Fugitive emissions & LDAR
Optical gas imaging surveys arranged through specialist partner operators across tank seals, valve stations, and loading manifolds. EU IED-aligned records reduce assumed leak duration in penalty calculations.
Quarterly inspections,
now continuous.
Daily automated checks across remote wellpads, pipelines, and tank farms. Preventive maintenance becomes economically viable at scale.
Daily tank thermal, 24/7 perimeter, jetty and loading-arm inspection from the Aerion node fleet. Quarterly OGI surveys arranged via specialist partner. Audit-ready EU IED records by default.
90d
Typical LDAR window collapsed
DAILY
Tank thermal cadence (quarterly partner OGI add-on)
24/7
Unattended autonomy
APPROACH
From reactive inspection to continuous oversight.
Daily tank thermal, ROW patrols, perimeter security, and flare monitoring run autonomously from the Aerion node fleet, without expensive crew mobilization. OGI surveys for fugitive-emission compliance are arranged through specialist partner operators at quarterly cadence, with GPS-timestamped records that reduce assumed leak duration in EU emissions penalty calculations.
MISSION CATALOG
Eight recurring missions across upstream, midstream, and downstream.
Equipment health monitoring
Daily thermal sweeps detect bearing failures, corrosion, and overheating before they become unplanned downtime.
Pipeline ROW integrity
Full-corridor flights flag encroachment, excavation, and ground subsidence before third-party damage incidents.
Emergency response & incidents
Thermal and visual intelligence on scene within minutes. Hot-zone assessment and safe-approach routing for incident command.
Tank farm integrity
Detect ponding on floating roofs, rim seal leaks, and shell corrosion without confined-space entry or manual climbs.
Power infrastructure inspection
Identify conductor heating and insulator failures across on-site distribution. Prevents production outages and ignition risk.
Perimeter security & protection
Continuous patrol of wellpads, terminals, and pipeline yards. AI flags persons and vehicles inside controlled zones with timestamped evidence.
Flare system monitoring
Flame-pattern analysis and combustion-failure detection for EU IED Annex VI compliance. No asset offline, no climbing the stack.
DEPLOYMENT TIER
Two ways to subscribe.
Shared
Network service
For terminals, refineries, and pipeline operations within Aerion network range. Multi-customer node infrastructure. Daily tank thermal and perimeter cadence with quarterly partner OGI. Faster onboarding.
Dedicated
Private network
Dedicated node for high-volume terminals requiring continuous tank thermal, 24/7 perimeter coverage, and arranged partner OGI at heavier cadence. Priority access, custom mission profiles. 8-12 week deployment.
WHAT WE DETECT
Continuous detection across the operational envelope. Findings flagged in your dashboard with audit-grade evidence trails.
DETECTION · 01
OGI leak detection (partner-flight)
Optical gas imaging flown by specialist partner at quarterly cadence. Identifies fugitive emissions, tags to equipment IDs, and produces EU IED LDAR-grade compliance records automatically. Everything is delivered through the Aerion customer portal.
DETECTION · 02
Equipment anomaly recognition
Detects corrosion, structural damage, bearing failures, and overheating to enable predictive maintenance before catastrophic failure.
DETECTION · 03
Pipeline encroachment detection
Identifies construction equipment, excavation activity, and ROW violations to prevent third-party damage before incidents occur.
DETECTION · 04
Emergency response intelligence
Assesses hot zones, flame spread patterns, and safe approach routes during incidents for informed command decisions.
DETECTION · 05
Tank integrity monitoring
Detects ponding on floating roofs, rim seal failures, and shell corrosion without requiring dangerous manual inspection.
DETECTION · 06
Perimeter intrusion detection
Identifies unauthorized personnel, vehicles, and fence breaches to enable rapid security response and evidence capture.
DETECTION · 07
Asset-centric change detection
Compares current conditions against historical baselines to identify deterioration trends across thousands of assets.
DETECTION · 08
Compliance documentation
Generates GPS-timestamped, asset-linked inspection records meeting EU IED LDAR and safety regulations. Audit-ready by default.
INTEGRATION STACK
Drops into the systems your control room already runs.
CAPABILITY
What each node delivers
- 10 km service radius per node
- Continuous operations through Nordic winters (−30 °C)
- Weather-rated for outdoor deployment
- Multi-sensor capture: visual, thermal, photogrammetry
- Optical gas imaging (OGI), arranged via specialist partner, quarterly or on demand
- BVLOS-ready under EU specific category
- Real-time AI flagging on every flight
- EU data residency, GDPR, NIS2
INTEGRATES WITH
Your operations stack
- SCADA / DCS systems
- CMMS (Maximo, SAP) for work-order generation
- GIS for ROW and pipeline asset registers
- LDAR compliance registers
- VMS and SOC platforms
REGULATORY EDGE
Operating from inside the EU's only U-space sandbox.
Tartu, Estonia operates the EU's only fully-operational U-space regulatory sandbox. Aerion operates inside this framework. That compresses BVLOS approval cycles that take 12-24 months elsewhere in Europe to weeks for our customers.
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