2020-12-23

Russia ranks 3rd in the World in the list of countries for oil production. The length of main pipelines in Russia is more than 250 000 km. Many pipelines often run in hard-to-reach areas of our country, which makes it difficult to monitor the condition of pipelines and increases the risk of illegal activities and violations. It is in such cases drones become an integral part of the oil and gas industry.

What can unmanned aircraft systems be used for in the oil and gas sector?

• Geological survey of the surface
• Monitoring of the processes of construction and repair works
• Environmental monitoring
• Day and night patrolling of extended objects
• Inventory of infrastructure facilities and security zones and others

And this is an incomplete list of tasks solved with the help of drones. Moreover, aerial monitoring can be applied to every stage of oil production and transportation.

To perform the work, a drone alone will not be enough, it is important to have high-quality equipment (photo and video camera, thermal imager, lidar, etc.) and programs for processing photo and video materials.

For Russian oil and gas companies, it is convenient to work with domestic companies, as it opens the possibility to test UAVs in the field, offices, and service centers are located closer to the company itself, which reduces transport expenses, and the process of signing official documents for conducting services or buying drones becomes easier than with a foreign company.

Of all domestic developers, it's good to mention ZALA AERO GROUP. To perform aerial monitoring, the company develops its own UAVs, payloads, and software for data processing based on artificial intelligence. Moreover, ZALA AERO became the first organization in Russia that started using a laser gas analyzer to search for methane leaks on unmanned ZALA systems.

In the very near future, more and more companies in the oil and gas sector will begin to introduce unmanned aerial vehicles into operational processes to obtain high-quality data. The use of UAVs is a great benefit in almost all key production processes in the oil and gas industry.

2021-01-18

Russia is withdrawing from the Open Skies Treaty.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the country is beginning the procedure for withdrawing from the Treaty on Open Skies.

2020-12-26

Exclusive video of application of the ZALA Lancet UAV at the training ground.

ZALA Lancet is the first Russian-made unmanned airstrike system.

2020-09-24

Results оf The International Helicopter Industry Exhibition HeliRussia 2020

HeliRussia is the only exhibition in Russia where world achievements of the entire range of products and services of the helicopter industry are presented. In 2020, the exhibition was held from September 15 to 17 at the Crocus Expo exhibition center, Moscow.

2020-09-14

American retailer Walmart has launched the delivery of food and necessities using Flytrex drones.

On September 9, American retailer Walmart performed a pilot launch of food delivery using unmanned aircraft in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

2020-09-12

SenseFly drones help monitor Lake Winnipeg ice hazards in Switzerland.

The project, which is part of the Canadian Space Agency's Earth observation applications development program (EODAP), was aimed at identifying and monitoring lake ice levels, as well as detecting cracks and pressure ridges to raise awareness among local communities and first responders about the risks of moving lake ice.

2020-09-03

Development of unmanned aircraft on Military-Technical Forum "ARMY-2020"

On August 29, Military-Technical Forum "Army-2020" ended, although only a few months ago this event was under the big question due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fortunately, the Forum was held and the results were impressive. Mostly participants and visitors of the forum were impressed by the display of domestic unmanned aerial vehicles.

2020-04-30

The Pros and Cons of Drone Delivery

The idea of commercial delivery drones is more relevant now than ever as social distancing guidelines have made contactless delivery an essential part of company operations. ‘

The first drone delivery was a tasty one: Dominos delivered two pizzas to a residence in New Zealand in 2016. Since then, companies have been racing towards liftoff.

2020-04-06

Medical Drone Delivery Success in Ireland

In September, it was reported on the world’s first BVLOS medical delivery in Ireland.

Researchers at NUI Galway partnered with German drone startup Wingcopter to transport prescription medication and blood samples for diabetes patients.

This week, the research team released more details about the project in an ENDO 2020 abstract to  be published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society.

2020-04-06

Turkey set to become a major player on drone market

The success of Turkey’s indigenously produced Anka-S drone, and the development of the Anka-2 model, could position Turkey as a major player on the drone market, said an analyst writing in The National Interest.

Turkey began operating and experimenting with drones in the 1990s, starting its own development program. “Anka” was the name under which a line of domestic medium-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) was developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI). Turkey also bought IAI Herons from Israel and started using them in 2010, said analyst Charlie Gao on Saturday.

2017-09-11

FAA Small Drone Rule Lets Unmanned Aircraft Soar

A host of new users is changing the world of commercial aviation thanks in large part to the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) small unmanned aircraft rule, Part 107 (PDF), which has now been in place for a year.