Drones and Digital Technology for the Oil and Gas Industry

Resolution 5-10 times higher than satellite imaging
Possibility of photography in cloudy weather, unlike satellite imaging
Building of 3D model of terrain
Fast analytical reposts on the day of surveying
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Business focus

Exploration and design development
Construction
Production
Transporting
Processing
Environment
  1. Collection of digital data of geological and geophysical surveys;
  2. Topography (making of maps and site plans including terrain maps);
  3. Generation of geological foundation for design (digital data for BIM design);
  4. Geomagnetic survey from a drone.
  1. Creation of a digital twin of the construction site (BIM support);
  2. Monitoring of construction sites (ongoing supervision, evaluation of scope of earthworks, construction progress)
  3. Plan/fact analysis (prevention of deviations from time frame, budget, and scope);
  4. Prevention of violation of technical and safety regulations (occupational health and safety);
  5. Ongoing digital reporting;
  6. Integration of IOT device data (cameras, sensors, trackers);
  7. 360° panoramas.
Exploration and design development
Construction
Production
Transporting
Processing
Environment
  1. BIM support;
  2. Prevention of violation of technical and safety regulations (occupational health and safety);
  3. Integration of IOT device data (cameras, sensors, trackers);
  4. Remote site monitoring (explosion safety, regular supervision).
Exploration and design development
Construction
Production
Transporting
Processing
Environment
  1. Ongoing monitoring of lengthy pipeline facilities (150-300 km per day);
  2. Identification and forecast of failure/leakage/spillage locations;
  3. Identification of tie-in connections;
  4. Environmental monitoring of protected areas.
Exploration and design development
Construction
Production
Transporting
Processing
Environment
  1. BIM support;
  2. Prevention of violation of technical and safety regulations (occupational health and safety);
  3. Integration of IOT device data (cameras, sensors, trackers);
  4. Remote site monitoring (explosion safety, regular supervision).
Exploration and design development
Construction
Production
Transporting
Processing
Environment
  1. Monitoring of environmental conditions in the areas of construction, production, transportation, processing;
  2. Monitoring of hazardous situations (assessment of scope and volume, planning of liquidation works).
Exploration and design development
Construction
Production
Transporting
Processing
Environment

Fleet of Drones

GeoScan 201 Geodesy GNSS/PPK – Flying wing
Large-scale surveying with precision down to 5 cm.
Performance of 3 drone fleet:
  • Area facilities up to 150 km2 per shift
  • Linear facilities up to 700 km per shift
DJI Matrice 210 – quadrotor
High precision surveying with resolution up to 1 cm. Building of 3D location models. Performance of 2 drone fleet:
  • Area facilities up to 20 km2 per shift
  • Linear facilities up to 90 km per shift
3 pcs.
2 pcs.

Additional detachable equipment

Aerial laser scanner AGM-MS3
Building of high-density point clouds for high-precision 3D modeling.
Multispectral cameras Micasense MX
Forest and roadside tree evaluation. Identification of spillages.
DJI H20 20x zoom camera
High-precision control of structures and connection with identification of details below 1 mm
DJI XT2 thermal camera
Identification of heat leaks in production and transportation, control of protected perimeter in the night time.
GPS/GNSS receivers
Performance of works with geodetic precision for the scale 1:500

Licenses and Certificates

  1. License of the Federal Security Service (FSB) for the work with information pertaining to state secrets;
  2. License for Surveying Works;
  3. License for Geodetic and Map-making Works.

Our Team

Certified drone operators
Total flight hours: over 2000 hours, total covered area: over 9,000 km².
Geoinformation system team
Tracing and making of topographic plans and maps for an area over 5,000 km².
4 people
3 people
Land surveyors
Field experience over 5 years
2 people

Key Projects

Severstal
Annual survey of sludge dumps since 2017. Evaluation of sludge volume, design of works for reconstruction and expansion.
Cerepovets, Vologda Region
Thermodom
Annual monitoring of phases of construction in the “Sputnik City” district, building of geodetically accurate 3D model.
Development of an online geoinformational system for company staff and contractors to use.
Penza
RostAgro
Audit of agricultural land on an area of over 350,000 hectares, identification of non-used land.
Saratov and Penza Regions
Dubrava
Aerial photography of a townhouse neighborhood, building of a topographic plan for further construction. Development of an online geoinformational system for company staff and contractors to use.
Penza