Analysts: Mareca Hatler,
Darryl Gurganious,
and Charlie Chi, Ph.D

Pages: 164
(124 figures and 36 tables)

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An accelerating energy crisis in the oil and gas industry is driving development and investment in Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) technologies. 
WSN is a key investment area across the whole oil and gas supply chain including refineries, petrochemical plants, pipelines, exploration & production, and transportation. 

While profits are high, the cost of doing business is increasing as oil and gas supplies become more difficult to find and exploit. In addition, refineries and petrochemical plants face stringent regulations and are operating at near full capacity. By providing secure and reliable two-way wireless communications, WSN enables automation and control solutions that are not feasible with wired systems to improve production, operational efficiency, safety, and asset management. 

"Wireless Sensor Networks for Oil & Gas" provides actionable research data and analysis on the growing market for WSN for oil and gas including the survey results with leading oil and gas professionals, five year market size forecasts on several solution areas in four target market segments, and an extensive value system of 62 companies in four product segments.

This report also analyzes and presents several potentially disruptive technologies and their impact on this dynamic, high value ecosystem including ultra low power WiFi, the "Super Node," energy harvesting, and nanotechnologies.

ON World has been covering wireless sensor networking since 2000. This is our 16th report on the subject.

Report Examples:

* The number and variety of WSN applications continues to broaden including some that have different requirements than those specified in the first industrial standards.

* Several new entrants, startups, and industry consortiums have emerged to develop WSN innovations for internal pipeline corrosion monitoring, wellhole drilling and completion, seismic sensors, and nanotechnologies.

* Our proprietary power and performance simulation tool, wsnSimulator™, discovered a few surprising trends for traditional WSN radios such as 15.4 and ZigBee, WiFi, and Super Nodes.

* Industrial WSN pioneers such as Adaptive Instruments and Honeywell are facing increased competition from a growing number of 802.15.4/mesh offerings from Emerson and dozens of other vendors that planning to launch their products this year.

Examples of End User Survey Findings:

* One in three is a current wireless sensor user and 10% have deployments of more than 500 nodes.

* Mesh networking makes up 15% of current WSN deployments 

* Nearly half are likely to investigate new or additional WSN solutions within the next 18 months. 

Primary Research:

108 interviews

End Users:
49 oil and gas professionals

Vendors:
59 vendors & suppliers

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Primary Research

End Users:

Some of the oil and gas companies we interviewed for this report include:

Vendors & Suppliers:

A few of the technology companies we cover in this report include the following:

Chipsets: Atmel, Ember, Freescale, G2, Gainspan, Integration, Jennic, Microchip, Nanotron, Renesas, STMicro, TI ...

Modules: Aerocomm, Cirronet (RFM), Crossbow, Dust Networks, GreenPeak, IWT, Maxstream (Digi), MeshNetics, MillennialNet, NEC, Panasonic, Radiocrafts, Synapse, Telegesis ... (more)

Middleware/Software: Apprion, Arch Rock, Augusta Systems, IBM, Octave, Pedigree, SensorLogic

WSN Systems: Accutech (SCADAgroup), Adalet, AirGate, AirSprite, Aginova, Eltav, FreeWave, MachineTalker, Phoenix Contact, IntelliSensing (Greatbatch), Sensicast ...

Backend Systems: Andronics (SARS), ABB, Crane, Emerson, Endress+Hauser, Honeywell, Invensys, Mitsubishi, Pepperl+Fuchs, SCADAgroup, Siemens, Yokogawa, Yamatake, vMonitor

Executive Summary
Methodology

The Oil & Gas WSN Ecosystem
Wireless Sensing & Control for Oil & Gas
Market Forces
Key Market Trends
Industry Financials
WSN Solutions & Drivers
Process Measurements
Asset Management
Machine Health
Safety/Security
Environ Monitoring
Target Markets
Exploration & Production
Pipelines
Refining/Petrochem Manufacturing
Transportation

