Communications/Telemetry
Fig.1. The ION Mustering Tower is already being used at a BASF plant in the USA.
Faster, more reliable communication systems are bringing high-speed connectivity to the oil and gas industry – and improving personnel and plant safety too. Sean Ottewell reports.
Sean Ottewell informa que unos sistemas de comunicación más fiables y rápidos están introduciendo la conexión de alta velocidad a la industria del petróleo y del gas, así como la mejora de la seguridad del personal y la central.
Schnellere und zuverlässigere Kommunikationssysteme verbessern die Kommunikationsleistung in der Öl- und Gasindustrie – das erhöht auch die Personal- und Anlagensicherheit. Sean Ottewell berichtet.
High-speed connectivity helps to optimise energy plant performance
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edline Communications has signed what it describes as a significant contract with Hess Corporation to provide wireless networks for its
operations in the Bakken reserve area of North Dakota, USA. Redline is providing complete turnkey installations of wireless digital oilfield networks, including engineering services for developing network designs optimised for the complex Bakken topography. Hess has engaged Redline to engineer, design, construct and deploy private wireless networks to bring high-speed connectivity to its oil fields. Tis ubiquitous network coverage will allow people and machines to communicate to all Hess systems, regardless of where they are located. With this new, private high-speed
wireless network infrastructure, hundreds of vehicles, buildings, rigs, pumps, oil facilities and other assets managed by Hess will be connected via Redline’s Virtual Fibre technology, creating a unified digital oil field spanning approximately 6,400m2 across its first five focus areas.
Extensive amounts of data will flow
from monitoring equipment and video cameras in the field into a centralised location where it will be analysed in near real-time. Tis network will give Hess visibility into remote operations, and allow the company to use sophisticated data analysis techniques to identify what parts of the operation require attention, only then dispatching the appropriate personnel to take action. Under this agreement, Redline will
also develop the network architecture and design for the Bakken operation. Redline will deploy the first five focus areas in 2014, with an end-to-end solution that includes Redline hardware and software, plus professional services for network design, planning, construction, project management, installation, delivery and support. It is expected that similar networks will be deployed in five additional areas in 2015. Te Virtual Fibre wireless network will be built using Redline’s nomadic rapid alignment system (RAS) platform, RDL-3000 and eLTE-MT systems, which
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