Frac tanks are commonly used across the oil and gas industry during hydraulic fracturing, flowback, and produced water management. In the fracking process, they store large volumes of water, chemicals, and proppants used to create the fracturing fluid, ensuring a continuous supply to the well site. According to a report by Ceres, around 5 to 6 million … Read more
Oilfield automation systems, including things like tank level monitoring and remote pump control, require an internet connection to send data. Unless the devices are connected to a completely air-gapped SCADA system, they’ll connect to the internet at some point. Note: Most modern SCADA systems now use cloud-based data historians like those offered by AWS. Even if … Read more
The cost of a tank level monitoring system is often top of mind for many operations leaders. There are many, many layers to tank level monitoring, and all of them contribute to tank level monitoring prices. First, you need to pick the right type of sensor. Then, you have to figure out all things connectivity — from networking … Read more
We’ve talked a lot about what remote tank monitoring is and how we implement it through our latest blog series. In this post, we zoom out and discuss how tank level monitoring is actually used in different industries to achieve meaningful business results. After all, that is the goal. So, what types of businesses have the most to gain … Read more
The goal of any IoT project is to generate trustworthy data that empowers people and processes to deliver results. Yet, it can be intimidating to plunge right into such a new and exciting world. We get it. For this reason, we see many organizations dip their toes in the IoT water with remote tank level monitoring (TLM). Tank monitoring … Read more
Systems integrators (SIs) are a recent global phenomenon. Wikipedia defines a systems integrator as “a person or company that specializes in bringing together component subsystems into a whole and ensuring that those subsystems function together.” In other words, they help customers manage the complexity of big technical projects, such as those involving digital transformation. Overall, … Read more
Remote Monitoring Data Insights One of the main goals of implementing a remote monitoring system is to build a data-driven culture that produces positive business outcomes. With rich, quantitative data, leaders can enhance decision-making, optimize operations, and increase the productivity of their workforces. However, building an effective remote monitoring alerting is not as simple as … Read more
Large-scale industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) deployments tend to stall out and fail before they even get started. From data collection problems to bad technology, there are numerous issues that prevent organizations from implementing digital projects successfully. We’ve learned that many of these challenges exist as a result of how leaders approach IIoT deployments. They … Read more
At WellAware, we understand how much value there is in having real-time access to high-resolution information about physical assets. Service providers that can remotely manage smart sensors are empowered to proactively address equipment failures, reduce downtime, and optimize maintenance processes. They can study the health of valuable machinery and mitigate problems before they occur. Many … Read more
Whether in the office or at manufacturing sites and other production facilities, the health and safety of workers dictate the success of daily operations. In today’s environment, unforeseen health and safety hazards pop up at a moment’s notice. For industrial companies, equipping your factory or manufacturing operations with the tools necessary to remotely monitor and control assets is crucial to not disrupt operations during an unforeseen event. Working from a remote location then becomes an easy … Read more
One of the biggest data challenges facing industrial companies trying to learn how to monitor remote assets is the problem of missing data. What do we mean by missing data? Basically, it’s valuable information about our people or assets that just isn’t being collected because the perception is that doing so would cost too much or … Read more
In our industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) data problem series, we’ve arrived at the tricky issue of misidentified data in remote monitoring systems. Misidentified data is high-quality, complete, and on time. However, the identity of the asset it represents in the remote monitoring system has been mislabeled. As a result, the misidentified data is highly misleading. Digital monitoring systems … Read more
As the Chief Product Officer, I frequently speak with our customers about their business needs and goals surrounding remote monitoring systems. The conversations I have often begin with a focus on the highest valued assets – the ones on which production hinges, and where performance improvement can result in better business outcomes, lower operating costs, … Read more
In our industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) data problem series, we’ve arrived at the tricky issue of misidentified data in remote monitoring systems. Misidentified data is high-quality, complete, and on time. However, the identity of the asset it represents in the remote monitoring system has been mislabeled. As a result, the misidentified data is highly … Read more
Through our data problem series, we’ve covered several data challenges that industrial companies face when pursuing digital projects. Some struggle with low-quality data, while others are limited by data silos and legacy systems. Many of the specific issues we’ve covered are symptoms of the Digital Age. We have more data than ever before at our … Read more