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UAV Geophysics Workshop
September 29, 2017
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Mapping Oilfield Infrastructure with UAV
• Application of high resolution photogrammetry to seismic survey planning and reclamation
• Application of quadcopter to facility inspection – leaking flare stack
• Thermal test for flowline mapping
• Larger scale thermal and photogrammetry with high accuracy georeferencing
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• UAV (shothole mapping)– Galaxy UAV Penguin fixed wing– Wingspan; 1.8 meter, Endurance; 75 minutes, 12 MP RGB camera, 4 cm GSD from 400 feet– Lawn mower patterns
• UAV (Flare Stack Inspection and Thermal test video)– DJI Inspire 1 VTOL Quadcopter, 4 K RGB camera, and Flir Vue Pro R 640, 30 Hz– Vertical flights manually flown for inspection– Manual and autonomous flights for thermal video
• Processing software - Pix4D
• Permit requirement– FAA Part 107 Licensed pilots within the provisions and requirements– Property owner’s permission to fly over
UAV Specs, Software, and Permits
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Surveyed Seismic Sources – Vibe and Dynamite
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Drill Buggy GPS tracks
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Planning UAV Missions
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Before Drill Buggy Damages
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After Drill Buggy Damages
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Drill Buggy Tracks
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Flare Stack Inspection
• While our drone contractor was collecting the baseline imagery (pre shothole), one of nearby field locations requested that we send our UAV contractor to with a flare stack inspection…
• The flare was not safe to inspect without understanding the origin of the leak
• Utilized the quadcopter drone to inspect the full length of the stack in high resolution video
• Quickly determined the leak was confined to an area that could easily be fixed without risk
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Flare Stack Inspection
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• 28,29.JAN.2017
• Air Temperature ~45F
• Fluid temperature as high as 120F
Thermal Test Flight in South Texas Oil Field
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Thermal Test Flight in South Texas Oil Field
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Timing
• … now we know we have a tool that works but at the time we weren’t sure about ground temperatures and variable near surface moisture content and how that might effect our results
• The plan was to start in S Texas when temperatures cooled off– 45F ambient temperature and 120F fluid buried 3-4 feet
• Following the S Texas project, we would move up North– We chose to wait until after the ground began to thaw worried about the
insulated properties of the <32F near surface
– 45F ambient temperature and 200F fluid buried 6-8 feet
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UAV Specs, Software, and Permits
• UAV– Fixed Wing Multi-Sensor Custom Designed Drones and Flight Controllers– 65-75 minute flights (appx. 1 sq. Mile) @ 116 meters AGL flight altitude– target ground speed @18meters/second
• actual airspeeds 6-23meters/second
• Blue Marble
• Geographics
• Global Mapper– Version 17.1.0 (b020216) (64-bit) (+Lidar)
• esri ArcMap 10.1
• Permits/Regulatory– FAA Section 333 exemption– FAA Part 107 pilots– aircraft registered with FAA– DROTAMs submitted with FAA for every flight area– Airspace waivers as required– SIMOPS with local air operators (ND)– surface to air VHF communication on general aviation channels
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Georeferenced Thermal Imagery for Flowline ID
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Georeferenced Thermal Imagery for Flowline ID
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Georeferenced Thermal Imagery for Flowline ID
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Georeferenced Thermal Imagery for Flowline ID
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Georeferenced Thermal Imagery for Flowline ID
Thermal
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Georeferenced Thermal Imagery for Flowline ID
Point Cloud Elevation
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Georeferenced Thermal Imagery for Flowline ID
Thermal draped on Elevation
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Georeferenced Thermal Imagery for Flowline ID
Thermal draped on Elevation
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Georeferenced Thermal Imagery for Flowline ID
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Georeferenced Thermal Imagery for Flowline ID
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Georeferenced Thermal Imagery for Flowline IDApplied to fiberglass lines buried 6-8ft depth below frost zone
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Georeferenced Thermal Imagery for Flowline ID
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Georeferenced Thermal Imagery for Flowline ID
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Georeferenced Thermal Imagery for Flowline ID
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• Denbury Onshore and SEG – Near Surface for coordinating this session and allowing us to share these results
• Aaron Totten Seiclone Surveys http://www.seiclonesurveys.com/
• Bryan Archer Galaxy UAV http://galaxymro.com/
• Jessie Hooten Denbury
• Sarah Reed SMU, EERC, previously Denbury
Acknowledgements