Shell enlists Avitas technology, a Baker Hughes company, to expand a drone-based program to enhance existing methane leak detection and repair programs in a very productive Permian Basin, a U.S. shale basin. This decision follows a successful two-year pilot program, since 2018 in which the international oil and gas company, Shell, plans to test drone […]
Dragonfly is a NASA mission that delivers a rotorcraft to Saturn’s moon Titan. It is a “relocatable lander” drone designed to fly on Titan, one of Saturn’s many moons, which is considered to be a fairly conducive place to fly a drone. The reason for choosing Titan is due to the fact that its atmosphere […]
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, drone service providers (DSPs) are increasingly being classified as “Essential Service Personnel,” as they deliver critical — contactless — solutions, such as healthcare, COVID research, energy, transportation, oil-and-gas, surveying and construction. Essential Service Personnel (DSPs) have been essential for several years already as they continue to help […]
According to research carried out by scientists at the University of Aberdeen, the use of aerial drones monitoring oil and gas pipelines can bring significant benefits to operators. Traditionally, inspecting and monitoring are carried out on foot or by helicopter, so it is clear to scientists that using drones makes total sense. Because pipeline networks […]
The advent of technology and the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with drone development, thermal imaging, methane gas detection, has been the major factor that convinced the oil and natural gas industries to adopt drones. With the addition of specific electromagnetic sensors, drones are being used to gather geological information to help geophysicists identify, and […]