Integrated Communications for Oil & Gas

Alcatel-Lucent’s Integrated Communications for Oil & Gas solution offers a highly reliable and secured communications network that provides optimal supervision and greater control of industrial processes in the following segments:

• Pipeline Communications
• Off-Shore Communications
• Well-Head Automation

Oil & Gas projects in these segments are characterized by very harsh and dangerous industrial environments, such as extreme climate, explosive gasses and remote locations accessible only by helicopter. Accidents can lead to major human and environmental consequences and loss of production can lead to heavy financial losses that can reach $5M per day.

Alcatel-Lucent Services has proven experience in designing to, and working in, such demanding environments to provide end-to-end solutions and services, comprising a range of Alcatel-Lucent and OEM subsystems.

In addition to maintaining the integrity and availability of the operational network, oil and gas customers are increasingly challenged to achieve operational efficiency, enhanced workforce productivity, improved security, TCO optimization and network support improvements.  Alcatel-Lucent provides specialized solutions to achieve such results and offers Oil & Gas EPCs a single point of accountability to ensure that the small but critical communications scope does not hinder the overall project schedule. Alcatel-Lucent has the expertise to take away the complexity and risk of managing several suppliers and integrating many subsystems.

Economic Benefits

Alcatel-Lucent’s Integrated Communications for Oil & Gas solution allows companies to significantly reduce their capital and operational expenses by:

• Deploying a cost-effective, single multi-service, QoS-enabled network that minimizes the types of cabling and platforms (for new projects)
• Migrating aging, disparate networks to a cost-effective, single multi-service, QoS-enabled network (for existing infrastructure)
• Outsourcing network operations and maintenance to a trusted partner

Deployment Management, End-User Benefits

In addition to reducing capital and operational expenses, Alcatel-Lucent’s Integrated Communications for Oil & Gas solution provides highly reliable operations with low risk, “Smooth Sailing” Eventless Construction Phase, improved security, as well as increased workforce productivity and satisfaction.

Highly Reliable Operations with Low Risk by:

• Using reliable products, proven for Oil & Gas environment
• Re-using customer’s existing corporate standards and approved equipment lists
• Auditing security and reliability and adopting world’s best practices
• Dealing with experts in QoS and carrier-grade network design
• Ensuring rigorous detailed documentation and proven engineering processes

“Smooth Sailing” Eventless Construction Phase by Engaging a Multi-Vendor Turnkey Integrator with Proven Experience In:

• Acting as a single-point of accountability for entire communications scope
• Deployment in inhospitable Oil & Gas environments with high safety risks
• Rigorous engineering methodologies expected by Oil & Gas industry

Improve Security, Efficiency and Effectiveness with:

• More connectivity to extend reach along pipelines and off-shore assets
• SCADA and communications solutions for Wellhead Automation
• More remote monitoring and control of physical security systems
• LMR/PMR systems in order to remain contactable even at critical times

Increase Workforce Productivity and Satisfaction with:

• Mobile workforce tools and secure remote access
• Collaboration tools
• Triple-Play (video, Internet, telephony) entertainment systems