WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) - BP has beenauthorized to use unmanned aircraft systems, or drones, toconduct aerial surveys of pipelines and other infrastructure onAlaska's North Slope, the first commercial drone flights overland, U.S. authorities said on Tuesday.
AeroVironment started flying its Puma AE drone to surveyBP's pipelines, roads and equipment at Prudhoe Bay, the largestU.S. oilfield, on Sunday, the Federal Aviation Administrationsaid. (Reporting by Ros Krasny; Editing by Doina Chiacu)