Processing, April 2018

Acquiring data from afar Pioneer currently has systems installed in the Western United States and future sites could be onshore or offshore anywhere in the world with cellular or satellite connectivity see Figure 2 Alternately a local radio network could be installed to get the data to a network hub Well site data from the systems is sent to local data centers This is a critical element of Pioneers modular architecture as it leverages specialized resources Data centers have extensive redundancies built into their power and networking services which are absolutely required for operating critical hardware remotely Pioneer uses one data center in Denver and one in Dallas and is investigating virtualization to add dynamic scaling and load balancing to field data gathering Currently all analog data is being transmitted at 1 second intervals Discrete data is transmitted as it changes While Pioneer had data coming in from field sites to the data centers they had no sophisticated data analysis tools If engineers found themselves with some free time they could manually load historical data into an Excel spreadsheet and calculate a few basic metrics But Excel is not suitable for calculations of reasonable complexity so much of the data gathered was not being fully utilized How could Pioneer better analyze data from its farflung operations Advanced analysis After reviewing various advanced analytics software packages Pioneer selected Seeqs visual advanced analytics application with key components such as a graph database time series optimization and a clean browser based interface along with advanced analytics and information sharing capabilities This advanced analytics software enables Pioneer to optimize the data stream They can define simple Acquiring data from afar Pioneer currently has systems installed in the Western U S and future sites could be onshore or offshore anywhere in the world with cellular or satellite connectivity see Figure 2 Alternately a local radio network could be installed to get the data to a network hub Well site data from the systems is sent to local data centers This is a critical element of Pioneers modular architecture as it leverages specialized resources Data centers have extensive redundancies built into their power and networking services which are absolutely required for operating critical hardware remotely Pioneer uses one data center in Denver and one in Dallas and is investigating virtualization to add dynamic scaling and load balancing to field data gathering Currently all analog data is being transmitted at 1 second intervals Discrete data is transmitted as it changes While Pioneer had data coming in from field sites to the data centers it had no sophisticated data analysis tools If engineers found themselves with some free time they could manually load historical data into an Excel spreadsheet and calculate a few basic metrics But Excel is not suitable for calculations of reasonable complexity so much of the data gathered was not being fully utilized How could Pioneer better analyze data from its farflung operations A truly unique method for homogenizing emulsifiying and dispersing liquid solutions The Sonolator Homogenizer achieves particle size reduction through Fluid Acceleration Inline Cavitation High Pressure Sonic designs its patented Sonolator unit into custom homogenizing systems complete with PD pump instrumentation PLC controls and more MULTIPLE FEED HOMOGENIZING Our biggest advantage is design and fabrication of multiple feed high pressure systems that meter phases at different temperatures to create inline emulsions Water Metered from Source No Tank More Product Yield per Tank Space Hot and Ambient Phases Metered at Same Time Significant Cooling Time Reduction Faster Processing Cycle Times Innovative Mixing and Process Systems www sonicmixing com 1 203 375 0063 APRIL 2018 www processingmagazine com 23 Figure 1 The FlareCatcher unit produces NGLs and pipeline quality methane from flare gas All images courtesy of Pioneer Energy Data centers have extensive redundancies built into their power and networking services which are absolutely required for operating critical hardware remotely Figure 2 Data can be acquired from well sites in any remote location via cellular or satellite communications