Strainstall partners with Baker Hughes to develop next-generation wireless oil and gas wellsite monitoring solutions
The pioneering modular wireless solution can integrate with any industry proven third party sensor to deliver improved safety and increased operational efficiency to a vast range of hazardous area applications。
Strainstall has partnered with industry-leading oilfield services company, Baker Hughes, to pioneer the development of a ground-breaking wireless monitoring solution now open to almost all upstream wellsite operations, helping to improve safety, reduce costs and drive efficiencies.
Baker Hughes originally requested Strainstall to develop a wireless line tension monitoring – Strainstall’s approach was to engineer a ‘plug-and-play’ system that required no changes to existing sheave arrangements by integrating its highly accurate tension load cells with its hazardous area certified wireless technology, to provide both real-time and built-in data logging capabilities for line tension monitoring.
This pioneering work led to Strainstall’s development of a modular, fully hazardous area certified wireless system which could integrate with any type of third party sensor for any application where operator safety is a key concern, without needing IECEx recertification.
Homero Castillo, product line manager, deployment and acquisition systems (at time of development) at Baker Hughes said:
“We challenged Strainstall to develop a next generation wireline tension wireless monitoring system to improve safety, reduce rig up time and ultimately remove the cables required by the existing method.”
Strainstall has now launched its suite of Wellsite Monitoring Solutions (WMS) that address wellsite safety and efficiency issues, initially focusing on wireline, slickline and measurement-while-drilling (MWD) activities. The wireless technology supports wellsite operations by eliminating the use of cabled sensors and removing trip hazards. Significant value is added by reduced rig up time, reduced associated cable costs, as well as reducing the risk of non-productive time (NPT).
WMS replaces existing cabled sensors with highly accurate, hazardous area certified (zone 1/class 1 division 2) wireless sensors that communicate directly with wellsite control, monitoring and data handling systems to provide real-time operational information, as well as storing the data for analysis for potential learning, improvement opportunities and incident investigations.
“The challenge was to create a solution that was wireless, plug and play and offered data logging. WMS had to integrate in a mechanical sense, working with existing wireline sheaves in the field, but also in an electrical sense, feeding the data back to any system in use by the customer. Strainstall can now present a solution which can integrate with anything the customer has in the field, providing significant safety and operational efficiency benefits.”
WMS can be easily retrofitted and is compatible with existing wellsite equipment. A modular solution, WMS consists of a transponder, logging system interface and handset, which allows it to integrate with any existing or future sensor as required without needing recertification. This enables the safe, fast and cost efficient development of bespoke monitoring systems for other wellsite applications, so the future potential of this technology in the oil and gas industry is vast.
As well as improving site safety and driving efficiencies, Strainstall’s wireless monitoring solution could provide new opportunities to measure, control and improve wellsite processes by capturing and recording data for subsequent analysis, as well as providing greater visibility of wellsite operations to operators.
The Wellsite Monitoring Solution (WMS) was developed in conjunction with a major oil and gas service company as a direct replacement for existing cabled sensors, or hydraulic load cells, for wellsite monitoring applications. By eliminating the need for cabled sensors, WMS directly improves on-site safety, reduces costs and can be integrated without system modifications. Strainstall’s wireless sensors offer improved accuracy, particularly over hydraulic load cells or running line monitors, and are able to log data rather than just monitor, providing access to historic data for analysis. WMS provides considerable benefits over existing wired sensors by reducing the risk and associated costs of non-productive time (NPT) resulting from lost or intermittent sensor data during time-sensitive operations such as wireline logging. Strainstall has over 50 years’ global experience in delivering highly specialised monitoring solutions. Our wireless sensor technology has been field-tested in the UK, Norway and US Gulf of Mexico, delivering proven, repeatable results in a wide range of applications in hazardous areas.
WMS-Wireline
WMS-Wireline can be fitted at the top or bottom sheave, making it a highly accurate and versatile solution for monitoring line tension during wireline operations. Strainstall’s wireless, sheave located sensors offer increased accuracy compared to running line tension monitors. No changes to existing sheave arrangements make WMS cost effective to install. Any tension rating available from less than 1,000 to over 100,000 pounds.
WMS-Slickline
Strainstall’s wireless sensors eliminate the need to run a hydraulic hose to the unit, simplifying an operation and removing the cost of replacement due to damage. Designed to withstand the harsh working environments of slickline operations WMS is built from lightweight high tensile, aerospace grade, anodised aluminium and offers a simple retrofit solution. Use WMS-Slickline at the hay pulley to accurately show small downhole weight changes. By inputting a K-factor WMS can also provide cable angle compensation and indicate actual downhole weight change in real-time. Data displayed to a zone 1 hand held, battery powered display or analogue gauge. Available for any capacity including 1,000 to 10,000 pounds.
WMS-Coiled Tubing
Monitors weight and pressure with wireless load cells and pump pressure sensors. Our wireless technology ensures safety throughout well intervention, logging and now drilling with; WMS for pressure monitoring WMS-PM replaces existing mud pressure sensors to provide data wirelessly to the rig and measurement-while-drilling (MWD) unit. High frequency sampling, currently up to 400Hz, ensures accurate MWD decode.
Any application
Strainstall can design and supply a wide range of wireless sensors for any oilfield application. Built to withstand the toughest hazardous environments the ATEX, IECEx and North American Hazloc approved wireless technology can be used in any application monitoring; pressure, load, level, flow, torque, stroke counters, etc.
Features:
- Wireless technology
- Hazardous area certified (Zone 1, 2, ATEX, IECEx and North American Hazloc)
- Direct replacement of existing load cells
- Integrated without system modifications
- Interfaces to any system
- Output via voltage, serial, Ethernet or bespoke
- Data to server capable
- Data logging directly on the load cell
- Input k-factor at load cell
- User configurable overload / max pull alarm
- Radio frequency (RF) detonator safe tested
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