Industries
Oil and gas
Oil and gas sites combine remoteness, strict safety requirements and equipment from different generations. The architecture has to accept that heterogeneity.
Stakes
What weighs on the trade
- Isolated sites with limited network coverage
- Requirements on safety and on the integrity of measurements
- Equipment of varied generations and protocols
- The very high cost of an unplanned shutdown
Critical operations
What must not stop
- Monitoring of installations and process parameters
- Measurement of levels, pressures and flows
- Maintenance of critical equipment
- Management of interventions and work permits
- Production and safety reporting
Why digitalise
What technology changes here
On an isolated site the question is not only to measure but to guarantee that the measurement arrives and that nothing is lost during an outage. An edge gateway with a local buffer is indispensable here.
What can be automated
- Continuous reading of process parameters
- Alerts on threshold crossings and on missing signal
- Work orders triggered on a counter or a state
- Automatic consolidation of production reports
- Tracking of certifications and work permits
Capabilities
What we put in place
Software
- Real-time monitoring of installations
- CMMS suited to critical equipment
- Management of interventions and permits
- Production and incident reporting
- Multi-site consolidation portal
Data
- History of process parameters with reliable timestamps
- Equipment availability and stoppage causes
- Maintenance cost per critical asset
- Tracking of incidents and near misses
IoT
- Level measurement in tanks and vessels
- Pressure and flow measurement on pipework
- Leak detection with immediate alerts
- Monitoring of rotating equipment (vibration, temperature)
- Supervision of safety installations
- Satellite links for sites outside terrestrial coverage
Artificial intelligence
- Anomaly detection on process signals
- Anticipation of rotating-equipment failures
- Assisted search through procedures and incident reports
Integrations
- Existing controllers and supervision systems over Modbus or OPC-UA
- ERP for purchasing and spare-parts stock
- HSE management systems
Security
- Strict separation of the industrial network, read-only upload by default
- A unique identity per gateway with a revocable certificate
- Integrity and timestamping of the measurements retained
- Logging of every downlink command
- Continuity of collection if the link is lost
Our approach
A typical path in this sector
Site survey
Network coverage, power, any hazardous-area constraints, and access for maintenance.
Instrumented pilot
A narrow scope, with the full chain validated including during a network outage.
Supervision and alerts
Real-time dashboards and alert rules validated with the operations team.
CMMS integration
Measurements trigger the work rather than the calendar alone.
Related services
The services we bring in
Solutions
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