EXPLORATION • DRILLING • FIELD SERVICES OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE


Wireless gas detection technology is a fl exible option for oil & gas operators


Installation and commissioning costs for wireless systems are typically a quarter that of a cabled system, and Equinor has published fi gures outlining installation cost savings with wireless detectors are approximately 60% for an off shore installation, and 80% for an onshore installation. One of the fi nal – and perhaps most substantial – advantages of wireless technology is the fact that no site downtime is required. Wireless devices are intrinsically safe, so can be installed on live sites, off ering a huge additional cost saving.


Wireless devices are


inrtinsically safe and can be installed on live sites, meaning no downtime


The saving on cabling alone makes wireless gas detectors an attractive option for the oil & gas market


ACCELERATING ADOPTION Challenges do remain; and arguably the key barrier to adoption remains education and changing the poor perceptions around the technology that still persist. However, despite these challenges however, the impressive savings (reports of 60-80% overall savings are not uncommon) are contributing to an accelerating pace of adoption. Recently, the largest wireless gas detection network ever seen in the North


Sea was completed, which employs 120 wireless devices across a remote 7m2


site,


and there is little doubt that this sort of project will become more commonplace as greater awareness develops and the full potential of the technology is realised.


Megan Hine is with Dräger UK. www.draeger.com


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