French drone startup Azur Drones is making recycled nuclear fuel sites safer by deploying its Skeyetech autonomous surveillance UAV solution to protect a huge site in The Hague. Mostly used in the port, energy, defense and oil-and-gas sectors, Azur drones will coordinate with on-ground security teams for Orano to maintain 24-7 surveillance over the highly sensitive … [Read more...] about Azur Drones Help Make Nuclear Fuel Sites Safer
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Methane Detection: Shell Expands Drone-Based Program in the Permian Basin
By DRONELIFE staff writer Jim Magill Following a successful two-year pilot program, international oil and gas company Shell will employ a small fleet of drones to fly over more than 500 oil and gas sites in the Permian Basin of West Texas and southeastern New Mexico, searching for leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. In a recent statement, Shell said it had reached … [Read more...] about Methane Detection: Shell Expands Drone-Based Program in the Permian Basin
AiRXOS’ New Solution for Drones in Energy
GE's AiRXOS' new solution for energy drone programs provides everything energy companies need for UAS operations: from safe flight to usable insights. Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) provider AiRXOS has announced "a comprehensive Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) solution for Energy organizations to plan, schedule, operate and monitor all facets of their UAS operations from a … [Read more...] about AiRXOS’ New Solution for Drones in Energy