United StatesEnergy and utilities2024 – ongoingMarathon Petroleum
Flyscan aerial pipeline leak and threat detection
Marathon Petroleum expanded Flyscan aerial pipeline inspections in 2024
Problem
Pipeline patrols needed to detect hydrocarbon leaks and equipment threats along rights of way.
Approach
Marathon expanded operating use of Flyscan's AI inspection technology in 2024. Patrol aircraft scanned pipeline corridors, while collaboration with Flyscan Systems continued to develop the technology.
Results
No published figures
Takeaway
The aerial system addressed corridor inspection; no quantified detection improvement was disclosed.
Categories
- Size
- Large enterprise
- Industry
- Energy and utilities
- Business function
- Production and quality
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Computer vision
- Adoption
- Partner co-development
- Goal
- Quality and risk
- Evidence
- Company's own claim
Sources
Source summaries
[1]Marathon Petroleum2025
Marathon reported expanded Flyscan use in 2024. It described AI-supported aerial detection of leaks and equipment threats.
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Added 1 Nov 2026 · Updated 1 Nov 2026