Affordable NDT ERP in Midland — Fully Customizable, Every Business App You Need Included

NDT software in Midland: built for the Permian's distances

NDT software in Midland has to work where the jobs are: pipeline right-of-way, tank batteries, compressor stations and gas plants spread across the Permian Basin, often hours from the office and out of cell range. The Atlantis ERP solution combines an offline field app with certificates, equipment control, dispatch, fleet, quoting and invoicing in one system. Demo and quote on request.

Midland and Odessa sit at the centre of the Permian, the most active oil and gas basin in the United States. Operators such as Diamondback Energy, headquartered in Midland, ExxonMobil after its acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources, Occidental, ConocoPhillips and Chevron drive drilling and completion activity, and midstream companies build gathering lines, compression and gas processing plants to keep up. Much of the Delaware Basin extends into Lea and Eddy counties in New Mexico. Pipelines and oil and gas operations in Texas are regulated by the Railroad Commission of Texas, interstate and hazardous-liquid lines by PHMSA, and radiography licensing by the Texas Department of State Health Services, with New Mexico's own radiation program across the state line.

Midland NDT contractors look different from Gulf Coast ones. There is less of a spring and fall turnaround rhythm and more dependence on drilling activity and midstream construction, which rises and falls with commodity prices. Typical work is RT and automated UT on pipeline girth welds, VT and MT on tank and vessel fabrication, UT thickness surveys on gathering systems and station piping, and inspection of tubulars in Odessa yards. Crews drive long distances in trucks carrying sources and equipment, summer heat is extreme, and winter freezes like 2021's storm can stop work across the basin.

Offline NDT reporting software for Permian field crews

NDT reporting software for Midland crews has to work without signal. The Atlantis field app is an installable web app that stores drafts and photos locally, captures on-screen signatures, previews the PDF, and syncs when the technician is back in range.

On a pipeline spread, the RT technician records source, technique, IQI type and placement, and weld lines capture each girth weld with defect type and orientation against the WPS, drawing and work order. Welding on these lines is typically qualified to API 1104 or ASME B31 codes, and the procedure and standard references are stored on each report. Automated or phased array UT reports capture focal laws; UT thickness surveys record readings by direction; MFL reports with scan mode and item lines suit tubular and tank floor work. Overall result is acceptable, not acceptable or acceptable with remarks.

Reports move from draft to in progress, review, approved and sent, with inspector, reviewer and approver signatures and a field for the client's third-party inspector. Each of the 17 report types has its own numbering. The REST API for field devices shows each technician the jobs assigned to them and the equipment issued to them, so a crew that leaves Midland at 4 a.m. has the right job packet before losing signal. See NDT Reports and Digital Twin Reporting Software.

Crew dispatch and scheduling software for the Permian Basin

Crew dispatch software in Midland has to handle crews spread across hundreds of miles. Team Assignments moves each job through planned, dispatched, in field, submitted and closed, stores site GPS coordinates, and blocks double-booking of technicians and equipment serial numbers.

GPS coordinates matter in a basin where a site is described by lease name and county road rather than a street address. Mobilisation and demobilisation dates show when a crew comes off a spread in Reeves County and can take a job near Big Spring. The availability calendar records assigned, leave, training, sick and unavailable, and overlaps are blocked. Utilisation and next available date for each technician help a dispatcher balance a busy midstream client against a slower operator account. Calendar, kanban and list views keep the whole picture in one place. See Team Assignments.

Fleet and radioactive source vehicle management

Radiography trucks are the backbone of Permian pipeline work, and they need their own records. The Atlantis Fleet app records each vehicle's purpose, whether it can carry radioactive sources, its transport licence number and expiry, and its assignment to a project and driver with dates and mileage.

That gives the office a clear view of which trucks are licensed to move a source this week and which drivers have them. Mileage by project helps when a client is billed for travel, and preventive maintenance requests for vehicles run through the Maintenance app, so tyres and brakes on a truck doing long caliche-road runs are not forgotten. Radiation safety training, badge number and medical fitness expiry for each radiographer sit on the employee NDT profile alongside their certificates. See Fleet.

Calibration management software for equipment spread across Midland and Odessa

Calibration management software is harder when instruments are in trucks, yards and field offices across the basin. The Atlantis ERP tracks every instrument, probe and source-related item by serial number, with the person it is assigned to, condition, calibration frequency, status and next due date, and warns when assigned equipment is out of calibration.

The issue/return workflow, with supervisor and manager approval and condition recorded at both ends, shows who has each gauge, and the KPI dashboard lists issued equipment overdue for return. Heat and dust show up in the maintenance log as cleaning, repair and probe replacement entries with condition before and after. Calibration records keep provider, certificate number, standard, range, uncertainty, accredited-lab flag and result, and the certificate register holds the lab's accreditation number and PDF with expiry alerts. Movement records track equipment between a Midland office and an Odessa yard. Consumables such as film, chemicals, couplant and PPE carry reorder levels. See Asset Management.

Technician certification tracking software for pipeline and oilfield crews

Technician certification tracking software for Midland has to keep up with high turnover and fast hiring. The Atlantis ERP records each certificate with scheme, level, method, certifying body, issue and expiry dates, OJT and training hours and attachments, and shows active, expiring soon, expired or revoked automatically.

