2022 USE CASE
Remote Monitoring of
Oil and Water Production
Improves Operational Efficiencies
SITUATION
The remote nature of oil and gas wells can make
monitoring their status a largely manual and time-
consuming process. Wells are also located in
hazardous areas, requiring devices operating on
them to be certified per electrical and industrial
safety codes.
CHALLENGE
A U.S oil & gas producer had several wellheads
from the same reservoir nearing the end of their
useful life. To minimize the injection of
chemicals, optimize the gas lift operation and
meet the statutory reporting requirements, the
operators needed to collect production data
from each wellhead, including flow rates and the
accumulated production of the oil and associated
water.
The wellheads were scattered over a large
geographic area making it impractical and costly
to send field personnel to collect the required
data.
SOLUTION
Volley Boast's VoBo is a LoRaWAN® universal
bridge that provides an affordable way to retrieve
stranded data from existing legacy systems or
new installations at points previously too
expensive to monitor. The VoBo HL-1 model is a
complete battery-powered solution with an
expected battery life of up to five years. It is
certified for use in 'Class 1 Division 2' hazardous
locations in the USA and Canada.
While a separate battery-powered flow totalizer
monitors the turbine meter, the VoBo HL-1 pulls
the accumulated production and the
instantaneous flow rate from the flow totalizer.
And it provides the battery status for both the
totalizer and the endpoint.
Smart
Industry
North
America
Device Maker
COMPANY CONTACT INFO
Volley Boast LLC, Houston, Texas - USA
https://www.volleyboast.com
info@volleyboast.com
BENEFITS
The VoBo sends data to the producer's Operations
Center via their LoRaWAN® network, providing a
simple and cost-effective solution to help
maintain and optimize production from the
marginal producing wells thanks to accurate and
timely data capture.
