Systems and methods for providing end-to-end monitoring and/or control of remote oil and gas production assets
Implementations are directed to remote data aggregation, data management, and data visualization of field data from remote field site locations. Actions can include generating, by one or more sensors, the field data, each sensor of the one or more sensors being responsive to field site activity, transmitting, through a regional network, the field data to a back-end system, processing, by the back-end system, the field data to provide visualization data, transmitting the visualization data to one or more mobile computing devices, and providing a computer-executable application for execution on a mobile computing device, the computer-executable application processing the visualization data to provide data visualizations.
1. A computer-implemented regional network operating method comprising:
obtaining, by a regional network access point, data from a plurality of sensors that are configured to monitor operation of activities at an industrial site;
transmitting, by the regional network access point and to a back-end system;
the data received from the plurality of sensors, wherein the back-end system, is configured to process the data to provide visualization data
associated with the industrial site to a computing device associated with an operator that is associated with the industrial site;
receiving, from the back-end system, a control signal to remotely operate an asset at the industrial site, the control signal received from the computing device associated with the operator; and
communicating with the asset through a communication device coupled to the asset and transmitting, by the regional network access point, the control signal to the asset at the industrial site, the control signal causing a change in operation of the asset.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the regional network is a play network that provides data acquisition functionality for the industrial site, wherein the industrial site comprises an industrial site for extracting natural resources and the play network comprises a network of sensors coupled to equipment at the industrial site.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the play network comprises one or more sub-networks, each sub-network comprising an access point, and the regional network access point is associated with at least one of the sub-networks.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the regional network access point communicates with the back-end system through one or more of cellular communication and satellite communication, and
wherein the regional network access point communicates with the plurality of sensors through a low power wireless network.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of sensors comprise one or more sensors from a group comprising a temperature sensor, a flow rate sensor, a pressure sensor, a hazardous gas sensor, a fluid-level sensor, a regulated gas sensor, a component integrity sensor, an air quality sensor, an asset tracking sensor (e.g., RFID), and a component failure sensor.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the back-end system is configured to determine that the asset is controllable by the operator based on a control level of the operator.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein, based on the control level of the operator, the visualization data provides data for a local view or for a regional view, the local view being part of the regional view.
8. A remote monitoring and control system comprising:
a regional network access point for a regional network in electronic communication through a first communication mode with a plurality of sensors at an industrial site and in electronic communication through a second, different, communication mode with a back-end system, the regional access point comprising computer memory and one or more hardware processors interoperably coupled with the computer memory, wherein the computer memory compress instructions, which when executed by the one or more hardware processors, causes the one or more hardware processors to perform operations comprising:
obtaining data from the plurality of sensors, wherein the sensors are configured to monitor operation of activities at the industrial site;
transmitting, to the back-end system, the data received from the plurality of sensors, wherein the back-end system is configured to process the data to provide visualization data associated with the industrial site to a computing device associated with an operator that is associated with the industrial site;
receiving, from the back-end system, a control signal to remotely operate an asset at the industrial site, the control signal received from the computing device associated with the operator; and
communicating with the asset through a communication device coupled to the asset and transmitting the control signal to the asset at the industrial site, the control signal causing a change in operation of the asset.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the regional network is a play network that provides data acquisition functionality for the industrial site, wherein the industrial site comprises an industrial site for extracting natural resources and the play network comprises a network of sensors coupled to equipment at the industrial site.
10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the play network comprises one or more sub-networks, each sub-network comprising an access point, and the regional network access point is associated with at least one of the sub-networks.
11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the regional network access point communicates with the back-end system through one or more of cellular communication and satellite communication, and
wherein the regional network access point communicates with the plurality of sensors through a low power wireless network.
12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the set of sensors comprise one or more sensors from a group comprising a temperature sensor, a flow rate sensor, a pressure sensor, a hazardous gas sensor, a fluid-level sensor, a regulated gas sensor, a component integrity sensor, an air quality sensor, an asset tracking sensor (e.g., RFID), and a component failure sensor.
13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the back-end system is configured to determine that the asset is controllable by the operator based on a control level of the operator.
14. The system of claim 13 , wherein, based on the control level of the operator, the visualization data provides data for a local view or for a regional view, the local view being part of the regional view.
15. The system of claim 8 , wherein the regional access point comprises a gateway.
16. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions executable by a computer system to perform operations comprising:
obtaining, by a regional network access point, data from a plurality of sensors that are configured to monitor operation of activities at an industrial site;
transmitting, by the regional network access point and to a back-end system, the data received from the plurality of sensors, wherein the back-end system is configured to process the data to provide visualization data associated with the industrial site to a computing device associated with an operator that is associated with the industrial site;
receiving, from the back-end system, a control signal to remotely operate an asset at the industrial site, the control signal received from the computing device associated with the operator; and
communicating with the asset through a communication device coupled to the asset and transmitting, by the regional network access point, the control signal to the asset at the industrial site, the control signal causing a change in operation of the asset.
17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the regional network is a play network that provides data acquisition functionality for the industrial site, wherein the industrial site comprises an industrial site for extracting natural resources and the play network comprises a network of sensors coupled to equipment at the industrial site.
18. The computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the play network comprises one or more sub-networks, each sub-network comprising an access point, and the regional network access point is associated with at least one of the sub-networks.
19. The computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the regional network access point communicates with the back-end system through one or more of cellular communication and satellite communication, and
wherein the regional network access point communicates with the plurality of sensors through a low power wireless network.
20. The computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the set of sensors comprise one or more sensors from a group comprising a temperature sensor, a flow rate sensor, a pressure sensor, a hazardous gas sensor, a fluid-level sensor, a regulated gas sensor, a component integrity sensor, an air quality sensor, an asset tracking sensor (e.g., RFID), and a component failure sensor.