Video: How drones help make natural gas projects safer

Joe Massaro

In any natural gas project, safety is paramount.

That’s why Pittsburgh-based Civil & Environmental Consultants Inc. uses drones for topography and engineering drawings. The footage and data that are gathered help the companies better understand the project’s physical landscape.

“We try to put these in areas that might be unsafe to send a man in to survey,” Rob Sinclair, CEC’s corporate CADD technology manager, told The Stream at Shale Insight.

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Joe Massaro

Joe Massaro is based in Bravo Group's Pittsburgh office and has deep energy industry expertise. He previously served as the field director for a Pennsylvania-based oil and gas industry grassroots PR firm.