Covid-19 has allowed companies to hire from anywhere, but they mustn’t lose track of diversity Source: CTech “Leading a global team is incredibly rewarding, but it comes with its fair share of challenges,” said Gav Martell, COO of SkyX. As a company compiled of Israelis, Americans, and others, there are various cultural or lingual obstacles […]
Learn how you can bridge your PHMSA compliance gaps and introduce new value to your pipeline integrity management in our Achieving PHMSA Compliance in the New Digital Era Webinar In last week’s article on the PHMSA Mega Rule, we discussed the complete record overhauls and numerous additional inspections operators will need to take on as […]
Learn how you can bridge your PHMSA compliance gaps and introduce new value to your pipeline integrity management in our Achieving PHMSA Compliance in the New Digital Era Webinar In the past year, PHMSA has put the pressure on pipeline operators across the United States to ramp up their pipeline integrity management efforts – both […]
COVID-19 has put the oil and gas sector in a uniquely-difficult situation. Amidst a one-two punch of extreme market forces – market demand decrease and supply-chain disruption – the industry is staggering, with 23 oil producers and 18 oilfield service firms going bankrupt in 2020 alone.1 With such chaos in the upstream, dire tidings now […]
Pipelines across the United States are getting old. According to reports by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), approximately 55% of gas transmission lines and 43% of hazardous liquid pipelines are over 50 years old – that’s over half a century!1 As assets age, they become more susceptible to hazards. However, with rigorous […]
In the second of our two-part Q&A series, walking through the start-to-finish process for SkyX’s midstream pipeline integrity services, we sat down with Jason Braverman – Chief Technology Officer – to learn how UAV imagery gets turned into actionable data through AI-driven analysis. If you missed it, read the first Q&A of our Midstream Pipeline […]
In the first of a two-part Q&A series, walking through the start-to-finish process for SkyX’s midstream pipeline integrity services, we sat down with Josh MacDougall – Flight Operations Manager –to understand how data collection and flight operations play out on a pipeline Right-Of-Way (ROW). To start, tell us a bit about what you do at […]
For this week’s blog article, we sat down with Niall McCallum – Flight Operations – to discuss how SkyX is working toward Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations in the United States. To start, tell us a bit about what you do at SkyX. Within flight operations, my job is to ensure that SkyX […]
If you’re a pipeline integrity manager it’s your responsibility to get the right sensor systems in place that will allow you to safely and reliably transport your product. Yet, you may still be experiencing limitations that continue to leave you vulnerable to leaks and damage. Consider this, are you limiting your thinking around intelligent, remote […]
In last week’s article on pipeline safety, we covered the immediate benefits of making an aerial data platform – that leverages UAVS and AI – a core part of your pipeline safety management systems. In this week’s article, we’ll be exploring how you can use the resultant data to craft the ultimate tool for a […]