Solutions for onshore oil and gas automation

Integrated automation systems enhance production and reduce operating costs across distributed assets.

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Integrated automation systems enhance production and reduce operating costs across distributed assets.

Solutions for onshore production improvement and safety

Onshore oil and gas operations face mounting challenges, from driving down production costs to increasing reservoir recovery while managing complex, distributed assets. Honeywell's integrated automation and safety systems are designed to help address the entire production process, from SCADA and telemetry for well pads to facility control and live performance monitoring.

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Digital Field Solutions

Integrated field control from wellhead automation systems to the control room

Managing distributed onshore assets requires integrated technology that connects every point in your operation. The growth of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) and progress in low-cost sensing technology provide upstream oil and gas producers with better visibility into well and asset health. Key applications include sensors that support LoRaWAN protocol to address long-distance communication and power limitations at remote sites

IIoT drives modernization of facilities with near real-time data from wells. Enhance production and operational efficiency through:

  • Monitoring rotating equipment health
  • Acoustics sensing for well and equipment malfunction detection
  • Wellhead and annulus pressure measurements
  • Manual valve position indicator
  • Chemical injection tank levels
  • Methane fugitive emissions and venting
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Production Performance

Autonomous operations readiness

Honeywell's Digital Suites for Oil and Gas help increase production performance and plant availability. The Upstream Production Performance Suite provides six integrated software suites covering operational data, equipment effectiveness, production excellence, process safety, production surveillance and operational performance. 

Digital twins of your equipment and processes help you improve asset performance, while advanced process control enables production enhancement, gas lift improvement and slug mitigation. 

Designed to help you make faster decisions and achieve higher uptime through better operating practices.

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Asset Performance, Safety and Cybersecurity

Protect people and assets while improving reliability

Safety and security are critical in onshore production environments. Honeywell's comprehensive portfolio includes integrated control and safety systems, alarm management, cyber and physical security, and fire and gas and flame detection designed to help safety and security for people and facilities. 

Our layered safety approach helps you maintain compliance with stringent regulations while safeguarding against equipment failure and safety incidents. 

Asset performance management solutions provide predictive analytics and corrosion prediction to help you address potential problems before they impact production.

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Remote Operations

Leverage expertise and improve costs with remote collaboration

Distributed onshore operations benefit from centralized expertise and collaboration. Honeywell's remote operations solutions help you connect dispersed operating sites to a central facility, creating a collaborative environment that enables production improvement. You can leverage scarce expertise across multiple locations, make faster and more effective decisions, and achieve greater productivity. 

Remote monitoring and operation tools may help improve safety by reducing personnel exposure in hazardous environments. This approach helps you improve your onshore assets and increase uptime and productivity while keeping costs under control. Our global experts and local support teams provide the knowledge and service to drive more value from your operations.

  • Increased performance

    Honeywell's Digital Suites for Oil and Gas technology may help increase production performance and plant availability, enabling higher uptime and improved productivity through better operating decisions.1

  • Capital savings

    Achieve capital savings by taking automation off the critical project path through parallel engineering, standard cabinet design, Cloud Engineering, Universal Channel Technology and Virtualization.1

  • 150+ years

    From RMG gas valves in 1847, to UOP thermal cracking that set the foundation for oil refining, to setting the standard for control with SCADA/DCS systems in the 1970s, Honeywell has shaped the industry for more than 150 years.1

Common questions about onshore oil & gas production automation

Onshore well pads require robust SCADA and telemetry solutions that can operate in remote locations with extreme environmental conditions. Honeywell's RTU2020 is designed for remote installations with an operating temperature range of -40 to 75°C, low power consumption and embedded flow calculation algorithms for use as a flow computer. Integration with wireless transmitters and field devices helps extend monitoring capabilities across dispersed well locations while maintaining connection to central control rooms for coordinated operations.

Honeywell's digital twin technology helps you analyze equipment behavior, predict potential failures and test operational scenarios in a risk-free environment. You can use these insights to improve maintenance planning, improve production parameters and enhance overall asset effectiveness. Digital twins work alongside near real-time production surveillance tools to monitor well performance, calculate well-mode operations and estimate well rates. 

Onshore production facilities increasingly rely on connected systems and remote operations, which creates cybersecurity risks that can impact both operations and safety. You need operational technology cybersecurity solutions designed specifically for industrial control systems rather than traditional IT security. Honeywell's OT cybersecurity portfolio helps address threats unique to production environments, from SCADA systems to facility controls. Our solutions include network segmentation, secure remote access, threat detection and incident response capabilities designed for operational environments. 

Integrated cybersecurity helps you maintain secure operations while enabling the remote collaboration and data connectivity that modern onshore operations require. This layered approach may help protect against cyber threats while supporting the digital transformation needed to remain competitive.

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