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Remote aerial inspection company
Cyberhawk Innovations and Stork
Technical Services have won the
Business Efficiency category in the
Oil and Gas UK Awards 2012 for
carrying out the first North Sea
offshore inspection using a Remotely
Operated Aerial Vehicle (ROAV).
Cyberhawk’s ROAV captured HD
images and relayed them live,
allowing for a full assessment of the
structure and coating condition of
the operational drilling derrick. The
inspection involved accessing areas
that would have been particularly
dangerous and time-consuming for
traditional rope or scaffold
inspections. Cyberhawk MD
Malcolm Connolly said: “The cost,
time and safety improvements mean
that ROAV inspection is already
becoming established as best practice
at onshore plants in the UK and
globally.”