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Oil and Gas Pipeline Monitoring during COVID-19 Pandemic via Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2111.09155v1
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2021 16:44:16 GMT
Title: Oil and Gas Pipeline Monitoring during COVID-19 Pandemic via Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Authors: Myssar Jabbar Hammood Al-Battbootti, Iuliana Marin, Nicolae Goga, Ramona Popa
Abstract summary: The vast network of oil and gas transmission pipelines requires periodic monitoring to avoid equipment failure and potential accidents. Among many inspection methods, the unmanned aerial vehicle system contains flexibility and stability. The current paper is based on the idea of capturing video and images of drone-based inspections, which can discover several potential hazardous problems before they become dangerous.
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Abstract: The vast network of oil and gas transmission pipelines requires periodic monitoring for maintenance and hazard inspection to avoid equipment failure and potential accidents. The severe COVID-19 pandemic situation forced the companies to shrink the size of their teams. One risk which is faced on-site is represented by the uncontrolled release of flammable oil and gas. Among many inspection methods, the unmanned aerial vehicle system contains flexibility and stability. Unmanned aerial vehicles can transfer data in real-time, while they are doing their monitoring tasks. The current article focuses on unmanned aerial vehicles equipped with optical sensing and artificial intelligence, especially image recognition with deep learning techniques for pipeline surveillance. Unmanned aerial vehicles can be used for regular patrolling duties to identify and capture images and videos of the area of interest. Places that are hard to reach will be accessed faster, cheaper and with less risk. The current paper is based on the idea of capturing video and images of drone-based inspections, which can discover several potential hazardous problems before they become dangerous. Damage can emerge as a weakening of the cladding on the external pipe insulation. There can also be the case when the thickness of piping through external corrosion can occur. The paper describes a survey completed by experts from the oil and gas industry done for finding the functional and non-functional requirements of the proposed system.

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