Drones Begin to Deliver for the Oil and Gas Sector
Posted: 2019-1-9
Despite recent bad press following the flight disruption at London’s Gatwick Airport Unmanned Aerial Platforms, or drones as they are more commonly called, have a vital role to play in industry. The use of drones, in the oil and gas industry, is growing and the technology is ready to take off in a big way. It offers benefits to oil and gas operations in a numerous ways— safe and efficient maintenance and inspections among them—but the data that UAS technology provides is transforming the industry.
"Oil and gas companies will continue to explore new technologies and digitize their operations, especially as crude prices have fallen in recent months," Renner Vaughn, Cape's director of oil and gas, explains. "Remote vehicles, including UAVs and underwater ROVs, will be operationalized, as enterprises get beyond the testing phases and begin to realize the safety advantages, the time saved on asset inspections and the situational awareness that live aerial video can provide."
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