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Revolutionizing the Energy Sector through Drones

Explore the benefits of using drones in the energy sector, including environmental impact, improved wind power, safety advantages, and economic benefits. Learn about the current regulatory framework and upcoming FAA rule. Discover how drones can be incorporated into surveying oil drilling sites and optimizing wind power. See how video drones enhance safety in the sector and how power plants in the sky could shape the future. Understand the legal challenges and potential solutions for the use of drones in the energy industry.

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Revolutionizing the Energy Sector through Drones

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  1. Revolutionizing the Energy Sector through Drones By Cam Flores

  2. “It’s coming… [t]he question is how long will it take?” Curt Smith – director at BP’s chief technology office

  3. Roadmap • Benefits of using Drones in the Energy Sector • Environmental • Improving wind power • Safety • Economic impact • “Power plants in the Sky” • Current regulatory framework • Upcoming FAA rule – FAA Modernization and Reform Act • How to incorporate drones into the Energy Sector

  4. Surveying Oil Drilling Sites • Environmental Benefits • Marine mammals • Permits require companies to halt seismic surveys if whales or other protected wildlife are present • Ice • Lower carbon footprint • Economic benefits • Shell’s $5 billion dollar mistake • Conoco Phillips and Alaska’s arctic shores

  5. Wind Power and Drones • Wind Power has limitations • Unpredictable • Unstable source of power • Wind is more stable and more plentiful at higher altitudes • Using Drones to mimic Wind Turbines

  6. Video

  7. Video

  8. Drones and Safety in the Energy Sector • Drones can go where people cannot • Examples • BP and small drones • Safety benefits • Detect weak spots and leaks in pipelines • Dangerous terrain • Economic benefits • Manned v. unmanned • Apache Corp • Inspections of flare stacks at gas plants • Avoids shutdowns of around three weeks • Identified Technologies

  9. Video

  10. Power Plants in the Sky • New Wave Energy UK • Harvesting solar, wind, and heat energy • Converts energy through electromagnetic waves • Benefits • Height advantages • 50,000 ft

  11. So What’s the Problem? - Wild Wild West of Drones • Model Aircraft (voluntary guidelines) or Aircraft (regulations)? • Huerta v. Pirker • Who regulates? • Administrative Law Judge – Drone is Model Aircraft • National Transportation Safety Board – Drone is Aircraft • Murky legal waters - Fear of flying commercial drones until 2015 (or later?)

  12. FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 • FAA "shall provide for the safe integration of civil unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system as soon as practicable, but not later than September 30, 2015." • What will the rules look like? • What will the future look like for drones? • FAA claims airspace from the ground up • Flying commercial drones will violate FAA regulation • Any aircraft, manned or unmanned, needs some form of FAA approval

  13. So what should we do about it? • All comes down to the proposed rulemaking next year • Distinguish small drones (<55lbs) from large drones • What is the definition of navigable airspace? • Why did FAA come to exist? • NAS Should not be anything above ground • Comment on the proposed rulemaking • Give States flexibility with drone regulation • Tax breaks

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