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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2023
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Maher Hamed Alerwi, Dhahran, SA;
Ghazi Salman Qahtani, Khobar, SA;
Layan Alaeddin Alsharif, Dhahran, SA;
Rahaf Nasser Almutairi, Dhahran, SA;
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
A pipeline inspection system includes an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operable to travel in an airspace above a pipeline configured to transport a hydrocarbon fluid. The UAV includes sensors configured to detect a leak of the hydrocarbon fluid from the pipeline. The system includes a control system configured to perform operations including operating the UAV to travel at a first altitude range in the airspace, identifying a measurement, taken at the first altitude range, from a first sensor that indicates a location of a potential leak of the hydrocarbon fluid, based on the identified measurement from the first sensor, operating the UAV to travel at a second altitude range different from the first altitude range in the airspace, identifying a measurement, taken at the second altitude range, from a second sensor that indicates the location of the potential leak, and generating a recommended action based on the identified measurements.