Whether you call them drones or UAVs, the commercial use of unmanned aerial vehicles is entering the main stream. Using drones for surveys and inspections is quickly proving to be one of the safest, fastest and most cost-effective ways to get the job done; if you know what you’re doing.

We’re not talking about the hobby drones you got you kids for Christmas; commercial drones can weight up to 55 lbs. and carry equipment from HD cameras to sophisticated LIDAR equipment.

Mark and Patrick talk to David Stacey, the owner of AIR TOPO, one of the leading companies in this burgeoning field. David and his team have been building, programming and flying commercial UAVs longer than just about anyone else in the industry, and his equipment has proven itself in sustained Texas winds of over 35 mph!

Click Play to Hear the Oil and Gas HSE Podcast Episode 25 – Drone Survey and Inspections

[clear-line]

We Have A Winner!!!

Congratulations Luis Moreno at Honeywell. You are this week’s winner of the Red Wing Offshore Bag!

If you want to win one of these awesome rig bags, all you have to do is enter!

Click Here to Enter

[clear-line]

More Information

If you would like to connect with David, you can find him on the AIRTOPO website or on their Facebook page.

 

[clear-line]

Leave a Review

This is the last time I’m going to bring it up but Mark broke the show feed in iTunes, so we need your help. Without getting too technical, what that means is now there are two Red Wing’s Oil and Gas HSE Podcast shows in iTunes. So, please leave us a review on the new feed, even if you left us one if the past. Again, last time I will call Mark out on this.

How to leave a review:

Step 1: Follow this link to the show in iTunes

Step 2: Click on blue button under the picture for the show that says “View in iTunes”

Step 3: You should be in the iTunes application. Click on “Ratings and Reviews”

Step 4: Click on the button under the heading that says “Write a Review”

Upcoming Events

Red Wing’s Oil and Gas HSE Podcast is hitting the road. Here are all of the upcoming events we will be attending:

* IADC – Health, Safety, Environment & Training Conference; February 7 – 8 

* NAPE Summit; February 15 – 17

* The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC); May 1 – 4 

The OGHSE Podcast will also be hosting a live event in Q1-2017, in Houston, TX. Stay tuned for more details about the event and how you can get tickets.

[clear-line]

This Is Your Show

Tell Mark and Patrick what topics you would like to hear discussed on the show!

Click Here to Email Us

[clear-line]

Global Oil and Gas Network LinkedIn Group

Join the number one SPAM FREE LinkedIn group for people interested in the oil and gas industry!

Click Here to Join

[clear-line]

Mark and Patricks’ Resources