▶ The easiest way to learn industrial automation: https://realpars.com/ ▶ Check out the link for a free consultation: https://www.realpars.com/for-teams ▶ You can read the full post here: https://www.realpars.com/blog/opc-ua-oil-gas-industry ⌚Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 02:36 - Sensors 05:14 - OPC-UA configuration 07:51 - Summary The Oil & Gas industry is a vital industry for the world economy. Petrochemical products are used in products including plastics, medications, heating fuels, gasoline, cosmetics, and tires. The extraction of these raw materials is expensive, resource intensive, and dangerous. It is imperative to monitor and control operations reliably at the wellhead, with real-time collection and analysis of data to ensure a safe and efficient operation. OPC-UA, built on TCP/IP is perfectly suited to provide data transfer services from wellhead to central servers and monitoring systems. In the vast expanse of an oil rig, danger lurks in every corner, making vigilant monitoring paramount. Let's spotlight the guardians of safety on these rigs: the sensors. One such family of sensors found on every rig includes hazardous and flammable gas detectors. These sensors use catalytic bead or infrared sensing methods, which can accurately detect specific compounds in the atmosphere as dilute as 1 part per million. Also important in Oil & Gas production are temperature sensors. RTDs, or Resistance Temperature Detectors, and thermocouples are strategically placed around the rig, especially near drilling and extraction areas, to monitor temperature variations. Another important sensor is the pressure sensor. Piezoelectric pressure sensors monitor the well's pressure. Sudden drops or rises in pressure can indicate a potential blowout or equipment failure. Oil & Gas wells feature a wide range of pumps, compressors, and other mechanical equipment that are continuously operated, sometimes in extreme conditions. The stress on this equipment can be severe, so vibration monitors are critical to ensure that these mechanical components operate reliably and safely. Hydraulic safety valves or "blowout preventers" are designed to seal off a well in emergencies. They are automatically triggered in situations where sensor data indicates abnormal conditions. Position sensors on these safety valves detect when an emergency situation is occurring. Hydraulic systems are complex and require continuous monitoring and control to provide large, powerful hydraulic safety valves. But what coordinates this intricate dance of sensors, devices, and safety measures? That would be OPC-UA! Every second, it processes a deluge of data, ensuring real-time, razor-sharp responses. And its reach is global. Experts, miles away from the rig, can access, analyze, and advise on rig conditions, thanks to OPC-UA's seamless remote accessibility. OPC-UA has the latest cybersecurity features built directly into the protocol. This ensures that as the plethora of data is transferred from the wellhead to the operations center, no data is lost, interrupted, or stolen. Remote accessibility is the backbone of OPC-UA. Given the often remote locations of oil rigs, OPC-UA allows experts worldwide to monitor rig conditions and provide insights in real-time without being on-site. Directly tied to sensor inputs, OPC-UA can trigger alarms, through physical, on-site strobes and sirens and through digital alerts to off-site control centers. Alarms can be programmed within OPC-UA to trigger if any metrics go beyond safe thresholds. ============================= If you're eager to dive deeper and truly master more of these OPC-UA concepts, don't forget to check out our course: https://www.realpars.com/courses/opc-ua-learn-the-basics ============================= Did you miss out on the latest and greatest? Catch up now by watching our videos right here: https://www.realpars.com/blog/breakpoints-in-codesys https://www.realpars.com/blog/learn-logix https://www.realpars.com/blog/pid-vs-advanced-control-methods ============================= TWEET THIS VIDEO: https://ctt.ac/aOS15 ============================= Follow us on Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/therealpars Follow us on Twitter 👉 https://twitter.com/realpars Follow us on LinkedIn 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/company/realpars Follow us on Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/realparsdotcom #oilandgasindustry #opcua #RealPars #oilandgas #oilrig