WebSCADA+ Low Cost SCADA Alternative

Emerson Process Management's WebSCADA is a revolutionary solution that delivers, via the Internet, production data to your operators, accountants, engineers, and managers cheaper and faster than any other solution.

The Challenge

Many oil and gas producers operate wells from which real-time production information is needed only a few times a day. Some of these wells may be widely distributed or in a high rate of decline. Others may be problem wells needing periodic attention. Perhaps only one well needs to be monitored for only a few months. It is difficult to justify a traditional SCADA system for these wells because the continuous communications and sophisticated (and sometimes costly to maintain) features are simply not needed. For these situations, WebSCADA+ is ideal, delivering the essential functions of traditional SCADA for considerably less capital and operating cost.

The Solution: WebSCADA+

WebSCADA+ combines Internet, digital cellular, and RTU technologies to deliver production data to your key stakeholders: the operator, the production accountant, the production engineer, and even the CEO who wants to know the current status of a particular well or field. WebSCADA+ provides password-protected production reports, alarms, well or facility status, and even control functions, from any authorized web-connected PC in your enterprise, without the need for expensive SCADA host computers and telecommunications system. Emerson Process Management intimately understands the production business, and has applied its 28+ years of experience in implementing and maintaining production measurement, instrumentation, SCADA, and information technologies to develop a solution that is truly fit-for-purpose and practical. Using the dependable existing infrastructure of CDPD cellular networks, Internet service providers, and browser software, WebSCADA+ is inexpensive, fast to install, and easy to use and support.
WebSCADA+ is packaged to meet your unique needs. The basic package and options consist of:

• Industry-standard RTU, complete with weather-protected enclosure
• CDPD modem and radio
• WebSCADA+ software suite, consisting of:
  • RTU-based production calculation and reporting modules
  • Data acquisition, control, and alarm modules
  • Web-server communications module
• Optional measurement and control instrumentation

WebSCADA+ Benefits and Value

WebSCADA+ brings numerous benefits, including:

• Very low capital and operating costs in comparison to other solutions
• Fast delivery time
• Functionality that meets the essential needs of the oil and gas production business, including compliance with regulatory reporting
• Simplicity
• No telecommunications and host computers to design, purchase, and maintain
• High quality digital communications
• Secure accessibility from anywhere in the world with an Internet link
• Inherent redundancy, providing system integrity
• Portability - use it on one well during critical periods, then move it to another well
• Use of standard, widely supported, easy-to-maintain products
• Ability to centralize or distribute information gathering and warehousing

WebSCADA+ Functions and Features

WebSCADA+ provides a comprehensive suite of functions for the oil and gas production industry, including:

• Production accounting data automatically emailed each day, or available on request
• Production status and event log automatically emailed each day, or available on request
• Alarms on production variables and status (such as well down), emailed instantly
• Real-time access to meter configuration
• Control functions, including remote well shutdown
• Customizable for unique facilities such as oil wells, gas wells, compressor stations, AWTs, treaters, etc.
• Optional Kenonic-hosted production data warehouse and server for larger installations
• Optional PRSLITE production reporting system that provides:
  • "Morning report" of the current conditions for all wells
  • Easy-to-read production and event reports based on well location(s) and date
  • Automatic recognition and configuration of new wells and retrieval of data from WebSCADA+ e-mails
  • 2- and 3-D charts based on a specified well and date
  • Automated or on-demand forwarding of emails

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