Edge Intelligence for Midstream Oil and Gas Operators
By Tony Pisani
Sr. Product Manager – Edge Intelligence
Internet of Things (IoT)
CISCO
For midstream oil and gas operators, data flow can be as important as product flow. The operator’s job is to safely move oil and natural gas from its extraction point (upstream), to where it’s converted to fuels (midstream), to customer delivery locations (downstream). During this process, pump stations, meter stations, storage sites, interconnection points, and block valves generate a substantial volume and variety of data that can lead to increased efficiency and safety.
“Just one pipeline pump station might have 6 Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), 12 flow computers, and 30 field instruments, and each one is a source of valuable operational information,” said Mike Walden, IT and SCADA Director for New Frontier Technologies, a Cisco IoT Design-In Partner that implements OT and IT systems for industrial applications. Until recently, data collection from pipelines was so expensive that most operators only collected the bare minimum data required to comply with industry regulations. That data included pump discharge pressure, for instance, but not pump bearing temperature, which helps predict future equipment failures. [...]
New Frontier Technologies is an end-to-end industrial systems integrator, offering turnkey technology solutions to the Oil & Gas industry. If you'd like more information about how NFT can develop secure solutions for your Upstream, Midstream or Downstream Oil & Gas Pipeline operations that uncover and integrate real-time operational data with business information to improve profits, please get in touch with us!
Learn More About NFT's Industrial IT Solutions
