As drone technologies continue to advance, more industries, including oil and gas are increasingly using them for a wide variety of applications. The unmanned aerial vehicles are helping the industry to save costs and time while improving efficiency and safety. Other than the regular aerial photography, the drones are finding many applications in the oil and gas exploration, pipelines, and operations.

Drones have numerous economic and environmental benefits that enable oil and gas companies to reduce costs, improve efficiency and competitiveness. Generally, the devices are used in all phases of oil and gas activities and have the potential to support the extraction, production, and distribution.

As the drone and sensor technology continues to improve, they now have more abilities that enable them to perform a wide range of inspections and monitoring roles, and replace or supplement the traditional methods. This allows oil and gas companies to detect existing and potential faults, as well as security issues that may affect the infrastructure and the workers.