Oil & Gas Technologies & Standards
Wireless Sensor Networks Defined
Wireless Telemetry vs WSN
Mesh Networking
Other Radio & Networking Trends
WSN Trends & Developments
Industrial Automation & Enterprise Convergence
WSN Middleware
6LoWPAN
IETF Routing Over Low-power and Lossy Networks (ROLL)
Low Power WiFi
Power Solutions
Industrial WSN Standards
WirelessHART
ISA100
ZigBee
Power Simulator Scenarios
Radio Performance with Small Payloads
Radio Performance by Large Payload
Super Nodes (with Hitachi MEMS sensors)
Super Nodes (with Honeywell Sensors)

Oil & Gas Market Size Forecasts
Methodology
Total Potential Market Size
Global Units
Global Revenues
Units by Market Segment
Revenues by Market Segment
Units by Solution
Revenues by Solution
Average Sale Prices
Units by Product Segment
Revenues by Product Segment
Units by Geography
Revenues by Geography

Oil & Gas Survey Results
Interviewee Overview
Adoption Trends: Process & Networking Technologies
Sensors
Machine health
Rotating Equipment Machine Health Monitoring
Continuous Machine Monitoring
Wireless Sensing & Control
Current Wireless Sensing & Control Applications
Wireless Sensor Technology Details
Vendor Selection Criteria
Future Wireless Sensing & Control Solutions
Network Integration Preferences
Wireless Sensor Network Requirements
Wireless Sensor Standards
Inhibitors
Technology Awareness & Adoption Preferences
Wireless Considerations
WSN Five Year Market Size Projection
Most Likely Wireless Sensing & Control Applications
Surveyed Companies

Target Market Segments

Exploration & Production
Market Forces
Survey Key Findings
WSN Applications
Recent Deployments
Solution Driver Rankings
Market Size Forecasts
Units by Solution
Revenues by Solution
Units by Product Segment
Revenues by Product Segment
Units by Geography

Pipelines
Market Forces
Survey Key Findings
WSN Applications
Recent Deployments
Solution Driver Rankings
Market Size Forecasts
Units by Solution
Revenues by Solution
Units by Product Segment
Revenues by Solution
Units by Geography

Refineries/Petrochem
Market Forces
Survey Key Findings
WSN Applications
Recent Deployments
Solution Driver Rankings
Market Size Forecasts
Units by Solution
Revenues by Solution
Units by Product Segment
Revenues by Product Segment
Units by Geography

Transportation
Market Forces
WSN Applications
Recent Deployments
Solution Drivers by Rank
Market Size Forecasts
Units by Solution
Revenues by Solution
Units by Product Segment
Revenues by Product Segment
Units by Geography

The Value System
Summary
Components
RF Modules
WSN Systems
Middleware
Backend Systems

Inventions
Wireless Sensing & Control
Pipelines
Exploration & Production
Nanotechnologies

