Oil & Gas Autonomous Inspection with Robots & Drones

Autonomous Inspection for Oil & Gas.

Built for the industry's most hazardous environments, from rigs and refineries to remote terminals, and proven in ATEX Zone 1. Robots and drones run inspection missions through your hazardous areas, reading gauges, checking for gas, and spotting thermal anomalies, while your people stay out of the zone.

In ATEX Zone 1, Latency Is the Enemy

In a refinery or terminal, risk builds up between inspections. Manual rounds reach hazardous areas only so often, so a developing fault, such as a small leak, an overheating pump, or a gauge drifting out of range, can go unnoticed until it causes downtime or damage. Industry benchmarks put unplanned downtime at around USD 285K an hour, and in these environments the cost of a missed warning can be measured in more than money.

Most operations also run a mix of robots, drones, and systems from different manufacturers, each with its own interface, data format, and cloud. There's no single view, no consistent standard, and no easy way to scale what works at one site to the next.

Korial solves both problems. One platform directs robots and drones from any supported manufacturer, inspects hazardous areas far more often than manual rounds allow, and brings every finding into one trusted record, ready to flow into the maintenance systems your teams already use.

Aerial view of a refinery process unit at night, split between a visible camera image and a thermal image showing one overheating pump

Proven Where Failure Isn't an Option

Korial is already running autonomous inspection in live oil and gas operations. At one European refinery in ATEX Zone 1, a fleet of six has operated since 2021, inspecting 7,000 Points of Interest a week with 97% detection accuracy.

In the field, AI skills read every gauge, check every valve, and analyze every thermal and gas reading as it's captured. When a reading crosses a limit, operators get a severity-ranked alert with the image and data behind it, so the most serious issues get addressed first.

Because the intelligence sits in the platform rather than the hardware, you can add robots and drones from different manufacturers without adding another system to manage. Missions are built and proven in simulation before deployment, so less time is spent correcting them in hazardous areas.

The result is inspection that runs to the same standard on every round, with people moved away from the most dangerous work and toward the decisions that need their expertise.

Korial mission results for an Area 3 round, with gauge, valve, thermal and gas readings verified by AI and a thermal warning raised on T-07

“The most dangerous inspection rounds no longer need a person to walk them.”

In the Field

The routine, hazardous rounds that once sent people into the plant, now run as autonomous inspection missions.

Gas-sensing inspection device at a compressor manifold at night, with a Korial critical alert for gas reading G-02 above its alarm limit

Aerial view of a floating tank roof with standing water flagged by Korial as a critical water level on tank TK-01

Quadruped inspection device reading a gauge panel in a pump house, with a Korial warning showing gauge PG-12 trending below its expected range

Wheeled inspection device beside a compressor at night, with a Korial warning and thermal image showing bearing T-07 above its temperature limit

Tracked inspection device checking a valve manifold, with a Korial asset check confirming valve V-03 position, RCU switch and tamper seal

Gas Detection

Robots and drones equipped with gas sensors log readings along every route, build a gas map after each mission, and raise an alert the moment a limit is exceeded. Catching a release early protects your people, your production, and your environmental record before a trace becomes an incident.

Tank Roof Inspection

Drones check floating tank roofs autonomously, detecting when water on the roof reaches a critical level, without sending anyone onto a hazardous roof. A high-risk manual task becomes a routine, repeatable mission.

Gauge & Instrument Reading

Korial reads analog gauges and oil levels on every mission, stores each value as a data point, and flags any reading that moves outside its expected range. Readings that once needed a person standing at the asset are now captured mission after mission and verified by AI.

Thermal Anomaly Detection

Thermal imaging on every mission lets Korial spot overheating equipment and hotspots that aren't visible to the eye. Catching a thermal anomaly early is often the difference between a planned repair and an unplanned shutdown.

Asset State Verification

Korial confirms the state of critical assets automatically, checking valve positions, RCU switch states, and whether tamper seals are in place. Consistent, machine-checked verification reduces the risk of human error in safety-critical checks across the plant.

The Measure of Autonomous Oil & Gas

Across the world's most demanding energy operations, autonomy delivers a measurable return: fewer people in harm's way, faster detection of critical faults, and higher utilization of every asset you run.

$3.3M

Saved Per Year

Reported by the operator of a European refinery running Korial in ATEX Zone 1.

People Moved Off Night Rounds

Reported at the same refinery, where a fleet of six has operated since 2021.

97%

Detection Accuracy

Reported at the same refinery, across 7,000 Points of Interest inspected every week.

Customer Stories

Korial is proven in the field with deployments across some of the largest and most complex oil & gas facilities worldwide.

Oil & Gas

Shell Rheinland

At Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland, Korial coordinates a mixed fleet of ground robots and an aerial system to deliver continuous, risk‑aware inspection and routine rounds for asset condition monitoring.

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