Offshore oilrig inspections with Drones (Main Areas)
/ April 23, 2019
OFFSHORE OILRIG PLATFORM INSPECTIONS Drones demonstrating their value With the advancement in drones and related technologies, drones are increasingly finding their way into various capital-intensive sectors such as Oil and Gas, both Onshore and Offshore. Increasingly, the world’s largest oil producers are using drones to supplement the work of their technicians. Given the complications and high costs…
Surveillance Drone (Why thermal matters)
/ March 25, 2019
The Surveillance Drone Surveillance – early detection with thermal sensor What makes an ideal surveillance drone? To appreciate the answer to this question it is important to first understand what Surveillance is. Security and Surveillance speak to some of the most basic of human needs: safety– how the environment gears up to ensure security,…
Drones in Oil and Gas industry – ( 6 Areas of Application)
/ February 3, 2019
DRONES in Oil and Gas Industry: 6 areas to make a difference. In the Oil and Gas industry, critical functions are: asset management and monitoring to assess production performance, environmental and safety compliance, overall integrity and other factors. While the needs are straightforward, the complexities, risks and scale involved are immense: pipelines span thousands…
Drones in car chases (anatomy of a pursuit in an urban setting)
/ January 2, 2019
A discussion about the tactical advantages provided by an airborne drones in car chases compared to landbased operators whether on foot or in a vehicle. THE ANATOMY OF A DRONE-ENABLED VEHICLE PURSUIT IN AN URBAN SETTING Increasing urbanization brings various elements of society closer together a trend further exacerbated by contention for resources. Car chases,…
PIPELINE MONITORING with Drones (when to use which payloads)
/ December 31, 2018
DRONES in PIPELINE MONITORING Airborne Drones discusses how to implement drones in pipeline monitoring INTRODUCTION Oil pipelines are vast infrastructures often in difficult terrains such as marshlands, hot desserts or frozen areas, or even areas of conflict. The length of main pipelines in Russia exceeds 280 thousand kilometres while in America it exceeds…
Drones in Search and Rescue (key advantages when time is critical)
/ December 30, 2018
Drones in Search and Rescue. While drones are rapidly demonstrating its value across many industries, its application is particularly dramatic with drones in Search and Rescue operations where the extra range and reach of drones make it is presence felt like nowhere else. Unlike most other applications which are fairly routinized and predictable, SAR operations…