UAV Exploration came into this project as the most experienced UAV consultant and it showed. We utilized them in the toughest flight areas with amazing success. UAVEX tackled each challenge that came their way with incredible professionalism. Their experience helped guide the other consultants as well, allowing ODNR to cover more locations at less cost and greater coverage and accuracy.

We were tasked with locating abandoned oil and gas wells for a client designing natural gas well pads. In the past, the client had been caught off guard by unknown abandoned wells, which led to delays, added costs, and permitting re-work. When they needed to locate these wells, we called UAVEX. I met with the field team expecting to help them because I knew the site by means of boots on the ground. I must say this effort was not needed. UAVEX showed up with a solid gameplan and executed it with nothing short of true professionalism. We performed work on many other similar sites and all were successful. UAVEX found the best workflow for the challenging topography and limited site access while keeping within the original budget. In addition, the level of positive returns on their survey was astonishing. We felt very confident going to the client showing the results of UAVEX’s work, knowing that their site was fully understood and ready to design.

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.