List of Figures

Figure 1: Common industrial wireless applications
Figure 2: Small Payload - Battery Life with Duty Cycle of 1/Minute
Figure 3: Small Payload - Battery Life with Duty Cycle of 1/Second
Figure 4: Small Payload (128 Bytes) - Radio Cost per Year
Figure 5: Small Payload (128 Bytes)- Energy used over 5 year period
Figure 6: Large Payload - Power Used Duty Cycle of 1/Minute
Figure 7: Large Payload - Battery Life for with Duty Cycle of 1/Minute
Figure 8: Large Payload (2000 Bytes) - Radio Cost per Year
Figure 9: Large Payload (2000 Bytes)- Energy used over 5 year period
Figure 10: Super Nodes (Hitachi) - Energy used over 5 year period
Figure 11: Super Nodes (Hitachi) - Harvester Size need to in cm^2
Figure 12: Super Node (Hitachi) - Power Used by Transmit Rate
Figure 13: Super Node (Hitachi) - Maximum Messages Sent per Hour
Figure 14: Super Node (Hitachi) - Radio Power Cost per Year
Figure 15: Super Node (Honeywell) - Energy used over 5 year period
Figure 16: Super Node (Honeywell) - Harvester Size need to in cm^2
Figure 17: Super Node (Honeywell) - Power Used by Transmit Rate
Figure 18: Super Node (Honeywell) - Maximum Messages Sent Hourly
Figure 19: Total Potential Market Size (Cumulative Nodes)
Figure 20: Global Total Units (2007-2012)
Figure 21: Global Total WSN Revenues (2007-2012)
Figure 22: Global Total WSN Units by Market (2007-2012)
Figure 23: Global Total Revenues by Market (2007-2012)
Figure 24: Global Total Units by Solution (2007-2012)
Figure 25: Global Total Revenues by Solution (2007-2012)
Figure 26: Average Sale Prices by Solution (2007-2012)
Figure 27: Global Total Units by Product Segment (2007-2012)
Figure 28: Global Total Revenues by Product Segment (2007-2012)
Figure 29: Global Total Units by Geography (2007-2012)
Figure 30: Global Total WSN Revenues by Geography (2007-2012)
Figure 31: Interviewee, by position
Figure 32: Market segment involvement by interviewee
Figure 33: Interviewee, by facility size (acres)
Figure 34: Number of sensing points
Figure 35: Current technologies in operation
Figure 36: Percent of sensors, by type
Figure 37: Number of rotating equipment
Figure 38: Monitor Equipment Continuously
Figure 39: Types of equipment monitored continuously
Figure 40: Percent of equipment currently continuously monitored
Figure 41: Types of monitoring by percent
Figure 42: Manual equipment monitoring frequency
Figure 43: Percent of current wireless sensor users
Figure 44: Number of wireless sensing/control devices in use
Figure 45: Current wireless sensing/control applications
Figure 46: Current wireless sensor radios/protocols in use
Figure 47: Current wireless sensor topologies
Figure 48: Wireless sensing/control node ranges (feet)
Figure 49: Current wireless sensing/control application classes
Figure 50: Wireless sensor users that evaluated more than one vendor
Figure 51: Wireless sensor vendor selection criteria
Figure 52: Planning/additional wireless solutions
Figure 53: Planned wireless applications by type
Figure 54: Wireless sensor integration preferences
Figure 55: Battery life requirements
Figure 56: Required update rate
Figure 57: Most likely application classes
Figure 58: Degree of importance for standards
Figure 59: Standards ranked by type
Figure 60: Wireless Sensor Network Inhibitors
Figure 61: Familiarity by standard or term
Figure 62: Wireless sensing & control considerations
Figure 63: Percent of sensing devices to be wireless in 5 years
Figure 64: Most Likely Wireless Sensing or Control Applications w/in 5 years
Figure 65: Exploration & Production Statistics
Figure 66: E & P – Current Wireless Sensor Users
Figure 67: E & P – Current WSN Applications
Figure 68: E &P – Planned WSN Applications
Figure 69: E & P – WSN Inhibitors by Rank
Figure 70: E & P – Wireless Considerations by Rank
Figure 71: E & P – Most Likely WSN Applications by Rank
Figure 72: Exploration & Production – Weighted Driver Impact per Solution
Figure 73: Exploration & Production – Five Year Weighted Solution Drivers
Figure 74: E&P WSN Units by Solution (2007- 2012)
Figure 75: E&P WSN Revenues by Solution (2007- 2012)
Figure 76: E&P WSN Units by Product Segment (2007- 2012)
Figure 77: WSN Revenues by Product Segment (2007- 2012)
Figure 78: WSN Units by Geography (2007- 2012)
Figure 79: Pipelines Statistics
Figure 80: Pipelines – Current Wireless Sensor Users
Figure 81: Pipelines – Current WSN Applications
Figure 82: Pipelines - Planned WSN Applications
Figure 83: Pipelines - WSN Inhibitors by Rank
Figure 84: Pipelines - Wireless Considerations by Rank
Figure 85: Pipelines - Most Likely WSN Applications by Rank
Figure 86: Pipelines – Weighted Driver Impact per Solution
Figure 87: Pipelines – Five Year Weighted Solution Drivers
Figure 88: WSN Units by Solution (2007-2012)
Figure 89: WSN Revenues by Solution (2007-2012)
Figure 90: WSN Units, by Product Segment (2007-2012)
Figure 91: Total Revenues by Product Segment (2007-2012)
Figure 92: Units by Geography (2007-2012)
Figure 93: Refinery/Petrochem Statistics
Figure 94: Refineries/Petrochem– Current Wireless Sensor Users
Figure 95: Refineries/Petrochem – Current WSN Applications
Figure 96: Refineries/Petrochem - Planned WSN Applications
Figure 97: Refineries/Petrochem - WSN Inhibitors by Rank
Figure 98: Refineries/Petrochem - Wireless Considerations by Rank
Figure 99: Refineries/Petrochem - Most Likely WSN Applications by Rank
Figure 100: Refineries/Petrochem – Weighted Driver Impact per Solution
Figure 101: Refineries/Petrochem – Five Year Weighted Solution Drivers
Figure 102: Refinery – WSN Units by Solution (2007-2012)
Figure 103: Refinery – WSN WSN Revenues by Solution (2007-2012)
Figure 104: Refinery – WSN Units by Product Segment (2007-2012)
Figure 105: Refinery – WSN Revenues by Product Segment (2007-2012)
Figure 106: Refinery – WSN Units by Geography (2007-2012)
Figure 107: Transportation Statistics
Figure 108: Transportation – Weighted Driver Impact per Solution
Figure 109: Transportation – Five Year Weighted Solution Drivers
Figure 110: Units by Solution (2007-2012)
Figure 111: WSN Revenues by Solution (2007-2012)
Figure 112: WSN Units by Product Segment (2007-2012)
Figure 113: Revenues by Product Segment (2007-2012)
Figure 114: Units by Geography (2007-2012)
Figure 115: The Oil & Gas WSN Value System
Figure 116: Chipsets– Profiles
Figure 117: RF Modules – Profiles
Figure 118: WSN Systems – Profiles
Figure 119: Middleware – Profiles
Figure 120: Backend Systems – Profiles
Figure 121: Apparatus and method for integrating wireless or other field device…
Figure 122: Selective activation of field devices in low power wireless mesh…
Figure 123: Remote monitoring of pipelines using wireless sensor network
Figure 124: Method and system for measuring data in a fluid transportation…

