Skyports Drones Deliver Parts To North Sea Oil Rigs

Skyports’ Swoop Aero Kite drone takes off from Equinor’s Gullfaks C oil rig in the North Sea.

Credit: Skyports Drone Services
Skyports Drone Services has begun delivering spare parts and other packages on demand to oil rigs in the North Sea under a two-month trial with Norwegian energy company Equinor. Piloted from shore, Swoop Aero Kite automated cargo drones are operating between Equinor’s processing center in Mongstad...
Graham Warwick

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