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Netronics: Pumping Up Productivity
Few markets have more to gain from reliable,
high-capacity wireless broadband solutions that
cover dozens or even hundreds of square miles
than the oil & gas industry. Reduced lifting
costs, remote video surveillance, VoIP and even
multimegabit mobile access over water or on
wheels can be delivered under a single solution.
But the big benefits can only be realized using
solutions that are specifically designed for the
harsh oil & gas environment.
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Communications Infrastructure in the Oil Field:
Wireless is the Way |
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The oil patch is a dynamic place
where things constantly change, the
environment is unforgiving and the
locations
are often remote. It is a place
where function is everything, and
everything has a purpose. That purpose
is to squeeze out every possible drop of
productivity. In the modern oil field
effective communications networks are
key to enabling and maximizing
efficiencies and driving down overall
lifting costs. Today, the best
communications infrastructure technology
for the oil & gas industry is wireless
broadband.
Unlike traditional point-to-point
microwave, wireless broadband or “WiMAX”
refers to wireless cells many miles in
diameter, each enabling anyone or
anything within the footprint to be
connected. This “multipoint” method of
access is very economical and provides
extremely reliable links and excellent
redundancy options to ensure that you
remain connected. Solutions from
Netronics can provide over 120 Mbps of
capacity in each such cell – enough to
support many concurrent applications
across the operational region.
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Netronics in the Oil Field: As Rugged asthe People,
Places, and Machines it Must Connect
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Netronics is a
global wireless broadband and WiMAX
leader and is legendary for its rugged
gear. Whether the need is a televised
expedition to the summit of Mt. Everest,
scientific weather research up in the
ionosphere or the remote operation of
mining cars deep underground, Netronics
has been building broadband wireless
networks in harsh environments for over
a decade.
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Keep an Eye on Critical Remote Assets |
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Netronics manufacturing is ISO
certified and its products undergo
rigorous environmental testing to
include salt spray, water immersion, and
dust intrusion. Netronics award
winning products enjoy a mean time
between failure (MTBF) of over 11 years.
All of which explains why from the Gulf
of Mexico to the oil fields of Venezuela
to the Yellow River delta in China,
Netronics WiMAX and wireless broadband
access solutions are deployed by many of
the leading oil & gas companies.
Netronics oil & gas solutions offer
unequaled coverage and capacity – to
over 300 square miles and over 120 Mbps
throughput per cell, supporting
frequencies 2.4 GHz to 5.8 GHz and
address the major bands of every global
region and regulatory authority. And by
offering both licensed and unlicensed
solutions, regardless of where in the
world your field is located,
Netronics has a wireless solution to
suit your needs.
With built-in hardware based AES
encryption, virus protection features,
advanced VLAN support, you always know
that your network is secure. And with
Netronics advanced technology offering
over 250 simultaneous VoIP calls per
sector, real-time prioritization of
multimedia packets like video and QoS
mechanisms, you can be confident your
network will support the diverse mission
critical applications you need to
provide
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Oil, Gas and Industrial Communications |
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Surveillance and Monitoring |
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Miles of unprotected pipeline make an
attractive target. Expensive wellhead
equipment can be vandalized. Netronics
solutions enable you to efficiently keep
an eye on your remote high value sites,
for both security and operational data. |
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Real-time Seismic Data |
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Seismic surveys create vast amounts of
data in remote locations. Now that data
can be wirelessly sent back to
headquarters for immediate analysis. |
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Spill Prevention & Monitoring |
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Platform over-flights to detect and
monitor off-shore spills are expensive
and time consuming. Better and real-time
results can be achieved in a far more
cost-effective way by monitoring remote
platforms over high-resolution wireless
video links. |
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Remote Office Solutions |
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Keep work crews connected and get access
to VoIP, SCADA data and email even while
traveling betweenremote sites. No more
leaving the field to file or collect
reports. |
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IP to the Wellhead |
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As IP networks extend to the wellhead,
experts predict that in the near future
each wellhead will require 5 Mbps to 7
Mbps of communications capacity.
Wireless broadband is the only
cost-effective solution to deliver such
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Rig-to-ship & Rig-to-shore
Communications |
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Transmit critical information to and
from an inbound tanker or maintenance
boat. Conduct a video conference or
remote training session between an
off-shore platform and corporate
headquarters. |
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Asset Tracking |
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Oil & gas, mining, refining and other
industrial operations include moving and
re-locatable assets. Continuously and
effortlessly track the location of every
critical asset in the field, in real
time, to improve operations and to
enhance safety and security. |
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