Trainees and Level I technicians are common on pipeline crews, and their OJT and training hours are tracked against certificate template minimums so your Level III can see who is ready to test for Level II. Examination sheets record general, specific and practical scores. State radiographer credentials can be recorded as other-scheme certificates with their own expiry, next to SNT-TC-1A-based certificates. Vision tests and medical fitness are tracked with 90-day warnings, and timesheets warn when hours are logged against an invalid certificate. For growing your own technicians, the eLearning portal delivers ASNT SNT-TC-1A-based Level I and II course content with quizzes and completion certificates, and the Practical NDT 3D simulator adds hands-on practice. See Certificates and eLearning.

NDT quoting and invoicing software for operators and midstream clients

NDT quoting and invoicing software in Midland has to turn a call from an operator or pipeline contractor into a quote the same day. In the Atlantis ERP, quotations carry job type, site, project dates and applicable codes, NDT service products by method and category, a global discount and your branded PDF; clients accept and sign online and the quote converts to a sales order.

Invoices carry project, job or PO number, site, invoice type and industry sector, with labour, equipment and consumables subtotals. Lines hold cost centre, method, equipment serial, technician, rate type and days or hours. Timesheets split inspection, travel, standby and setup, which matters in the Permian where travel and standby can be a large share of a crew's day, and each has a billable flag and rate multiplier. Field expenses and per diems re-bill to jobs. The financial dashboard shows revenue, gross margin, EBITDA and outstanding invoices across 12 months, which helps when activity swings with oil prices. See Quotations and Invoicing.

ERP for NDT companies in Midland: CRM and integrations

An ERP for NDT companies in Midland should help you win work as activity shifts between operators. The CRM records service line, NDT service type, industry sector, site country and estimated technicians and days, with a lead score from hot to cold, and leads can be imported from CSV.

Business cards collected at Permian industry events become CRM leads from a phone photo, and drip email sequences by service line keep pipeline, tank fabrication and gas plant prospects on separate tracks. The open REST API integrates with QuickBooks, NetSuite, SAP, Maximo or any system that accepts API connections, scoped per implementation. NCR/CAPA workflows are configured during implementation. See CRM.

Inspection management software for tank, vessel and gas plant fabrication

Inspection management software in Midland is not only for pipeline spreads. Tank fabricators, vessel shops and skid builders in Midland and Odessa need weld inspection on production work, and gas processing plants and compressor stations need maintenance inspection once they are running. In the Atlantis ERP each of those jobs is a project with client PO, contract, methods, codes, scope, acceptance criteria, assigned technicians and equipment, and safety induction and work permit fields.

For a tank or vessel shop, project tasks record method, technician, component, result, indication and defect counts and the procedure and WPS references, so the shop's QA manager can see repair rates by welder without keeping a separate log. For a gas plant, UT thickness and PAUT reports on station piping sit under the operator's work order number. Your procedure register holds each written procedure with revision, method, applicable standard such as ASME Section V, and acceptance criteria, with approved revisions locked and full history kept, which answers the first question most operators ask when approving a new NDT vendor. If a client wants to see inspection results on a 3D model of a plant or station, Atlantis Digital Twins maps indications and thickness trends by component.

Planning for Permian boom and slowdown cycles

Permian activity moves with oil and gas prices, and an NDT company in Midland feels that quickly. The Atlantis ERP helps you manage both directions. When work ramps up, dispatch shows utilisation and next available date for every technician, certificate tracking shows who can be promoted from trainee or Level I, and the asset register shows whether you need to buy, rent or recalibrate instruments before taking a new spread. When work slows, the financial dashboard shows revenue, cost of sales and gross margin by month, and invoice data by industry sector shows which clients are still active. Rental and lifecycle status on equipment makes it easy to see what can be rented out or retired. Because the system is configured per company, you can start small and add modules as the business grows back.

Implementing the Atlantis ERP in Midland

1. Map your job flow from call-out to invoice, including travel and standby.
2. Load technicians, certificates, OJT hours and radiation profiles.
3. Load instruments, sources-related equipment and vehicles with licence dates.
4. Configure report templates for pipeline, tank and plant clients.
5. Test the offline field app on a real spread with poor coverage.
6. Ongoing support from Atlantis NDT, led by an ASNT NDT Level III.

Ask for an offline field app demo for Permian crews.

Spreadsheets vs generic ERP vs Atlantis ERP for a Midland NDT company

Affordable, customizable ERP for inspection companies in Midland

Affordable, customizable ERP for inspection companies in Midland means software set up for oilfield and pipeline work, at a cost that holds up through slow quarters. The Atlantis ERP is affordable, accessible and fully customizable, with pricing by quote on request. A small NDT company can start with the field app, certificates and invoicing, and add fleet, dispatch and CRM later. Request a quote or book a demo.

Frequently asked questions

Does the field app work without cell coverage?

Yes. It stores drafts and photos on the device and syncs when coverage returns.

Can it track trucks licensed to carry radioactive sources?

Yes. Fleet records whether a vehicle can carry sources, its transport licence number and expiry, and its project and driver assignment.

Can we record girth weld results weld by weld?

Yes. Weld lines record each joint with defect type and orientation, linked to WPS and drawing references.

Does it help train new technicians?

Yes. The eLearning portal supports ASNT SNT-TC-1A-based Level I and II courses, and OJT hours are tracked in the certificates app.

Can we bill travel and standby?

Yes. Timesheets record travel and standby as separate work types with a billable flag and rate multiplier.

How do we get pricing?

By quote on request based on your scope.