TETRA for The Oil

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TETRA for The Oil Gas Applications Challenges
Nabil K. Al-Dabal Comms Engg Technical Support
Dept Information Technology
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Purpose

• Provide an Overview of Applications, Benefits and
  Challenges of the TETRA Mobile Radio
  Communications Solutions for the Oil Gas
  Industry in General, and Saudi Aramco in
  Particular

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Presentation Outline

• Oil Gas Worldwide
• Company Overview
• Business Drivers
• Applications
• Challenges
• Summary

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Worldwide Major Oil Producers
COUNTRY
Countries producing gt 1M bbI/day
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Worldwide Major Oil Gas Facilities
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Saudi Aramco Overview

• Integrated international petroleum company
• Reliable supplier of 10 of the worlds needs
• Worlds largest crude reserves
• Worlds fourth largest gas reserves
• Worlds largest storage shipping terminals
• One of worlds largest most modern tanker
  fleets
• Effective network of facilities and pipelines

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IT at Saudi Aramco

• Global Network
• Diverse Environment
• Wide Range of Services
• Business Solution Oriented

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Business Drivers to Use TETRA

• Mobility
• Spectrum Efficiency
• Shortfalls in Existing Systems
• Interoperability
• Information Security
• Data Applications
• Network management
• Cost Advantage
• Data Services
• Scalable Architecture

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Applications

• Current
• Consolidation of Fragmented PMR systems
• Remote Monitoring of Plants, Pipelines, Oil Gas
  wells
• Offshore Applications (Voice, Telemetry Data)
• Disaster Recovery
• AVL And Fleet Management

• Potential
• Finance, Personnel, Medical, Material Management
• Internet, Intranet, e-mail
• Seismic, Drilling, Reservoir, Production analysis
• Plant Management Information

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TETRA ApplicationsRemote Monitoring
Plant Alarm System
Pipelines Valves, Leak Detection, Cathodic
Protection
Off-Shore/On-Shore Well-heads
Central Control Room
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TETRA Applications Offshore Communications

• Telephone Interconnect

Oil Platform
Offshore GOSP
TETRA Network
Telephone Network
TEL [phone]
Operations Barge
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TETRA ApplicationsAVL And Fleet Management

• Same terminal can be used for
• voice and AVL data

TETRA Network
AVL Central Application
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TETRA Applications Disaster Recovery
Organizations
Plant Fire Event
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Multiple Solutions in Action

• TETRA Mobile Radio Systems
• GSM/GPRS/3G Mobile Telephony
• WiFi / WiMAX
• Bluetooth, ZigBee, RFID, UWB

Global Connectivity
AdministrationArea
PlantArea

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Challenges

• Timed Knowledge-Base
• Equipment Standards Interoperability
• Intrinsically Safe Radios
• Temperature Range Frequency Band
• Interface for Logging Recorders
• Stand-alone BS with interconnect
• Coverage and Capacity
• Information Protection
• Applications Platform Integration
• Regulatory Aspects

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Summary

• TETRA can be the single platform of choice for
  Oil Gas industrys field voice data
  applications.
• TETRA Solutions for Oil Gas Applications must
• Have Standard Intrinsically Safe Devices (Class
  I/Div I)
• Be Reliable, Easily Setup and Quickly Deployable
• Be Cost Effective
• Integration of TETRA Platform with other IT
  Technologies is a Key to Provide Effective
  Solutions
• TETRA Solutions Will Continue to Play a
  Significant Role in Enhancing Efficiency of Oil
  Gas Operations

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Thank you...