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Explore Skipper NDT application fields, from third-party damage prevention to slope instability detection and continuous pipeline risk monitoring.
Ground movement, geohazards, or changes in support conditions can cause pipeline bending strain and raise mechanical damage or integrity risks. Identifying and characterizing strain supports recognition of abnormal loading and risk-based assessment.
Millions of decommissioned and abandoned wells and thousands of miles of out-of-service pipelines remain buried and poorly documented across North America and beyond, complicating asset location and verification and creating safety, environmental, and operational challenges.
Pipeline depth of cover protects against third-party interference and external damage. Terrain changes, erosion, construction, or environmental conditions can reduce cover, while monitoring supports exposure identification, risk assessment, and mitigation.
When land shifts, buried pipelines shift with it and in dense neighborhoods, that could be a serious safety risk.
Strong rapids makes it impossible to inspect a pipeline river crossing using conventional methods leaving questions regarding potential river erosion and pipeline exposure.
Operational deployment of magnetic-based inspection with Enbridge across 22 geohazard sites in North America, delivering pipeline positioning and bending strain assessment.
Strain Relief monitoring using magnetic-based technology, large-standoff magnetometry to enhance pipeline integrity
Thomas Wolf joins Skipper NDT Board of Directors
Skipper NDT is a technology company dedicated to protecting critical pipeline infrastructure through robotic inspection, monitoring, and risk prevention.
The page provides contact information for discussing pipeline inspection, monitoring solutions, and robotic technology for infrastructure protection.
Skipper NDT provides the most precise and cost-efficient robotic technology to protect pipelines from third-party damage, detect movement on unstable slopes, and ensure long-term infrastructure integrity.
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DRONE VOLT and SKIPPER NDT sign a collaboration agreement focused on the smart inspection of pipelines and critical infrastructure. The announcement provides no further details about the agreement’s terms, technologies, customers, or expected outcomes.
May 2026 · Actusnews WireNews article
Josh Pendleton of Skipper NDT discusses using new technology in pipeline integrity management to support the safe and environmentally friendly delivery of energy. He describes this approach as a way to mitigate increasing risks of incidents that could affect nearby environments and communities.
May 2024 · World PipelinesNews article
Long-range magnetic mapping via an unmanned aerial system (UAS) is the stated focus for positioning pipelines at river crossings. Pipeline networks can pass through hard-to-access areas such as rivers, making maintenance logistically challenging and potentially dangerous for field personnel.
Sep 2023 · pipeline-journal.netNews article
The study examines how dent depth influences the residual magnetic signal in Large Stand-Off Magnetometry (LSM) for buried pipeline inspection. It explains that dents can threaten safe pipeline operation because plastic deformation changes the magnetic properties of the ferromagnetic pipe wall.
Oct 2020 · pipeline-journal.netNews article
