unmanned aerial vehicle

This paper explores the transformative effect of unmanned aerial systems on operational efficiency, safety, and emergency response within the Khurais oil fields in Saudi Arabia. By integrating sophisticated drone technology, improvements have been achieved in routine inspections, leak detection, and emergency scenarios.

A robotic arm, camera system, and virtual reality helped EniProgetti and University of Naples researchers overcome the major challenges of direct-contact nondestructive testing using a drone.

Using autonomous systems creates efficiencies, but, even more critically, it also allows engineers to be engineers.

With the growing reliability of uncrewed aircraft, oil companies are now eager to have offshore rigs supplied in a more systematic and autonomous way. So, why haven’t we heard more about using uncrewed craft?

The Unmanned Technical Section has updated its name to the Robotics and Autonomous Systems Technical Section.

The French company inked agreements at COP28 to share its newly developed CO2 and methane detection platform with NOCs in Brazil, Angola, and Azerbaijan.

The emergence of reliable, affordable, and accessible uncrewed systems reveals their potential to play a valuable role in the energy transition.

GlobalData’s report "Robotics in Oil and Gas" notes that, while robotics has been a part of the oil and gas industry for several decades, growing digitalization and integration with artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things have helped diversify robot use cases within the industry.

The report on unmanned aerial vehicles in industry presents overarching themes and concerns, including navigating regulations, finding the right technology, and finding ways to educate the public about drone operations.

Ground sensors on assets over a broad area have limited returns on investment if the asset life cycle is less than 10 years, and obsolescence of the technology if it exceeds 10 years. Complementing sensors with aerial remote sensing at scale may help to mitigate these issues.