The Application of Unmanned Aerial Systems UAS's to Improve Emergency Oil Spill Response

摘要

Once the preserve of the military, Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS's) now have a wide range of civil applications including search and rescue operations, offshore oil and gas platform inspections, delivery of supplies to remote regions and aerial surveillance of crops. The Oil and Gas industry recognised the value of UAS's a few years ago and now the Oil and Gas Industry and Oil Spill Response Organisations (OSRO's) around the world are looking at ways to use UAS technology to have "eyes in the sky" to support spill responses and explore the safety, efficiency and cost benefits.