Gas wells and infrastructure have been remotely monitored in the world 's first beyond - line - of - sight commercial use of a drone . The world’s first commercial use of beyond-line-of-sight drones has been achieved in inland Queensland to monitor natural gas wells and associated infrastructure on grazing properties. In a partnership with Boeing , Shell 's Queensland Gas Division has carried out the monitoring using a drone in a bid to reduce the number of well visits and cut the level of traffic on the pipeline .
Gas wells and infrastructure have been remotely monitored in the world 's first beyond - line - of - sight commercial use of a drone . In a partnership with Boeing , Shell 's Queensland Gas Division has carried out the monitoring using a drone in a bid to reduce the number of well visits and cut the level of traffic on the pipeline .