Cognizant Case Studies Internet of Things Enables Smarter Oilfield Operations

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	Internet of Things Enables Smarter Oilfield Operations Cognizant

Internet of Things Enables Smarter Oilfield Operations

Cognizant

Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems Sensors - Level Sensors Sensors - Pressure Sensors Sensors - Vibration Sensors
Applicable Industries	Oil & Gas
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Use Cases	Remote Asset Management
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Challenge	Lower oil prices compel oilfield operators to increase efficiency. The client, a leading oilfield services provider, sought to significantly reduce the costs of pumping oil. The client owns and operates tens of thousands of electric submersible pumps (ESPs) for its global oil-and-gas customers. Read More
About Customer	A leading oilfield services provider wanted to reduce operational costs and increase the efficiency of tens of thousands of electric submersible pumps. The company engaged Cognizant’s expertise for all layers of the solution: sensors, server infrast Read More
Customer Name	Undisclosed Read More
Solution	Developed software agent to configure pumps over the network. Migrated server infrastructure to Microsoft Azure cloud, leveraging IoT-specific services. Integrated sensor data with the client’s decision making applications and databases. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems

Sensors - Level Sensors

Sensors - Pressure Sensors

Sensors - Vibration Sensors

Applicable Industries

Oil & Gas

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Remote Asset Management

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Challenge

Lower oil prices compel oilfield operators to increase efficiency. The client, a leading oilfield services provider, sought to significantly reduce the costs of pumping oil. The client owns and operates tens of thousands of electric submersible pumps (ESPs) for its global oil-and-gas customers.

About Customer

A leading oilfield services provider wanted to reduce operational costs and increase the efficiency of tens of thousands of electric submersible pumps. The company engaged Cognizant’s expertise for all layers of the solution: sensors, server infrast

Customer Name

Undisclosed

Solution

Developed software agent to configure pumps over the network.

Migrated server infrastructure to Microsoft Azure cloud, leveraging IoT-specific services.

Integrated sensor data with the client’s decision making applications and databases.

Impact #1	Eliminate the significant time, costs and safety risks of dispatching engineers to remote oilfields to recalibrate or update pump software.
Impact #2	Enable predictive maintenance, reducing costs and avoiding downtime.
Impact #3	Build foundation to connect more oil field equipment (oil tankers, crude-oil processing equipment, trucks and even the pipeline) to the Internet of Things.

Impact #1

Eliminate the significant time, costs and safety risks of dispatching engineers to remote oilfields to recalibrate or update pump software.

Impact #2

Enable predictive maintenance, reducing costs and avoiding downtime.

Impact #3

Build foundation to connect more oil field equipment (oil tankers, crude-oil processing equipment, trucks and even the pipeline) to the Internet of Things.

Benefit #1	Reduce the time to identify pump issues from ~15 minutes to a few seconds.

Benefit #1

Reduce the time to identify pump issues from ~15 minutes to a few seconds.

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Internet of Things Enables Smarter Oilfield Operations

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