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Intelligent Well Production

Emerson Smart Wireless solutions

Daniela Bastico
Emerson Process Management Italia

typically install and are operating A ball trap connected
in less than a few hours, to a turbine meter was
transmitting data to Smart used to measure oil
Wireless gateways and from flow from one of
seven producing oil
there to the central control room wells on any given
and maintenance shop. Not header; a Rosemount
only are Emerson’s Smart 8800 MultiVariable
Wireless solutions quickly vortex meter with a
installed and operational, ease- WirelessHart Thum
now provides a low-
of-use is exceptional as a result maintenance option
merson’s automation of oil and gas of guidance from intense customer research done that gives continuous,
fields enables centralized by our unique Human Centered Design Institute. It one-minute updates
management, avoids danger and profiles customer roles and interaction of disciplines for each individual
time spent on field trips to remote to guide Emerson’s development of technology that well
facilities, improves safety and delivers significant improvement
E environmental performance, and in our customer’s work force The wellheads, fow
increases production efficiency. Drawing from our productivity. lines, and separation
wide range of Smart Wireless solutions, a key Cost studies have shown that areas in these felds
extension of Emerson’s PlantWeb digital architecture, Emerson’s Smart Wireless have typically used
we help customers plan, engineer, and commission technology provides 30% or more wired approaches
oil and gas applications for new fields and installed cost savings over wired which involve signifcant
modernization of existing facilities. alternatives, whether automating commissioning time,
a few wellheads or an entire oil or and lengthy installation
gas field. Significant savings from
of wiring, trenching,
Gain advantages with Smart using Smart Wireless enable conduit runs, and cable
Wireless techology engineers to make improvements trays; or proprietary
previously out of economic reach. wireless networks which
The wellheads, flow lines, and separation areas in Emerson’s Smart Wireless suffer from reliability
these fields have typically used wired approaches instrumentation family, predictive issues. Emerson’s Smart
which involve significant commissioning time, and maintenance software and Wireless techology
lengthy installation of wiring, trenching, conduit runs, services expertise deliver overcomes these issues.
and cable trays; or proprietary wireless networks comprehensive capabilities for
which suffer from reliability issues. Emerson’s Smart surface wellhead and downstream
Wireless technology overcomes these issues. monitoring. Refer to the adjacent diagram and table
Emerson’s global brands like Rosemount, Fisher and for typical flow and description of monitoring
many more are available as wireless devices that applications.

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