Inspection of MV-OH Powerlines Using Drones Project – Saudi Aramco Khurais
- Challenge
- Large-scale MV overhead line network with 1000+ towers and poles spread across remote terrain
- Manual inspections were slow, risk-heavy, and inconsistent
- Limited visibility into early defects without thermal, UV, or 3D data
- Need to build in-house capability alongside project delivery
- AIGC Solution
- Deployed end-to-end drone inspection and asset digitization program
- Captured visual, thermal, LiDAR, and UV data for all MV-OHL assets
- Created a digital asset baseline for towers and poles
- Delivered full training program covering operational drone workflows , emergency response procedures and on-the-Job Training (OJT) for Aramco teams
- Realized Value
- Enabled faster, safer inspections without line shutdowns or climbing
- Early identification of hotspots, corona discharge, structural issues
- Established a scalable digital foundation for predictive maintenance
- Reduced dependency on external inspections through trained internal teams