GAIL India has deployed drones on pilot basis on its main trunk pipeline as it uses technology to secure its vast network. The company has hired one drone on a pilot basis for aerial surveillance of the HBJ pipeline in the Chambal Ravines in Madhya Pradesh. Based on the results, the company may decide to buy or hire more drones to monitor its 15,000-km pipeline network.
GAIL India is India’s principal Natural Gas Company with activities ranging from Gas Transmission and Marketing to Processing (for fractionating LPG, Propane, SBP Solvent and Pentane); transmission of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG); production and marketing of Petrochemicals like HDPE and LLDPE and leasing bandwidth in Telecommunications.