Storage tanks
Crude, condensate, product and feedstock tanks. Floor and shell corrosion mapping, roof condition, foam-pad documentation. The drone flies through a 600 mm manway.
Inspect refineries, tanks and columns without sending anyone inside.
Turnarounds are short, scaffolding is slow, and people in vessels is the highest-risk line on every safety sheet. Scout 137 puts the inspector on the outside and the drone on the inside.
Where Scout 137 flies
Four asset families. One drone. Every turnaround.
Distillation columns
Full internal inspection of trays, downcomers, demisters and packing. UT thickness on shell sections at any elevation, each reading anchored to the 3D map.
Process vessels & reactors
Reactor internals, vessel walls, head and bottom sections. Catalyst-bed condition surveys without scaffolding inside the unit.
Flue stacks & internal ducting
Internal stack and chimney condition, flue-gas ducting and precipitator internals. Lining, refractory and corrosion under deposits, flown from inside instead of off a scaffold.
The challenge today
Every shutdown day costs more than the inspection itself.
Days → hours
Scaffolding inside a column takes days to erect. A flight replaces it.
Up to 90%
Lower inspection cost than scaffolding and rope access inside the asset.
Zero
Inspectors in the vessel when a drone can do the survey.
One flight
Visual, thickness and gas readings captured before the unit comes back online.
Confined-space entry remains the single largest avoidable risk in refinery inspection. Cutting it shortens the turnaround, reduces permits and removes the worst-case incident from the asset.
How Scout 137 changes it
See it. Measure it. Locate it.
Three capture streams, one flight per asset. The integrator inside Scout Portal turns all of it into a single class-ready report.
See
4K Zoom Camera
Full-resolution visual record of every tray, weld and coating defect. Synchronised LED control, so the inspector sets the lighting without re-flying.
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Measure
Ultrasonic Testing
Ultrasonic thickness on shell sections, column walls and reactor heads. Up to 100 readings per flight, each anchored to the 3D map.
ExploreGas Detection
Continuous flammable-gas (%LEL) monitoring during purge verification and post-shutdown re-entry checks: methane, propane and other hydrocarbons, logged with the flight. A safety supplement, not a substitute for confined-space clearance.
ExploreMore payloads coming
The modular payload bay is built to grow. We won't spoil what's next, but we listen to what the industry whispers about. Got an inspection problem we should solve?
Locate
3D LiDAR
SLAM navigation in GPS-denied spaces, location-tagged measurements on every reading, and survey-grade point cloud export. Powers digital twins, BIM workflows, CAD models, and as-built documentation, all captured in one flight.
ExplorePoint Cloud
Every flight exports a survey-grade point cloud of the asset interior, flight path included. Drop it straight into digital twins, BIM workflows, CAD models, and as-built documentation.
ExploreA record you can trust
Evidence that your integrity team and inspectors can rely on.
Every capture is time-stamped and geo-anchored to the asset’s 3D model, assembled in Scout Portal into one complete, repeatable record your AIM and IDMS systems already accept. It gives you data suitable for API 510, 570, 653 and EEMUA 159 review.
Field record
Live-streamed storage-tank inspection at Equinor’s Mongstad refinery, captured without entry and reviewed in Scout Portal.
Field record Equinor Mongstad, Norway
Storage tank coating condition live streaming to the integrity team
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Proof from the field
Real inspections. Real data.
Storage tank inspection for Equinor at Mongstad refinery
ScoutDI has performed drone inspection with live streaming of Equinor’s tank storage facility at Mongstad in Norway.
Non-entry inspection of pressure vessel
ScoutDI has demonstrated non-entry drone inspection with situational awareness and live remote participation as part of LRQA trials hosted by Allnex.
Scout 137 for coke drum inspection
Using Scout 137 Gen 3 in coke drum inspection — adding better visual data, not changing the rules. Free of the drill stem, with 4K zoom, wall-lock stability and unlimited wired flight time.
Maritime & offshore
Cargo holds, ballast tanks, FPSOs, turbine foundations. Inspection without entry, output ready for class survey.
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Power generation
Penstocks, boilers, flue stacks and spillways — plus reactor containment. Hydro and thermal assets surveyed without dewatering or scaffolding.
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Mining & underground
Active shafts, stopes, abandoned workings. Proven at 400 m mine depth.
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Critical infrastructure
Tunnels, reservoirs, dams, sewers, water systems. Confined and constrained civil assets, captured cleanly.
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Class survey
DNV, Bureau Veritas, LR, ABS, and API workflows. Inspection output that passes class review across marine, energy, and asset integrity.
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Plan your next turnaround with the drone in scope from day one.
Book a live demo with our refinery team. We’ll bring a Scout 137, the payload mix you need and a workflow that fits your AIM/IDMS pipeline.