Report | Drones in the Energy Industry 2018

This survey was conducted in July 2018 distributed within the Energy Drone Coalition network in the North-American region with 214 total surveys completed. The survey is planned to be conducted for the Energy Drone Coalition 2019 again to asses changes and developments of drone operations of energy companies.

TABLE OF CONTENT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. THE DRONE MARKET

3. ORGANIZATIONAL SETUP

4. TECHNOLOGY STACK

5. OPERATION

6. SUMMARY

TABLE OF FIGURES

Fig. 1: Verticals considered in this study according to NATS

Fig. 2: Distribution of industrial sectors of respondents

Fig. 3: Share of companies deploying drones

Fig. 4: Average number of years deploying drones

Fig. 5: In-house vs. Outsourcing

Fig. 6: Drone activities outsourced to external companies

Fig. 7: Companies with drone divisions/departments

Fig. 8: Number of flights being performed by companies

Fig. 9: Configuration of drones

Fig. 10: Types of payload being used

Fig. 12: Purpose of drone operations

Fig. 13: Data transfer of collected data

Fig. 14: Companies operating BVLOS

Fig. 15: Drivers of the commercial drone market