Long-range and High Endurance Drones for Oil and Gas Industry - Oil, Gas & Refineries
Maintenance, integrity, and surveillance activities are costly to plan and execute. They are especially required to avoid leaks, outages, and unplanned shutdowns.
UAVs offer a fine complement to normal approaches to facility management. There are also even more untapped opportunities for cost savings through activities such as:
- Automated data gathering
- Automated maintenance, integrity and surveillance workflow
- Data analysis to generate predictive insights on facilities.
Decrease Costs
A UAV can automate simple tasks and therefore reduce labor costs. For example, aerial inspection of pipelines using helicopters costs around $3,000 for an hour of operations. UAVs can also reduce these costs significantly while providing better accuracy through the use of multiple sensors on the same platforms.
Reduce Safety Exposure
In areas that are exposed to contamination or are potential security threats, UAVs enable organizations to explore these areas. They can even deliver supplies without exposing employees to the known risks. for example, UAVs assessed the nuclear reactor damage in Fukushima.
Increase Production
In the energy sector keeping refineries and rigs up and running ensures the steady flow of products to customers. UAVs can also help avoid unnecessary shut-downs or reduce the disruption to operations — which keep oil and gas moving.