With
the skyrocketing price of oil and gas, there is a need to constantly
monitor and control remote well locations. This includes the process
of gathering the resources, tracking the equipment and the ability
to remotely control the equipment located almost anywhere. AVIDdirector™
is being used today to help the oil and gas industry go green.
Today,
AVIDwireless® can monitor the remote equipment
located virtually anywhere and provide customers the ability to
gather critical information for preventative maintenance or to help
eliminate costly environmental spills. We do this with our intelligent
and powerful wireless gateway, AVIDdirector. The controller can
monitor all aspects of a well site, ranging from well production
levels to the amount of power that production is using.
AVIDdirector
serves as the intelligent wireless controller (the gateway) for
the remote sensors that collect information from the equipment at
the well site and then transmit to the monitoring systems. In addition
to collecting the information for reporting and monitoring purposes,
the same system provides alerts for out of parameter conditions.
This helps to eliminate costly spills or equipment down time. The
offending equipment can be shut down remotely or resources can be
sent to the location to handle the condition rather than finding
the situation in a critical state.
The ability to monitor and control remote locations provides several
benefits:
Using
our AVIDSmartPowerSensor automate meter reading and provide control
of all types of high power usage systems
Fewer
Resources Required to Maintain/Monitor Well Sites
Prevent
Costly Hazardous Spills Before They Happen to Maintain a Green Environment
Track
Equipment Moving In and Out of the Well Site
Minimize Equipment Down Time
Ability
to Remotely Control/Shut Down Equipment from Anywhere
Receive
Alerts for Custom Defined Conditions via Email or SMS
How the Process Works
Various
equipment located on and around the site is attached to the AVIDdirector
(either directly or using wireless sensors). These might include
such sensors as RFID readers for tracking, pressure, sound or
temperature sensors, etc..
AVIDdirector
reviews the information gathered from the equipment and determines
what information is important based on custom parameters set by
the user.
AVIDdirector,
which has been configured with the appropriate radio for the area
(if within cellular range GPRS, GSM, iDen, or CDMA, if not then
satellite could be used), transmits the information to the monitoring
systems.
The
information gathered from the equipment, which has been securely
configured specifically for the back-end system, is carried over
the carrier's data network, through the Internet, and is accepted
by the back-end system and stored in a database.
The
back-end system provides various reports, configured specifically
for oil and gas well monitoring. These reports are available to
authorized users.
Should
the data be outside specific parameters, alerts are sent from
the back-end system to the appropriate personnel via email and/or
SMS. RFID is used to notify of unauthorized personnel or equipment entering or leaving the area.
Contact Information
For
more information on our Remote Well Monitoring Solutions or how
we might help you implement a wireless remote control and monitoring
solution of your own, please contact us at:
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