Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in Oil&Gas Industry
Oil & gas facilities, both on and off shore require frequent inspection and maintenance to ensure safety and avoid failure. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have certainly made their place within the industry. The technology has found novel uses in the oil and gas industry, with a innovative, consistently available aerial perspective of operations to support the following key aspects:
Oil Pipe Inspection
Oil pipelines and their relevant infrastructures are located onshore and offshore, meaning rugged terrains that vary between hot deserts to frozen zones and even marshlands. The total length of oil pipelines exceeds from hundreds to thousands of miles often dangerous to inspect by humans. However, according to the strict standards of the industry, these inspections need to be carried out frequently and in a timely manner in order to prevent horrific accidents from happening.
UAVs are autonomous drones which are equipped with state of the art sensors(cameras,gas detectors, thermal scanners and radars) which can pick up the oil/gas leak or anomaly within seconds. When paired with a detection systems behind, these UAVs don’t even require human analysis to find the abnormal cases .
UAVs can also runs other infrastructure routine inspections to ensure consistent operational integrity
Emergency Response Activities
In the event of a natural disaster or an industrial accident, UAVs can afford a broad overhead perspective of developments occurring on the ground.
Real-time images and video analytics delivered by UAVs can also assist in plotting the progress of oil spills or fires, which can help companies better manage emergency response activities and channel resources appropriately while guaranteeing workers’ safety and wellbeing.
Security & Monitoring Patrol
Safety is a significant concern in all aspects of the oil and gas sector, and UAVs enable companies to eliminate the risks related to employees going into restricted spaces or other unsafe locales.
UAVs are able to deliver 360-degree views of subjects for the monitoring of field operations, keep an eye on the development of new facilities, and eliminate traditional patrol methods of oil refineries, chimneys, smokestacks, storage tanks, jetties, and other potentially hazardous environments.
UAVs Solution Features
With the specified applicaiton situation, PEAPROS provides an one stop UAVs solutions with below features:
- UAVs and Ground Control System
- Signal(Image/Video and others) Management system
- Backend monitoring system integration
- Flight plan & execution management
- Equipments maintenance
- Trainning for UAVs management and operators
- Other requirements with specific cases