Oil & Gas

Inspection drones combine their aerial advantage with high-resolution cameras, thermal sensors, and powerful zoom capabilities to enhance efficiency and safety in Oil & Gas inspections.

Enhanced Efficiency
Improved Safety
Cost Savings

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Inspection drones combine their aerial advantage with high-resolution cameras.

Inspections Made Faster, Safer, and Cheaper

Enhanced Efficiency

Drones equipped with thermal sensors can quickly identify leaks and corrosion in difficult-to-reach areas such as flare stacks and pipelines. This capability significantly lowers potential clean-up costs and improves safety by detecting issues before they become severe. A quick drone check can also reduce inspection time by up to 80%, meaning that you need fewer workers.

Cost Savings

Drones reduce operational expenses by cutting labour and costly equipment costs while extending the lifespan of valuable assets through proactive maintenance and monitoring. Collect high-quality visuals and UT measurements without having to enter an asset with expensive scaffolding and cherry pickers.

Improved Safety

Using drones mitigates the risk of falls, exposure to toxic chemicals, high-pressure systems, and other dangerous conditions. Inspect hazardous or hard-to-reach areas on rigs, pipelines, and flare stacks with a drone, while the human worker operates it from a safe distance.

Data Collection

Drones generate 3D models and maps of the inspected area using high-quality cameras, thermal imaging, UT, and LiDAR technology, offering a comprehensive view of the asset for improved planning, maintenance, and repair work. Collect precise data from even the most confined spaces, including volume measurements, eliminating the need for manual calculations.

Cutting Edge Technology

3D Modelling

Utilise drone flights to create detailed 3D models of your assets. From your computer, you can pan, rotate, and zoom to explore these models for thorough inspection and analysis.

Analyse and Annotate

Identify and tag points of interest, add notes and descriptions, and classify them by criticality. Use measurement tools on DJI Terra to acquire precise dimensions for volume, mass, and other calculations, enhancing the accuracy of your maintenance and repair planning.

Share Formatted Reports

Export your analysis and annotated points of interest into PDF or Word documents. These reports can be easily shared within your organisation or with clients, ensuring that everyone has access to detailed, well-formatted data for informed decision-making.

Traditional Methods

Traditional inspection techniques in the oil and gas industry are often hindered by the hazardous nature of the environment, resource inefficiencies, and significant safety concerns. Drones, equipped with advanced imaging technologies, allow for rapid deployment, providing unique perspectives and capturing critical data from areas that are otherwise difficult or dangerous to access.

Structural Surveys

Equipped with high-definition and thermal cameras, drones are invaluable for quickly mapping fires and oil spills. They provide real-time data to decision-makers, ensuring efficient resource deployment and effective rescue efforts. Drones can cover large areas rapidly and detect hotspots or potentially explosive gas tanks, enhancing safety and response efficiency.

Drone Pipeline Inspections

Drones can inspect thousands of miles of pipelines at a fraction of the cost of helicopter inspections. Equipped with thermal imaging sensors, they can perform detailed inspections to predict the health of critical equipment and forecast potential malfunctions. Drones can fly close to pipelines, providing high-resolution images and detecting issues like leaks, corrosion, and other structural anomalies that might be missed by traditional inspection methods.

Oil and Gas Tank Inspections

Detect cracks, corrosion, and leaks without the need for human entry into hazardous areas, including extremely confined spaces. Drones can quickly and safely gather data from hard-to-reach places, reducing downtime and the risk of accidents. Using advanced sensors such as LiDAR, drones create 3D models that allow for precise calculations of tank volumes. This data can be used to monitor stockpile volumes, assess material usage, and ensure regulatory compliance, all without the need for manual measurements.

Methane Management

Environmental monitoring with drones helps oil and gas companies meet increasing environmental and social pressures to operate sustainably. Drones can conduct regular and consistent surveys to monitor methane emissions, targeting specific gases and quantifying emissions accurately. This capability is crucial for regulatory compliance and for companies looking to reduce their environmental impact.

Mapping and Land Surveys

Delivery drones can carry out deliveries of materials, replacement parts, and supplies to offshore rigs and other remote operations, eliminating the need for boats or helicopters. This not only speeds up the delivery process but also reduces costs and minimises the risks associated with manned transport. Drones can operate in adverse weather conditions and reach difficult locations quickly, ensuring that essential supplies are delivered without delay.

FAQs

Drones can perform various inspections including pipeline inspections, tank inspections, rig inspections, flare stack inspections, and environmental monitoring such as methane detection. They are used for visual inspections, thermal imaging, and volumetric measurements.

Drones enhance safety by reducing the need for human entry into hazardous areas, such as confined spaces or high structures. They mitigate risks associated with falls, exposure to toxic chemicals, and high-pressure environments, allowing workers to inspect with a drone from a safe distance.

Yes, drones are invaluable in emergency response scenarios. They can quickly map out fires and oil spills, provide real-time data to decision-makers, and detect hotspots or potentially explosive gas tanks using thermal cameras, enhancing the effectiveness of rescue and remedial efforts.

Drones reduce operational expenses by cutting labour costs and the need for costly equipment such as scaffolding or helicopters. They also extend the lifespan of assets through proactive maintenance and monitoring that may be missed with the naked eye, and can result in significant cost savings by reducing downtime and inspection times.

Drones equipped with LiDAR and photogrammetry technology can create 3D models of storage tanks, enabling precise volume measurements. This data is essential for inventory management and verifying tank integrity, eliminating the need for time-consuming and expensive manual calculations.

Drones can be equipped with a variety of sensors including high-resolution cameras, thermal imaging cameras, LiDAR, and gas detection sensors. These sensors help in identifying defects, measuring volumes, detecting leaks, and monitoring emissions.

Yes, drones can be equipped with sensors to detect and quantify methane emissions. They provide regular and consistent environmental monitoring, helping companies meet regulatory requirements and reduce their environmental impact.

Drones can inspect extensive pipeline networks more efficiently and at a lower cost than traditional methods. Equipped with thermal imaging and high-resolution cameras, they detect leaks, corrosion, and other structural issues, allowing for timely maintenance.

Drones can carry out deliveries of materials, replacement parts, and supplies to offshore rigs and remote operations. This is faster and more cost-effective than using boats or helicopters, and it minimises the risk to personnel.

The main limitations include battery life, which can be affected by payload, wind conditions, and usage; the need for skilled pilots; and regulatory restrictions. Despite these challenges, advancements in drone technology continue to expand their capabilities and applications. Coptrz offers end-to-end drone solutions all in one, we can equip your business with anything drone related to suit your business goals.

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