Drones equipped with a combination of sensors are revolutionizing the oil and gas inspections. At the moment, the drones with thermal imaging, photo, and video cameras as well as gas sniffers and other sensors are performing a variety of inspection roles. The mobility and sensors allow the drones to analyze the pipelines and other oil and gas facilities for existing and potential defects.
A number of energy companies are already deploying UAVs to inspect their rigs, pipelines, and other facilities. And these have a number of benefits that range from increasing safety and speed of gathering data to cost-cutting and improved efficiency.
We believe that the UAV-based inspections are the way to go for many industries and below are the reasons why we love drone based oil and gas inspection, and you should too.
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The current methods rely on vehicles and are therefore only limited to the areas they can access. In addition, the company must incur additional costs for vehicle maintenance and field crew allowances
Mobility and ease of use
The mobility, speed, ease of use and efficiency of drones will provide the oil and gas companies with the opportunity to collect data at large scale. In addition, the emerging advances in data analytics will make it possible to process and produce actionable information with the ability to benefit the industry in a several ways.
Real time data
Using drone equipped with a combination of visual, thermal and gas sniffing sensors, you will be able to discover almost all the potential defects and hazards along the oil and gas infrastructure. The drones will enable you to monitor the production and transmission facilities and warn you in good time to allow you take action in good