Saudi Arabian Oil Company

Osama Bakur Bahwal

Fouad M Alkhabbaz

Soliman A Al-Walaie

Khaled F Abusalem

Soliman A Al-Wlaaie

Sarhan Ali Albahish

Hadeel Algallaf

The present disclosure describes a system that includes: an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising one or more on-board batteries, and a self-powering payload coupled to the UAV, wherein the self-powering payload comprises: one or more transformable devices configured to alter an orientation of the one or more transformable devices with respect to a transmission line in proximity to the UAV when the UAV is air-borne; one or more coil devices mounted on the one or more transformable devices and configured to capture a magnetic flux of an electromagnetic field generated by the transmission line; and an electric circuit configured to generate, based on the captured magnetic flux, charging currents for the one or more on-board batteries on the UAV while the UAV is in air-borne.

Self-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system energized by power lines includes a UAV, a charging mechanism and an electric circuit. The charging mechanism is operatively coupled to a body of the UAV. The charging mechanism can connect to power transmission lines deployed near an air space in which the UAV is airborne and operating. The charging mechanism can draw power from the power transmission lines to power a flight of the UAV. The electric circuit is onboard the UAV. The electric circuit can generate charging currents based on the power drawn from the power transmission lines to power the flight of the UAV while the UAV is airborne.

Unmanned aerial vehicles energized by power lines

Multiple robotic monitors are located in a hydrocarbon storage or transport facility. Each robotic monitor is communicably coupled to other robotic monitors and includes a heat sensor configured to detect heat emitted by a hydrocarbon tank of the hydrocarbon storage or transport facility. A controller is communicably coupled to the heat sensor and configured to generate a heat signature based on the heat detected by the heat sensor. A pump is communicably coupled to the controller and configured to exert pressure on a fire retardant, responsive to the generation of the heat signature by the controller. An outlet is mechanically coupled to the pump and configured to discharge the fire retardant at the hydrocarbon tank.

Hazard detection and containment

The present disclosure describes system and method to virtualize a plant facility with remote sites that are separated from a central site. The method includes: receiving, at a remote site of the plant facility and from a transport vehicle of a transport network, an engineering package assembled by a server computer located at the central site of the plant facility and addressed to the remote site of the plant facility, the engineering package comprising a command script and a data component; and extracting, by one or more computing devices at the remote site, the command script from the engineering package such that the command script is executed to cause the one or more computing devices to perform tasks of managing site operations at the remote site of the plant facility as if a human control systems engineer is present to perform such tasks on-site.

Multi-vector engineering methods and apparatus for isolated process control systems

The present disclosure describes a new method to virtualize a plant facility with remote sites that are separated from a central site. The method includes: assembling, by a server computer located at the central site of the plant facility, an engineering package addressed to a particular remote site of the plant facility, the administrative package comprising a command script and a data component; and dispatching, by the server computer located at the central site of the plant facility and through a transport network of one or more transport vehicles, the engineering package to the particular remote site such that, when the engineering package arrives with a particular transport vehicle at the particular remote site, the command script is extracted and executed to perform control systems management and engineering tasks at the particular remote site for routine maintenance as if a human control system engineer is present to perform such systems management and engineering tasks on-site.

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Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Osama Bakur Bahwal