectors

IoT sensors

96%

Drones/robotics

16%

Only 16% are using drones/robotics

AI/ML

12%

Only 12% are using AI/ML

Automation is partially on its way

64% of respondents indicated they use 3rd party tools for visual data analysis

Some of the industrial sites’ most critical assets are not inspected routinely (on a weekly, monthly, or quarterly basis) such as tanks, pipes and grid lines

Surveyed organizations’ demographics

Company size

85%

1,000 – 4,999 people

15%

5,000 – 9,999 people

<1%

10,000+ people

Department

48%

Inspection

21%

Safety

12%

Compliance

11%

Reliability

<9%

Operations