It can be difficult to inspect and clean oil and gas platform jacket members that are submerged more than 150 feet underwater using conventional methods. Some of the inconveniences and dangers involved with inspecting underwater piping using regular methods include: Marine life that can grow on underwater members that can be difficult and time-consuming to [...]
While Canada’s 30+ million vehicles go around the country’s 1+ million kilometres of roads, few think about where gas actually comes from. The truth is that gasoline doesn’t exist naturally, and getting it from crude oil is a painstaking process involving delicate care, chemical brilliance, and a bit of elbow grease - and that’s all [...]
The multitude of skillsets involved in bringing an oil drilling project to life are as varied as the oceans and terrains that rigs operate on. From exploration and initial drilling to extraction all the way to retailers, here are just a few of the necessary steps involved in the process: Locating and proving oil sources [...]
The American government released information saying that low oil and gas prices put more than $100 billion dollars back into the pockets of drivers last year alone. Low prices at the pump are a welcome sign for North Americans--we drive more than anyone. But just because prices are so low doesn’t mean that everything is [...]
ScanTech has built itself up from a small business to an international company offering a range of services for troubleshooting processes at refineries and plants as well as offshore platforms. Our reach is now global, with teams operating on 6 continents! We are proud to add another international partnership to our company with Venezuelan company [...]
In this industry, we are constantly on the go. One day it’s a platform off the coast of Canada, the next it could be a rig somewhere in the Middle East or other far flung destination. That’s just the nature of the industry. Being constantly prepared and able to adapt to whatever the situation demands [...]
How we diagnose issues in your smaller vessels quickly and conveniently Gamma scanning is used across multiple industries as a non-intrusive way of discovering the contents of closed vessels. In our industry, it is necessary to find a method that not only helps reveal what is happening inside of a vessel, but can do it [...]
ScanTech uses gamma ray technology to detect a wide range of issues in packed trays, towers, and other equipment. By using this technology to peer inside of the mechanisms, we can gain insight into the nature of the issues inside without having to use invasive methods. There are a number of problems that can lead [...]
Exciting advances in science have given us unprecedented abilities to peer inside trays, towers, and tanks to obtain readings without disturbing the equipment. Neutron backscatter technology from ScanTech can help you determine a number of important readings quickly and conveniently. Our NuScan technology was developed in-house, and we now offer it to our clients around [...]
Gamma scans are a powerful tool that we use to evaluate the operating characteristics inside of trayed or packed towers. This primary investigative tool in diagnostics obtains valuable information that cannot be obtained in any other way. Gamma scans are used to non-intrusively detect blockages and other issues inside of your equipment in real time, [...]
