
Oil & Gas
Oil and gas inspection services across the UK and Europe
The most costly failures in oil and gas infrastructure rarely come from damage you can see. Corrosion developing beneath pipe supports, behind insulation, or within weld heat-affected zones can go undetected for years under standard inspection regimes — until it causes an unplanned outage, or worse.
At Sutro Group, we provide integrated oil and gas inspection services for assets across the UK and Europe. Our capability is built around finding what standard inspection misses — combining UAV surveys, rope access, advanced NDT, and robotic inspection to give operators a complete and accurate picture of asset condition.
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The challenges we solve
Hidden corrosion and subsurface deterioration
Visual inspection tells you what is happening on the surface. It does not tell you what is happening underneath. Corrosion under pipe supports (CUPS), corrosion under insulation (CUI), and subsurface weld defects are among the most common causes of unplanned failure in oil and gas facilities — and among the hardest to detect without the right techniques. Our advanced NDT capability, including phased array ultrasonic testing, corrosion mapping, and ACFM, identifies these issues accurately and without taking assets offline or removing pipework. For CUPS specifically, we can assess pipe support contact zones directly, providing wall thickness data and corrosion extent without the disruption and cost of lifting or removing pipework.
Keeping costs and downtime under control
Our one-source approach means a single mobilisation covers UAV survey, rope access inspection, and NDT — reducing overall programme cost and time on site compared to managing separate contractors for each discipline.
Recent Oil & Gas articles
Technical insights and inspection guidance for oil and gas asset managers — covering hidden corrosion detection, CUPS, CUI, and integrated inspection methods for pipelines, storage vessels, and process plant structures.
Get in touch to discuss your inspection requirements
0800 069 9395 | info@sutrogroup.co.uk
Find out how our access solutions can offer you cost efficiency whilst ensuring quality and safety.
0800 069 9395
Frazer Building
126 Bute Street
Cardiff
CF10 5LE
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Hidden Corrosion at Pipe Supports