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Remote aerial inspection company Cyberhawk Innovations and Stork Technical Services have won the Business Efficiency category in the Oil and Gas UK Awards 2012 for carrying out the first North Sea offshore inspection using a Remotely Operated Aerial Vehicle (ROAV). Cyberhawk's ROAV captured HD images and relayed them live, allowing for a full assessment of the structure and coating condition of the operational drilling derrick. The inspection involved accessing areas that would have been particularly dangerous and time-consuming for traditional rope or scaffold inspections. Cyberhawk MD Malcolm Connolly said: "The cost, time and safety improvements mean that ROAV inspection is already becoming established as best practice at onshore plants in the UK and globally."