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Drone Pipeline Inspection in Calgary

Before you begin construction for a pipeline, you need to ensure that you won’t encounter any problems within the right of way (ROW) you have been granted for the project. At Active Drone Solutions, we provide a safe method of surveying your ROW before you begin construction with our drone pipeline inspection. 


If you are building a pipeline near Calgary, learn about the things that might obstruct your ROW and how drone pipeline surveying will capture them and allow you to safely analyze potential hazards for your project. Our drone pipeline inspections also ensure that your existing pipeline and its ROW are up to code.  


Below are the things we will look for in your drone pipeline survey.

Construction Activity

Construction Activity

Construction Activity

Drone monitoring an add / fill construction job

  • Visual identification of construction activity or potential activity along the ROW.  
  • Image capture and identification, tagged with latitude and longitude, elevation, pipeline identification, and GPS.

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Encroachments

Construction Activity

Construction Activity

Drone pipeline inspection and ROW

  • Visual identification of structures in the vicinity to Right of Way. 
  • Image capture and identification, tagged with latitude and longitude, elevation, pipeline identification, and GPS.

Potential Geohazards

Construction Activity

Potential Geohazards

Drone pipeline inspection - identifying slope instability

  • Observe and identify potential geohazards on or near the ROW. 
  • Fallen Trees, Rockfall, Major cracks in proximity to ROW, Erosion, Landslides, sinkholes, loss of soil cover or vegetation on slopes. 
  • Geohazards Identified are be submitted in the daily/weekly reports.

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Watercourse Crossing

Watercourse Crossing

Potential Geohazards

Drone pipeline inspection - identifying a watercrossing

  • Visual identification of Bank Erosion, Slumping, Ice Jams & Dredging Operations.  
  • Photos will be identified with Pipeline System Name, Watercourse ID Photo Capture Date, Direction of Photo Capture, and Approximate Latitude Longitude

Evidence of Leaks

Watercourse Crossing

Evidence of Leaks

Drone pipeline inspection - identifying a thermal leak

  • Visual cues are ground staining, the sheen on water near or on ROW, stressed vegetation & odor.
  • Additional leak identification and advanced detection services through Laser Gas Leak detection systems, Open Path Laser Systems, or Plume Laser detection systems. 

Cover Compliance

Watercourse Crossing

Evidence of Leaks

Pipeline inspection

  • Exposed Pipe – identifying unintentionally exposed pipelines. 
  • Visual Identification of exposed pipe (yellow jacket) is identified as a critical finding and will be notified to the client immediately.

Vegetation Management

Vegetation Management

Vegetation Management

Aerial imaging of a pipeline inspeciton

  • Vegetation cannot be at a state where the ROW is not visible from the air. 
  • HVP lines must be cleared and free of vegetation.

Missing Signage

Vegetation Management

Vegetation Management

ROW pipeline inspections - identifying signage

  • Identification of Water Crossings, Road Crossings & Power Lines referenced against signage list and geolocation.
  • In compliance with CSA Z662 – all navigable waterways must have pipeline warning signs on each side of the ROW that are visible from the water. 
  • Identify missing signage and mark it as an anomaly to be tagged in the report.

Our drone pipeline inspections allow you to collect data on all of the above potential issues with your pipeline and ROW without necessitating the on-site presence of an inspector. Our drone surveys are safe, thorough, and unobtrusive, so you can get the information you need without risking injury to an inspector or damage to the pipeline and ROW.  


If you want to learn more about how our expert drone pilots can help you inspect your ROW and pipeline, contact us today. You can reach us by completing our contact form or by calling us at 1-587-855-6272.

Active Drone Solutions

639 5 Ave SW, Suite 2500, Calgary, T2P 0M9

1-587-855-6272 | info@active-drones.com

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