Equinor Delivers Offshore Equipment With Drones and Becomes the World's First in This Modality Within the Oil and Gas Industry

Equinor Delivers Offshore Equipment With Drones and Becomes the World’s First in This Modality Within the Oil and Gas Industry

Written by Valdemar Medeiros

Published on 30/08/2020 at 13:27

Updated on 30/08/2020 at 13:30

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Equinor Achieved a “World First” with the Use of a Drone to Deliver Parts of the Offshore Lifeboat System, in What Could Signal Future Logistics Operations in the North Sea

Equinor conducted a 50-mile drone flight from Mongstad, Norway, to the Troll A offshore field in a test that could transform how we operate, both below and above the sea surface.

About the Drone Used by Equinor

The drone used by Equinor was made by Schiebel and traveled at 5,000 feet during a one-hour flight, “the first in the world of its kind, where a real offshore cargo operation was conducted over a long distance to an operational offshore facility.” A similar operation was conducted in May over a shorter distance at the port of Rotterdam to the construction vessel Pioneering Spirit.

Improved use of drone equipment has been identified as one of the next steps in the decarbonization of the oil and gas sector, reducing the need for helicopters and other cargo transport that produce emissions.

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The Camcopter S-100 Model Used by Equinor Has a Cruise Speed of About 93 Miles Per Hour, Capable of Carrying a Payload of Up to 50 Kg

Drones have not yet been used in the UK sector for equipment delivery, although they are already widely used for tasks such as maintenance inspections and methane emissions monitoring.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is currently working on an “innovation sandbox” project with companies such as Total, FlyLogix, and the Oil and Gas Technology Center to test and prove that drones can be more widely used in open airspace like offshore platforms.

FlyLogix, which last year sent a remotely controlled airplane on a round trip of 115 miles to BP’s Clair platform west of Shetland for methane monitoring, stated that the project is key to unlocking the benefits of drones in the sector.

Earlier this month, Equinor stated that success in this area could mean mobilizing drones much more quickly for tasks such as equipment movement, “search” operations in search and rescue, among other applications in the offshore oil and gas industry.

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