Comparison between wireless and hardwired systems in terms of cost, operations, etc

1. Infrastructure for Oil and Gas
Sarah Tamilarasan

2. Special Thanks
 Al Chernoskhy (Former Manager – Marathon )
 Greg Slack (Manager – Carrizo Oil)
 Tom Mills (Manager - Emerson)
 Quentin Jones (Manager - Accenture)
 MaartenVan Hasselt (Board Member, Former Director)

3. Disrupt efficiency through Technology
Reduce Facility downtime from 9 days/month to 7 hours/month
Reduce well downtime from 48 hours to 8 hours
Manpower at well went from 7 hours to 35 minutes
Lots of room for the “right” technology
Major E&P operators recently built integrated platforms across Reservoir,
Drilling, Completions and Productions, reported gains of 20%-30%

4. Goal
 Provide options for I&E infrastructure
 Review cost options to find good fit
 ROI Expectations from I&E

5. Overview
Infrastructure
options
Cost Team
Control, Big
data,Analytics

6. Infrastructure options
Wired Vs Wireless

7. Typical Monitoring/Control Points
•Tubing Pressure
•Casing PressureWell Head
•Water Meter
•Gas Meter
•Oil Meter
Test/Allocation separators
•Pressure
•LevelBulk Separators
•Pressure
•Level
•Temperature
Heater Treater
•LevelsTanks
•Suction Pressure
•Discharge pressureCompressor
•Custody transfer meterTruck/Pipeline Lact

8. Cost
100k vs 700k
Wireless
Materials - $2k per instrument
RTU - $5k
Installation Labor – 5 days, $2500/day,
team of 3, 13k
Integration / Programming – 1 day,
$150/hr, 10hrs, $1500
Hardwired
Material – 2k per instrument
RTU – 5K
Installation Labor –14 days, 2 crews,
70k
Integration/Programming/Testing – 10
days, $150/hr, 15k
Cable – Power cable, Control cable –
200k
Junction Boxes – 80k

9. Team
Wired
3 onsite
employees (1)
Electrician, (2) I&E
Techs
Scada manager
with 3 technical
office
I&E Manager
Wireless
(1) onsite
employee
(1)Contract team
of 3
Production
Manager/Facilities
Engineer

10. Pros vs Cons
 Reliability
 Access to high frequency data – a must for control
 Real time window into operations

11. Summary
 Oil and Gas is a mechanical process
 Investment can get maximum return with low oil prices
 Consider hybrid system of Hardwired and wireless

12. Taking a step further
Control
• Remote shut in
• Optimize gas lift automatically
Predictive Analysis
• Paraffin plug in pipelines
• Heater treater performance
• Corrosion / Leak in pipelines