Aptella provides drone mapping technology that helps manage oil and gas facilities more efficiently

Airscope, a Perth-based inspections and asset visualisation company, was enlisted by Santos to provide large-scale virtual models of its facilities in the Cooper Basin, South Australia. Airscope needed to source the best drone technology to complete this project and found that Aptella’ Intel Falcon 8+ drone was the only drone up to the task. “When looking for the best drone for modelling these challenging landscapes, we compared 37 different aircraft that all claimed to be up to the specifications we needed,” said Francois Alberts, Chief Controller, Airscope. “When Intel’s distributor, Aptella, showed us the Intel Falcon 8+ drone, we found it to be the only aircraft which met our expectations, for its reliability, stability and true 3D modelling