BP unveils measures to battle methane leaks LONDON (Reuters) – BP is introducing continuous monitoring of methane leaks at new oil and gas projects using drones and surveillance cameras, in a bid to cut emissions of the potent greenhouse gas to near zero. The technology, which could encompass BP’s entire output within a decade or…
BP breaks drone record to measure gas leakage BP has recorded Britain’s longest commercial drone flight amid a drive to measure methane leakage from its operations around the world. The oil group said that the drone had flown a 185km (115-mile) round trip from Papa Stour in the Shetland Islands to its Clair platform, where…
Energy Voice – In a first, methane-detecting drone flies out to BP rig off Shetland Technology used to detect life on Mars has been adapted to help reduce an oil company’s impact on the environment. A drone has flown a 185km round trip from Papa Stour in Shetland to BP’s Clair platform. BP said the…
Flylogix are pleased to be working with National Grid to reduce costs and risk during their IFA2 project installing a High Voltage Power Cable between the UK and France. For the first time on an offshore cable project, IFA2 will use a combination of fast response patrol vessels with manned and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)…
Alan Tovey – an important milestone in the development of commercially-useful drones has been passed with a record breaking beyond-line-of-sight civilian drone flight. The privately-owned company FlyLogix set a British record after completing a 50-mile offshore round trip. The Condor drone’s flight took off from Blackpool airport over the Irish Sea where it inspected one of…
Sarah Wray – FlyLogix has announced that is has conducted the longest, beyond line of sight, civilian drone flight in UK. The flight, conducted on 17th July, saw Flylogix’s Condor Drone complete an inspection of the DP3 unmanned platform on behalf of oil and gas operator Centrica. The drone took off from Blackpool Airport and flew the…
Adam Bannister – FlyLogix, a specialist in long-range drone flights to offshore installations, says it has conducted the farthest, beyond-line-of-sight civilian drone flight ever recorded in the UK. On 17 July, a Condor Drone took off from Blackpool Airport and managed an 88km round trip to an inspection of an unmanned platform in Morecambe Bay…
Alan Shields – A UK based drone operator has completed the lengthiest civilian drone flight in the UK. The beyond line of sight flight saw Flylogix’s Condor Drone complete an infrared inspection of the DP3 unmanned platform in the East Irish Sea on behalf of oil and gas operator Centrica. The drone took off from…
Anna Nicklin – Long range operations specialist using drones for offshore installations, FlyLogix, has conducted the farthest beyond line of sight civilian drone flight in UK. The flight, which was conducted on 17th July, saw Flylogix’s Condor drone complete an inspection of the DP3 unmanned platform on behalf of oil and gas operator Centrica. The…
UK-based startup FlyLogix, an operator of inspection drones for the offshore industry, says that it has completed the longest-distance civilian drone flight in Britain – a shore-launched inspection of an unmanned offshore platform. Flylogix’s Condor fixed-wing drone took off at Blackpool and flew a 50 nm round trip to Centrica’s DP3 gas production platform, located…