Intelligent Wellhead Systems, a leading provider of automation and digitalisation solutions to the oil and gas industry, along with ProFrac, a provider of hydraulic fracturing services, have launched a new solution that enhances well connectivity and improves data transmission for hydraulic fracturing operations
The solution, which utilises MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport) protocol for the safe and efficient transfer and visualisation of wellsite data during hydraulic fracturing operations, has been successfully deployed in the Haynesville shale and West Texas.
Advantages of new protocol
With the new protocol, the process of manually entering, changing or quality checking data is eliminated, significantly decreasing time and costs. Enhanced data quality and more reliable reports, analysis and planning are some of the advantages.
“Currently, wellsite data is transmitted during fracturing operations by a standard communications cable using CSV (Comma Separated Value) protocol. While this method is robust, it is quite limited in what it can do, particularly with changes in the data being transmitted. A better solution is MQTT, a modern communication protocol that allows more data information than standard CSV protocol. Metadata, including the channel name for each data curve, can now be sent. Instead of mapping just the serial order of data, the data channel name can now be mapped as well,” commented Bob Duncan, IWS vice president of product strategy.
Chris Hall, director IT Application Development for ProFrac Services added, “The MQTT protocol will make our data more accessible and more accurate. The result will be a better job for the customer.”
IWS and ProFrac launch wellsite data transfer solution
The new solution utilises MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport) protocol for the safe and efficient transfer and visualisation of wellsite data during hydraulic fracturing operations. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
