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Safety technology

bp deploys leading-edge technologies across our operations to help predict safety challenges and prevent incidents from occurring

Producing and transporting hydrocarbons

Our Remote Collaboration Center in Houston provides round-the-clock support for deepwater well operations in the Gulf of America, ensuring that bp’s offshore teams receive 24/7 assistance from onshore experts.

 

We also deploy a suite of intuitive computers that use sensory technology to gather data on our well operations and then translate the data into simple, real-time indicators that help rig crews and office-based experts enhance safety and performance.

We also use drones and robotic crawlers to inspect our Gulf of America facilities, reducing potential risk to people.

 

 

Refining operations

Our US refineries use drones to monitor elevated structures — rather than have workers climb up temporary scaffolding — while using robotic technology to perform other critical safety inspections.

Two team members standing outside by a tank battery, flying a drone directly overhead
A bp team member wearing a white helmet stands directly behind a drone that is calibrating on the ground.
Three bp team members stand outside behind a robotic crawler about to enter a tank
Two team members stand directly behind a robotic crawler with a green-tube arm, going up a ramp and entering a sulfur tank
A drone flies above Whiting Refinery, analyzing the facility and all of its pipes
Drone inspecting a tank battery at the bpx South Haynesville asset (SoHa) in Texas
Pre-flight calibration of a drone, at bpx South Haynesville (SoHa) in Texas
Robotic crawler is at the manway about to enter the tank to clean it at Whiting Refinery in Whiting, Indiana
Robotic crawler used to clean a sulfur tank at Whiting Refinery in Whiting Indiana
Drone inspection with refinery units in the background at Whiting Refinery in Whiting, Indiana
Two team members standing outside by a tank battery, flying a drone directly overhead
A bp team member wearing a white helmet stands directly behind a drone that is calibrating on the ground.
Three bp team members stand outside behind a robotic crawler about to enter a tank
Two team members stand directly behind a robotic crawler with a green-tube arm, going up a ramp and entering a sulfur tank
A drone flies above Whiting Refinery, analyzing the facility and all of its pipes
Drone inspecting a tank battery at the bpx South Haynesville asset (SoHa) in Texas
Pre-flight calibration of a drone, at bpx South Haynesville (SoHa) in Texas
Robotic crawler is at the manway about to enter the tank to clean it at Whiting Refinery in Whiting, Indiana
Robotic crawler used to clean a sulfur tank at Whiting Refinery in Whiting Indiana
Drone inspection with refinery units in the background at Whiting Refinery in Whiting, Indiana

At our Whiting refinery, we use state-of-the art robots to clean tanks which would have previously required multiple cycles of flush material to be used along with hundreds of man-hours spent manually cleaning.

 

Our Cherry Point refinery uses phased-array ultrasonic testing technology to check our equipment and piping, verify structural integrity and provide early detection of corrosion damage.

Lightsource bp uses panels that are constructed to achieve long-term field durability to withstand harsh environmental conditions for 35 years or more. Solar panels are mostly glass, aluminum, silicon (refined sand) and semi-conducting material. By weight, more than 80 percent of a typical solar panel is glass and aluminum – both common and easy-to-recycle materials. The glass is designed and tested to withstand hail and is tempered, like the windshields of cars, and resistant to breakage.

A deeper dive

Safety & Sustainability

Learn more in our global Sustainability Report

Safety

To live our purpose, safety must come first

Safety training

bp’s safety goals are clear: no accidents, no harm to people and no damage to the environment