Oil Rig Flare Stack Inspections News

FAA Exemptions for Commercial Drone Use

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday it had granted exemptions to four companies to use drones commercially for aerial surveying, construction site monitoring and oil rig flare stack inspections. The four companies, Trimble Navigation Limited, VDOS Global LLC, Clayco Inc and Woolpert Inc, said in their petitions to the…