World-Wide Deployments of RFID in the Oil & Gas Industry

Speaker: Sam Falsafi Co-Founder

Speaker: Konrad Konarski Co-Founder

Oil & Gas RFID Solution Group

Oil & Gas industry and RFID solution providers collaboration in the oil & gas sector

Organizational Structure

- Various Support Groups  Standards  Sensor Lab  Research  Solution Delivery

Defined End-User Framework  Identify Pain Points  Define Process Changes  Deliver Solution

Upstream/Midstream/Downstream Live Lab

www.rfidsolutiongroup.com\lab.html or rfid.tamu.edu\lab.html

Founding Members •  Dow Chemical •  BP •  Motorola •  Avery Dennison •  Merlin Concepts &

Technology •  Shipcom Wireless •  EPC global •  University of Houston •  Texas A&M University

New Members •  NOV •  Hi-G-Tek •  Texas Instruments •  Axcess International •  Merrick Systems •  Identec Solutions •  Oracle

Affiliations (2010 Membership) •  Tenaris •  Chevron •  Shell •  Bahrain Petroleum •  Qatar Petroleum •  Saudi Aramco •  UAE Petroleum •  Oman Petroleum •  GS1 Standards •  Norwegian Oil Industry Association

Members

•  Drive industry adoption of RFID technology •  Research, new and future application of

RFID •  Establish RFID-Oil standard(s) •  Conduct proof-of-concept projects (POC)

for industry •  Facilitate end-user towards successful

deployment of RFID system

Mission / Objectives

World-Wide Deployments of RFID: Case Studies at a Glance

1.  Oil Field Product Manufacturing Tracking Drill Pipe & Casing 2.  Oil Field Product Manufacturing Manufacturing and Services Parts for Fracing 3.  Oil Field Product Distribution Managing Inventory in a Distribution Yard 4.  Drilling & Exploration Validating/Tallying Drill Pipe at the Rig 5. Production Facility Controlling Inspection of Pipeline and Flanges 6.  …. …. 7.  …. ….

Case Study 1: Tracking Drill Pipe & Casing •  RFID technology provides a unique serialization to every

product moving through production. •  Application systems link the RFID product identifier

captured by wireless antennas in the production environment and associate it to the manufacturing process information.

Production Information That Can Be Associated Includes: •  Heat-Treatment T° •  Electro-Magnetic Inspection (Wall Thickness, Grade .etc) •  Hydro-Test (Psi) •  Threading (Lead, Taper .etc)

Case Study 1: Tracking Drill Pipe & Casing (cont’d)

Case Study 2: Manufacturing & Servicing Parts for Fracing

- Using RFID customer encodes Product Identifier / Service Date .etc

Field Products entering facility can be Easily identified and a service date can be allocated.

Products Leaving Facility can be scanned By field-operatives to retrieve assembly Information and last service date

Case Study 3: Managing Inventory in Distribution Yard Managing inventory in yards (Real time)

• RFID : Using Mobility at the point of transaction • RTLS: Full automation (Location to Inventory)

Case Study 3: Managing Inventory in Distribution Yard (cont’d)

RFID Enabled Forklift( Automated /Manual) RTLS : Inventory / Location Match

Case Study 4: Validating/Tallying Drill Pipe at the Rig

•  Tubular products enabled with RFID identifiers can be scanned in and out of boreholes and during tallying and inspection. As automated recording stations capture every tubular that is tripped up and down the hole and handheld scanners are provide for tallying and inspection.

RFID Tag RFID Antenna

Case Study 4: Validating/Tallying Drill Pipe at the Rig (cont’d)

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Case Study 4: Validating/Tallying Drill Pipe at the Rig (cont’d)

Case Study 5: Controlling Inspection of Pipeline & Flanges

•  Using RFID enabled pipeline components as identifiers to validate parts and locations across the facility. Sensor data from flow- meters, pressure gauges, and other data collection controllers cross- reference against field operative locations, field operative actions, and parts being used.

Case Study 5: Controlling Inspection of Pipeline & Flanges

Conclusion

Konrad Konarski Co-Founder of Oil & Gas Solution Group President Merlin Concepts & Technology kkonarski@rfidsolutiongroup.com

Sam Falsafi Co-Founder of Oil & Gas Solution Group Senior Director of Oil & Gas Practice sfalsafi@shipcomwireless.com