Monitoring in the Oil & Gas Industry

Introduction

The petroleum industry is divided in three fields: Upstream, Midstream and Downstream.

In the Upstream field the activities of exploration and production are done. These include the
studies of the ground, drilling of wells and the exploitation of hydrocarbons. In de Midstream field
include the activities of transportation and storage. In this field some little plants of processing are
included. These plants eliminate the contaminants of the hydrocarbons to be ready for send to
storage. The last field is the downstream which includes the activities of refining, petrochemical
manufacturing and markets and products.

Whats Monitoring?

Supervising activities in progress to ensure they are on-course and on-schedule in

meeting the objectives and performance targets.
Monitoring in the Upstream Field

Exploration
Drilling
They control the velocity, weight and torque of the drill bit, the types of rock penetrated in a
certain depth, quantity of fluid in the system and the most important the pressure.
The consequence of not controlling well the pressure in the system is a blow out. In this case the
fluid invades the well going to upwards.

Completion & Production


Monitoring in the Midstream Field

Transportation

For the oil and gas industry, finding ways to maintain and operate pipelines
in remote locations is especially difficult, yet crucial. Without a proper
monitoring system, oil and gas companies stand to lose time and resources,
not only on process inefficiencies, but also from preventable acts of
 malfeasance and terrorism. Thanks to technological advances, one solution
can be found in remote monitoring equipment such as Supervisory Control
and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems with intelligent motor control.
SCADA collects information from intelligent motor control centers, which
provide remote or automatic control of motors and the plant process, to
provide accurate diagnostic capabilities that alert operators to equipment
failures and problems before a fault occurs. An incredibly practical tool for
the oil and gas industry, SCADA systems are easy to integrate and are the
first barrier against terrorism and criminal mischief.

Remote monitoring equipment allows oil companies to detect and respond

to pipeline damage quickly. SCADA displays data collected from all
connected units on a single screen thats easy for operators to scan. With
the SCADA software, operators can instantly determine if remotely located
equipment isnt working properly and deploy personnel to repair it. In some
cases of malfunction, an operator might even shut equipment down to
contain the damage. All of this is possible because SCADA systems
conveniently implement two-way communication between remote field
equipment and the data center. This communication is crucial for oil
producers to launch an effective plan of action against pipeline vandalism.
 Storage
 Gathering pipelines
Processing plants

Monitoring in the Downstream Field

Refining
Since the year 2006, the Research & Development department of Intellisystem
Technologies has worked as leading specialist oil and gas drone inspection provider
globally.

Intellisystem Technologies presents on the markets a new Unmanned Aircraft Systems

(called UAS or UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) solution for the Oil and Gas industry
showing new capabilities that reduce cost and operational risk while also improving
efficiency.

Our solutions is able to produce 4K and full HD video, 3D full HD, High Resolution
Pictures, High Resolution 3D Picture, thermal video and imagery. All the drones collected
data are fed into our companys proprietary data platform, analysed and delivered to the
client as a technical report. Each part of this process involve our highly qualified, in-house
team engineers of global industry experts in flare systems and structural engineering.

Our UAS service can be used to measure and quantify oil spills, determine how the oil is
moving in water and provide information and imagery to the command center. Infrared (IR)
and thermal imaging can be extremely helpful to survey oil spills making it easier to see
where the oil is spreading.
This critical information increases the situational awareness of first responders to the
incident, increasing safety and the ability to make better decisions in the clean-up planning
efforts.

All of this involve:

Less staff requirement with more safety.Traditional methods like industrial

mountaineering and height works with scaffold services or helicopter operations
involve high risk and are cost-intensive.

Less time required. Quickly airborne.Quick live image analysis. Immediately

processable data.

No loss of production.Eliminates the need to take your facilities off the grid,
reduced downtime and allows surveys during production or construction.

Another use of our UAS solution service is monitoring pipelines. IR and thermal image
capabilities enable the unmanned aircraft to detect leaks that would otherwise not be
visible. Additionally, specialized sensors can be used to detect emissions of gas leaks.
Applications from asset security, ice monitoring and terrain mapping are just a few ways
this highly effective technology can be utilized today.
 Intellisystem Technologies over the years has reached a big aviation experience, providing
live flare, structural and under deck inspections onshore and offshore. The business is
growing fast, and is set to continue to scale as the worlds leading drone inspection operator
in oil and gas.
 Intellisystem Technologies unmanned aircraft systems offer the oil & gas industry
valuable capabilities that will reduce all the operational cost and risk, while improving
security and efficiency.
Our services can be delivered globally across five regions of the world on safe, cost
effective and fast way.

Our business unit is headquartered in Siracusa (Italy).

Range of UAV drone-based inspection applications:

Type pf offshore inspection of oil and gas platforms:

Infrastructure like bridges, roads, railways, power lines & equipment, viaducts,
subways, tunnels, level crossings, dams, reservoirs, retaining walls etc.

Wind farm & power stations.

Solar park & PV modules.

Thermal energy efficiency inspections.

Drilling rigs, pipelines & transmission network.

 Operation in preventive action or emergency cases.

Asset, environmental & wildlife surveying.

Oil spill detection.

Oil spill damage assessment.

Oil/Gas pipeline surveillance incident mapping.

Search and rescue (SAR).

Coastline monitoring.

Sea ice monitoring.

Terrain mapping.

Facility security.

Specialties

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) inspection services for Oil and Gas, Safety Overwatch
Service, Rapid Response Service.

By Cristian Randieri, PhD

President & Ceo Of Intellisystem Technologies

Petrochemical and manufacturing

Markets and products