List of Tables

Table 1: Top Five Oil & Gas Companies – 2007 Annual Report Highlights
Table 2: Global Total Units (2007-2012)
Table 3: Global Total WSN Revenues (2007-2012)
Table 4: Global Total WSN Units by Market (2007-2012)
Table 5: Global Total Revenues by Market (2007-2012)
Table 6: Global Total Units by Solution (2007-2012)
Table 7: Global Total Revenues by Solution (2007-2012)
Table 8: Average Sale Prices by Solution (2007-2012)
Table 9: Global Total Units by Product Segment (2007-2012)
Table 10: Global Total Revenues by Product Segment (2007-2012)
Table 11: Global Total Units by Geography (2007-2012)
Table 12: Global Total WSN Revenues by Geography (2007-2012)
Table 13: E & P – WSN Trends & Drivers Summary
Table 14: E&P WSN Units by Solution (2007- 2012)
Table 15: E&P WSN Revenues by Solution (2007- 2012)
Table 16: E&P WSN Units by Product Segment (2007- 2012)
Table 17: WSN Revenues by Product Segment (2007- 2012)
Table 18: WSN Units by Geography (2007- 2012)
Table 19: Pipelines– WSN Trends & Drivers Summary
Table 20: WSN Units by Solution (2007-2012)
Table 21: WSN Revenues by Solution (2007-2012)
Table 22: WSN Units, by Product Segment (2007-2012)
Table 23: Total Revenues by Product Segment (2007-2012)
Table 24: Units by Geography (2007-2012)
Table 25: Refineries/Petrochem– WSN Trends & Drivers Summary
Table 26: Refinery – WSN Units by Solution (2007-2012)
Table 27: Refinery – WSN WSN Revenues by Solution (2007-2012)
Table 28: Refinery – WSN Units by Product Segment (2007-2012)
Table 29: Refinery – WSN Revenues by Product Segment (2007-2012)
Table 30: Refinery – WSN Units by Geography (2007-2012)
Table 31: Transportation – WSN Trends & Drivers Summary
Table 32: Units by Solution (2007-2012)
Table 33: WSN Revenues by Solution (2007-2012)
Table 34: WSN Units by Product Segment (2007-2012)
Table 35: Revenues by Product Segment (2007-2012)
Table 36: Units by Geography (2007-2012)