{"id":821,"date":"2024-07-05T11:44:50","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T11:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hiber.global\/?p=821"},"modified":"2026-02-16T10:50:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T08:50:28","slug":"3-digital-innovations-that-make-affordable-satellite-monitoring-a-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hiber.global\/3-digital-innovations-that-make-affordable-satellite-monitoring-a-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Digital Innovations Making &#8220;Affordable Satellite Monitoring&#8221; a Reality.\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Historically, oil companies have had to choose between \u201creliable\u201d wellhead monitoring solutions that are difficult to install, \u201caffordable\u201d well monitoring solutions that don\u2019t offer reliable coverage, or \u201cglobal\u201d well monitoring solutions that cost tens of thousands of dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Satellite has traditionally been too expensive to be practical for well monitoring. The power requirements make it impractical for remote oil fields. And most operating systems have a limited gateway-to-sensor distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, new technology is changing the game. Here are the three big innovations that are reshaping well monitoring (and remote oil operations) as we know it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1: Long range networks.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the reasons satellite technology has been impractical for many remote oil fields is a seemingly ridiculous reason. Most sensors (which collect the data) and gateways (which transmit the data to space) can\u2019t be more than 200 metres apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For some use cases, that\u2019s not a problem. But for oil fields? Your wells might be kilometres apart from each other. Which makes it prohibitively expensive to install a gateway at each well. Long-range networks change things, though. Emerging tech makes use of LoRaWAN, a long-range protocol that extends the distance between sensor and gateway to 10 kilometres.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2: Small data transfers.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Another innovation that makes satellite monitoring more affordable? The amount of data collected and sent to space. Traditional satellite monitoring solutions need a lot of power to collect data at the wellhead, because they want to transmit that data 24\/7. That\u2019s pretty inefficient though, especially if you don\u2019t have a reliable power supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, new technology looks at what the most important data is to collect. And it collects it in an innovative way. Instead of beaming data 24\/7, the sensors can collect data every few minutes, then transmit it every hour. So, while you won\u2019t get \u201creal time\u201d data, you\u2019ll get regular updates at an affordable price.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3: Power optimisation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Smaller, more efficient data transmissions mean one big thing: better power optimisation. Instead of being a power-hungry monster, new satellite well monitoring solutions simply use less energy. This translates into big savings for you. Seriously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remote wellhead monitoring sure sounds nice. 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