The Leaders in UAV Magnetometer Surveys for Well-Locating

Helping developers locate orphan and abandoned wells so projects can move forward with confidence.

Fast and accurate well-finding surveys

UAV Exploration Inc. is a geophysical services provider specializing in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Magnetic Surveying for abandoned and orphan well-locating. We combine the latest in lightweight magnetic sensor technology, highly specialized aerial platforms and expert-level flight operations to produce the highest quality unmanned aeromagnetic well-surveys available.

Technology that makes well-finding faster than ever

Until recent advances in drone and lightweight magnetometer technology, large-scale well surveys simply weren’t feasible. And certainly not scalable. Now, with the expertise to combine these two technologies, it’s both feasible and scalable.

Drone-based magnetic surveys make traditional ground-surveys a thing of the past.

Faster

Over 10X faster than traditional methods

More Accurate

A complete picture of the precise locations of wells present within a survey area

First company to offer drone-magnetic surveying for well-locating

Years since our first mag survey

Satisfied clients nationwide and counting

UAV-Mag Survey missions flown

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Abandoned Wells Located

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Just a few of our client success stories

UAV Exploration has performed thousands of acres of P&A well locating surveys for our company. Throughout our time working with them they have delivered as promised, on time and on budget. I would highly recommend them to any company looking for a turn-key solution for locating P&A wells on a large scale.

Our construction project was forced to be put on hold due to the discovery of an abandoned gas well and the risk associated with the possibility of additional gas wells being present within the site. UAVEX was able to mobilize on short notice, survey our entire site, and locate several unknown wells the same day. We excavated where they put a flag and uncovered the first well-casing in less than 5 minutes. Thanks to UAVEX, we were able to quickly put our project back on track.

UAV Exploration did a great job for us. We had the challenge of not knowing where some of the historically plugged wells in our storage fields are located and as a result, we were not able to implement the monitoring activities required by code to establish functional integrity of the storage fields and facilities. With UAV Exploration’s services, we were able to locate these wells, ground verify them and were also able to sniff for gas around the well locations and record other relevant data. This was a big milestone for our data gathering and verification effort. I recommend UAV Exploration for whoever will need similar services.

We have routinely relied on UAV Exploration’s expertise in drone-based magnetic surveying as part of our due diligence process. As a subsurface storage company, undocumented orphan and abandoned wells pose a serious concern to our operations as well as to the landowners with whom we partner. We have employed UAV Exploration for surveys in a wide range of environments and terrains, all of which have resulted in exceptional work products. Their data collection, processing and ground-truthing techniques have given our team the utmost confidence in the results. We have even used their work to validate results of other companies in the geophysical surveying industry which resulted in UAV identifying an undocumented orphan well that another aerial magnetic survey company had missed.

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We recognize each abandoned well survey has unique requirements. Our goal is to provide a turn-key solution for our clients to ensure their specific project demands are met.