The Success of 4G LTE for Mobile

Connectivity in the Offshore Environment

and its increasing role in the future digitalization of the
oilfield
Agenda
1. Tampnet History
2. The start of offshore LTE
3. North Sea Successes
4. GoM Expansion and Success Stories
5. The role of LTE in digitalization
6. Possibilities in Newfoundland
 This Is Tampnet
- Niche telecom carrier with focus on Oil & - 35 live LTE base stations in the North
Gas and Nordic connectivity Sea. (+ 7 on platform base stations)
- Offices in Stavanger (HQ), Aberdeen, - 35 live LTE base stations in GoM.
Houston, Lafayette and Rio de Janeiro Long-term roaming agreements with
- More than 350 offshore assets connected to major telcos in the US and Norway
the infrastructure - 110 highly skilled employees
- Providing high capacity and low-latency
infrastructure based on;
- Subsea fibre optic cables (2500km)
- Line-of-Sight microwave links (200+ hops)
- 4G LTE wireless connectivity (70+ base stations)
 Tampnet

Offshore Offshore International

Infrastructure 4G LTE Carrier
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Tern
North Cormorant Brent Gullfaks C
Cormorant A Gullfaks A
Heather

The
Ninian Kvitebjørn Stockholm
Clair Ridge N Alwyn Kollsnes Oslo
Veslefrikk Troll A
Martin L
Oseberg Brage

Tampnet Glen Lyon

Beryl B
Kraken

Bruce
Norway
Tveiten
Kårstø
Infrastructure
Mariner Heimdal
Beryl A Alvheim Jotun B Green Mountain
Gryphon Ringhorne

Harding
Grane Stavanger
Ivar Aasen

Gudrun Edv.Grieg
Stølen
Brae E
Brae B
Gina
Lista
Brae A Krog
Claymore Piper B Sleipner

Tartan Tiffany
Balmoral Draupner Bulbjerg
Scott Andrew
Alba Armada
Britannia
Aberdeen Forties Unity Forties B
Everest

Scotland Forties C
Nelson
Montrose
Culzean
Lomond Ula Denmark
Kittiwake Erskine
Gannet Gyda
ETAP
Triton Elgin/Franklin
Shearwater Judy Copenhagen
Jade Ekofisk
USA Clyde Esbjerg
Edinburgh Fulmar Valhall
Syd Arne

The North Sea

Cygnus

Murdoch Hamburg
LEGEND:
Tampnet LOS
Leeds
Germany
Optical Fiber England
Tampnet POP
Lowestoft
Netherlands
Amsterdam

USA
Slough
Belgium
London
France
 4G/LTE
Coverage
 High Performance Services
Maersk Interceptor– High Throughput (63 days)
11,7
TeraByte
Per Month

Safe Zephyrus – High Throughput

High Uptime / Low Latency
99,78% 99,97%
40.0ms 22.1ms

99,97% 99,97%
30,2ms 47.2ms

99,99% 99,98%
30,2ms 32.9ms

99,94% 99,99%
29,5ms 39.2ms
Curlew FPSO
• 10Mb symmetrical
• 54km/33 miles
• RTD < 35ms
 ~250 000 km²
4G LTE Coverage
in The Gulf Of Mexico
 4G/LTE
Gulf of Mexico Coverage
Shell Appomattox
Successes to date
West Auriga

Marco Polo
Heidelberg

Constitution
 4G/LTE
Roaming Partners
Coverage
• AT&T
• TMobile
• Telia
• Sprint
• Com4
 Suitability of 4G/LTE in Arctic and Harsh Environments
• 4G/LTE is a Truly global technology – a lot of frequency bands
available. Network is 5G ready

• Low frequency bands are good for wide area coverage as well
as penetration into steel structures

• Allows for high throughputs and low latency for real time
applications

• Hardened equipment readily available due to global market in

all regions

• Narrow Band support – will revolutionize maintenance and

sensor data collection

• No moving parts, suited for cold climate use

• Tried and tested – first North Sea base station 5 years old
Typical UE Setup
 Internal
4G LTE
Coverage
Enabling
Digitalization for
Offshore fields
Experience With On-platform Coverage
• Extensive testing on platform of on-
platform coverage from ONE SINGLE
antenna setup
• Very good results – 80-90% coverage
with high throughput

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 Examples of possible use cases that can be
integrated into an iot solutions
Predictive maintenance by monitoring
Track and trace containers
vibrations in central machinery

Assisted maintenance (tablets,

sensors, video, VR)
Optimize and secure
lift operations

Monitoring condition of
Automatic ordering of construction (e.g.
spare parts jacket)

Reduce CO2 emissions by optimizing energy

Indoor climate and noise monitoring usage on the platform (smart lighting, smart
for improved employee health and ventilation etc.)
productivity
Selected examples
Ex certified 4G/LTE Enabled Devices
Tampnet key enabler of Digitalisation offshore
Demo: dashboard MOCKUP LQ monitoring
 5G Ready Offshore Network

What is 5G?

 Low Power UE
 Combination of many (and new) frequency
bands
 Very High Data Rates (1-10Gbps)
 Cost reduction - virtualisation of Hardware
 Adaptive Network Topologies

It has been estimated that only 1% of the information gathered is being

made available to O&G decision makers, according to the Deloitte
By fully optimizing the IoT solutions available, University Press. Increase data capture can boost output by as much as
an oil and gas company with $50 billion in 10 percent over a two-year period, that is millions of dollars saved. And
annual revenue could increase its profits by if it hasn’t been stressed enough on what money scale the oil and gas
nearly $1 billion, according to a Cisco study. industry runs on, an industry-wide adoption of IoT technology could
increase global GDP by as much as 0.8 percent, or $816 billion during
the next decade, according to Oxford Economics.
Possible Offshore Newfoundland Telecom Infrastructure
Offshore Newfoundland Telecom Infrastructure