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Offshore

Credit: Cyberhawk

Figure 4: This UAS survey image shows 100% coating breakdown and surface corrosion in the primary member between two grid points, along with exposed reinforcing mesh in the insert. during a survey of a typical rig’s components and subcompo- Developing a Program nents. It shows a riser umbilical caisson platform to which ac- One of the biggest decisions that organizations must make cess had been restricted because of storm damage. The images is whether to subcontract services from a third-party provider in Figure 3 show an 80 percent coating breakdown on the deck or to build and deploy a solution themselves. It often makes support leg, with surface rusting shown in the inset image. better sense, economically, to subcontract a UAS program to

The UAS survey identi