Drone Inspection | Oil Rig / Refinery Inspection

Undoubtedly, drone visual inspection has played a huge role in many industries. Oil rigs/refineries have also begun to use drones for inspection and monitoring. Drone inspections will speed up and support oilfield production.

Benefits of Using Drones for Oil Field Inspections

The Autel Multi-rotor Drone Enterprise Edition can take on multiple payloads for smart inspection operations on oilfields. Through a range of techniques such as visible light photography, infrared temperature measurement and gas detection.

These advanced drone technologies can quickly grasp the overall operation of any station, identify and eliminate hidden dangers of rapid leakage, and effectively improve the efficiency of oil field inspections, while reducing labor costs, improving management levels, and empowering the energy, construction, and production industries digitization.

Pain points of traditional substation inspection

Complex Inspection Environment

The oil field environment is complex, pumping units are mostly distributed in canyons, high and low terrain, and there are many night patrol scenes, with unique weather, light and other problems bringing great challenges to flight.

Scattered Oil Well Distribution

The distribution of oil wells is irregular, and the number of oil wells can range from tens to hundreds of miles. Inspections in low-density areas have high requirements for image transmission, and the sampling results are often mixed quality.

Unmanned Oil Wells, Manual Operation Difficulties

With the improvement of the intelligence level of oil fields, more and more oil wells have adopted the unmanned mode, and the machine patrol based on manual operation cannot meet the needs of new scenarios.

The Business Value of Conducting Drone Oilfield Inspections

Strong Environmental Adaptability

Easily adaptable, able to operate in environments of -4°F to 122°F, take off, land and fly stably at a wind speed of up to 12m/s, with 40min ultra-long battery life, 15km ultra-long-distance high-definition image transmission, with proven success in canyons and undulating terrain, comfortably able to work normally at night and in bad weather, with strong anti-radio frequency interference capability.

Digital, Intelligent Management

Align orthographic images, one-click panorama, and intelligent archiving of photos for refined inspection of facilities, support multi-layer labeling, label pumping wells, self-flowing wells and other equipment, integrate AI and AR applications, and quickly carry out analysis of oil spills and well shutdowns, utilizing our digital platforms for efficient operations and maintenance.

Support Fully Unmanned Inspections

Reasonable site selection can be made based on the terrain of an oil field, and multi-rotor aircraft nests can be deployed in a grid manner. Each aircraft nest can cover oil wells within a radius of just over 4 miles (4.3mi). The operation is uniformly dispatched through the Command Center, and on-site maintenance is free for an extended period.

Smart Report Output

At the end of the inspection, a report is intelligently generated, including inspection time, route map, exception list, photos of abnormal points, text description, etc.