Pason Assures Real-Time Drilling Data for Customers While Improving Operations

Pason’s solution platform includes data acquisition, wellsite reporting, remote communications, and web-based information management of drilling data. Once a drilling site is equipped with Pason’s data acquisition equipment, a reliable communications infrastructure is critical in providing the connectivity to customer back-office operations. 

Given that drilling sites are nomadic in nature, frequent moves to remote areas present a significant challenge for connectivity. With a patchwork quilt of cellular carrier coverage and the unpredictable nature of the next location to effectively transport data, companies typically need to deal with several communications carriers to ensure connectivity at every site. For Pason, this brings operational challenges when scaling thousands of drilling rigs across broad geographic areas with unknown coverage and service company options at each site. 

Given the harsh environment of a typical drill site, Pason also needed a rugged solution – one that could be exposed to all the elements and survive. With operations in areas in Northern Canada where temperatures routinely drop to -40°C to the southern US where summertime equipment temperatures can exceed 50°C, a broad operational and reliable solution was required. 

With a large installation base, the ability to remotely monitor and manage each location is key to avoiding having to dispatch technicians to remote locations when problems arise.