Industries · Oil & Gas
Remote monitoring for sites that are far from everything.
The long range and low power of LoRaWAN® make it ideal for well pads, tank batteries and pipeline assets. We design rugged, low-maintenance networks and integrate the data with your operations systems.
Well pads · tank batteries · pipelines · compressor stations · midstream facilities
The challenge
What gets in the way.
Costly site visits
Pumpers and technicians drive long routes just to check readings.
Harsh environments
Heat, cold, dust and hazardous areas demand the right hardware.
Data silos
Readings stay in the field instead of reaching operations and engineering.
What we build
Solutions we deliver.
Tank level monitoring
Levels and alarms for tank batteries and storage.
Pressure & flow
Wellhead, line and separator pressure and flow.
Equipment health
Pump, compressor and cathodic-protection monitoring.
Operations integration
SCADA, historians and production software.
Why a private network
A network built for the lease, not the office.
Well pads and tank batteries sit miles from power and Wi-Fi, and a cellular modem on every tank is a monthly bill and a point of failure. A CHORA™ network reaches across the lease from a solar gateway, runs battery sensors for years, and reports tank levels, pressures and flows to MODURA.
What that means on site
- Solar gateways where there is no power
- Miles of reach across a lease from one site
- Years on a battery at every tank and wellhead
In the field
Sensors on producing wells, not in a lab.
These photos are from a wireless deployment on producing oil wells in central Michigan. Battery-powered sensors mount directly at the wellhead and level sensors sit on the tank hatch, each reporting to a gateway that can be miles away. No trenching, no conduit, no power at the sensor.
What was installed
- Wireless sensors mounted at the wellhead
- Tank level sensors mounted on the existing tank hatch
- Battery-powered devices with no power or conduit at the sensor
- Readings delivered to operations without a site visit
On site
From the wellsite.
Every device is commissioned on site and checked against live readings before the crew leaves.
Level sensor install
Fitting a wireless level sensor to an existing tank hatch, with no hot work and no new penetrations.
Tank-top level sensor
The sensor threads into the hatch fitting and reports tank level and alarms to MODURA.
Pumpjack and wellhead
Wellhead and pumpjack data reach operations without a drive to the pad.
Tank level, live in the dashboard
Percent full and inches of liquid for every tank, with empty and full points set per tank and alerts when a level runs low or climbs toward overflow.
How we help
How we help.
Design, deployment and integration are where most projects start. Advisory, custom development and managed support are on the Services page.
CHORA Network Design
RF planning, gateway placement, coverage modeling and network-server architecture for private, public or hybrid networks.
Deployment & Commissioning
Pilots, field installation, gateway and sensor commissioning, and rollouts across one site or hundreds.
System Integration
Connect legacy equipment, controllers, SCADA, BMS and business software over Modbus, RS-485, MQTT, REST and webhooks.
Start a project
Talk to us about oil & gas.
Tell us about the site and what you need to know about it. A senior consultant replies within one business day with a written recommendation and a fixed-fee proposal for the first phase.