The Wireless Future

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The Wireless Future

• Technology for
• Productivity, Safety and Community

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Update from Previous AbujaGameChanger Workshop
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Shell Nigeria (SPDC) Key Requirements

• THE PRESMISE
• SPDC operates more than 1,000 wells producing
  more than
• 1 Million barrels per day.
• Remote well surveillance technology can
  significantly enhance production output.
• Estimates are more than a 3 increase using
  this technology.

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Conventional Technology Was Not Adequate
Old systems are bulky, expensive and prone to
theft.
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GameChanger vMonitor Initiated a Project to
Meet SPDCs Requirements

• GOAL
• Deliver breakthrough long-range
• (several kilometers), wireless
• communication through thick jungle
• environment
• One order of magnitude longer range than
  existing technology
• Small battery powered
• A fraction of the cost of conventional
  systems
• Open architecture
• Low cost

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Game Changing Technology
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Technology at Work in SPDC
Field Office
Intranet
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Example of ROI

• Pilot Project
• After only one month of operation, the system
  prevented ONE well from shutting down . The well
  was producing 6000 bpd.
• Problem could have caused well shutdown for weeks
  and required well intervention.
• Using only 40/barrel, the savings 3.3M
• In just one Incident the system paid for itself.
• The technology impact will be in the hundreds of
  millions of dollars

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Results and Plans

• Successful pilot on several wells for a period on
  one year.
• Current deployment in on-going for first 100
  wells- Delayed due to recent security problem.
  (Plan to move to 100 wells near PHC)
• Waiting for contract for survey and design for
  1000 wells.
• Ongoing plan to roll-out on 1000 wells.

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What is Next in The Wireless Revolution
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The Future

• Everything and Everyone is connected wirelessly.
• Suggested Technology focus in SPDC
• Community Integration
• Safety and security
• Enhancing productivity

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Wireless ConnectivityTo Anywhere and Anyone
Pipeline
Facility
Well
Refinery
Community
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Wireless Smart Field

• Well Production Monitoring
• Pipeline Monitoring
• Facilities Monitoring
• Tank Monitoring
• Mobile Access
• Internet Ready
• Secure

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Really Remote Wireless Reach
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Broadband in the Sky

• Satellite broadband technology
• Boeing launched Connexion in 2005
• At 37,000 altitude you can get broadband access
• Available in a number of airlines.

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Inmarsat BGAN Satellite Broadband

• 1.4 Billion satellite system launched in 2005.
• Broadband data (up to half a megabit) anywhere in
  the world.
• Small portable transceivers
• Plus voice, accessible simultaneously
• Guaranteed data rates on-demand
• Designed for harsh environments (-40C to 85C)
• Performance equal to terrestrial broadband

Global Coverage
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Wireless Technology Allows Rural Communities to
Prosper

• In rural or developing areas, broadband can be
  utilized in order to "leapfrog" the need for
  traditional fixed line infrastructure and provide
  access to voice, data and Internet services in
  regions which previously did not have access to
  fixed line services.
• Community TeleCentres and Cyber Cafes. Provide
  basic communication tools for small and medium
  sized enterprises
• E-health. Telemedicine - providing medical
  services and healthcare remotely
• E-learning. Distance learning project which
  offers tertiary level training options to
  students living in the most remote and isolated
  communities.
• E-Commerce. Finding markets for products, barter,
  export handcraft, agriculture trade.

Wireless is the cheapest to deploy
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Wireless Technology At Work in Rural Poor
CommunitiesAround The World

• IN THE BANANA and sweet potato growing villages
  of Uganda, farmers now use wireless gadgets to
  find out current market prices for their
  commodities, ending decades of price gouging by
  traders who assumed they didn't know.
• In the Tamil Nadu region of India, cases of
  dengue fever are now diagnosed through Internet
  connections to doctors in the city, rather than
  festering until it is too late.
• Farmers in South Africa can find the prices for
  local produce, as well as information on topics
  ranging from plague prevention to the latest
  farming techniques.
• The system also helps the inhabitants of the
  Chancay-Huaral Valley- Peru to organise their
  vital irrigation systems. The pilot scheme in the
  Huaral Valley, 80 kilometres north of the capital
  Lima, aims to offer the 6,000-strong community
  up-to-date information on agricultural market
  prices and trends.

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MIT 100 Laptop

• Reaching the world in 2006
• 100 will all standard laptop functions
• Wireless with Mesh Architecture
• No need for external power
• Internet ready
• Available in 2006

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WiMAX Wireless BroadbandEnabling The Wireless
Community
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What is WiMAX ?

• Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
• Its Broadband typically 25 Mbps/sector _at_ Phy
• Its IP native
• Its Point-to-Multipoint Microwave up to 15km
  (standard value), more case by case
• Its Non Line of Sight
• Its like Cellular coverage design
• Its Standard-based IEEE 802.16
• Its supported by more than 150 industry players
  to make it interoperable
• Up to 50Km range depending on environment

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Intel is Making Technology Possible and
Affordable

• IEEE802.16 compliant chip
• Highly integrated modem
• In-line security with encryption
• Modular RF interface
• Integrated Ethernet interface
• Industrial grade for outdoors and indoors (-40C
  to 85C)

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802.16 IEEE Overview

• 802.16 covers Fixed Wireless Access
• known as LMDS with radio from 10 to 66 GHz,
• known as WIP with radio below 10 GHz
• 802.16a (released Jan. 2003)
• known as WiMAX with radio below10 GHz
• (2.4, 2.5, 3.5 and 5.8 GHz for first products)
• One MAC layer, three Physical layers OFDM, OFDMA
  and Single Carrier
• 802.16d (released June 24, 04) improves 802.16a
• STC, OFDM/OFDMA, ideal for Fixed Wireless Access
• 802.16e (2H2005) will add Nomadicity/Mobility to
  802.16d (Provides Handoff and power-save
  mechanisms )
• beam forming, S-OFDMA sub-channeling, ideal for
  Nomadic/Mobile Access

() Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave
Access
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Worldwide WIMAX Frequencies
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WiMAX
- Indoor penetration
3,5 MHz
15 km
7,25 km
4,5 km
7 Mbps
Average throughput per sector (ULDL)
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Future Architecture Hybrid WIMAX and Spread
Spectrum
VoIP
Community and SPDC Personnel Broadband Access
Wireless camera
OSI PI
Hot spot Wimax antenna
Well 1
vMbus X-S wireless sensor
PtP Wimax link
Server
Spread Spectrum Radio Link
IP Network
Well 2
Wimax BTS
vMbus X-S wireless sensor
IP cam
External antenna
Wireless IP camera
10 BT Eth
Data Gateway Hub vMbus X-G
SPDC Network
sensors
Well N
With embedded both Spread spectrum and wimax
modem
vMbus X-C Micro RTU
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Technology Providers
WiMAX Chipset Technology
WiMAX Infrastructure Systems
Oilfield Applications and Systems Integration
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vMonitor Next Generation Technology
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vMonitor Wireless Technology Evolution
TODAY
vMBus-X Radio
vMBus-Nano Intel WiMAX Radio
vMBus-Nano
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vMonitor Wireless Nano Sensors

• Nano technology
• Battery powered
• Wireless
• Built-in sensor temperature, pressure, etc.
• Built-in antenna
• Plug and play
• Conceptual phase

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Wireless CameraFor Remote Surveillance

• Battery powered
• Wireless
• Motion detection
• Micro size
• RD Phase

Camera
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Future Battery Technology

• Micro Fuel Cell Battery
• Nanograss The battery is based on a Bell Labs
  discovery that liquid droplets of electrolyte
  will stay in a dormant state atop microscopic
  structures called nanograss until stimulated to
  flow, thereby triggering a reaction that produces
  electricity.
• ThinFilm technology
• Nuclear technology

Micro Fuel Cells
Nanograss
ThinFilm
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vMonitor Ongoing Workon Next Generation Battery

• New generation batteries will double life to
  nearly 5 years.
• Batteries with built-in capacitors.
• Lab tests have already shown life in excess of 4
  years and no loss of voltage.

Equivalent of 4 Years Test Zero Power Loss
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Thin Film Solar Panels
7 cm

• Micro size solar panel with rechargeable
  batteries.
• Used for charging 6V batteries
• Outputs 8V at 50mA charge rate per hour
• Paper thin (flexible)
• Weatherproof
• Feather weight

11 cm
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Projects Proposal
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Wireless Nano CameraProject

• Collaborative RD Project to develop next
  generation Ultra Tiny Wireless Cameras for
  Surveillance Applications.
• Battery powered
• Wireless with extended range capabilities.
• Built-in motion detector.
• Project Steps
• Phase I Feasibility Study
• Requirements definition
• Initial Design
• Phase II Complete Design and Prototype
  Development
• Phase III Pilot Deployment

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Nano Wireless SensorsProject

• Collaborative RD effort to develop the next
  generation Nano wireless sensors.
• Nano size, very long battery life.
• Multi-hoping
• Wide range of monitoring applications wells,
  facilities, pipeline, and refineries
• Project Steps
• Phase I Define future requirements
• Phase II Design and Early Prototyping
• Phase III Pilot Test.

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Wild Hot SpotProject

• Choose One Field and make it a Wireless Hot Spot
  using WiMAX technology.
• Provide connectivity to well monitoring systems,
  mobile devices, community, pipeline monitoring
  systems and facilities.

Well Monitoring
Facilities Monitoring
Pipeline Monitoring
Video Surveillance
Operation Staff Mobile Access
Community Internet and VOiP Access