BP PLC is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London. It is one of the world's seven oil and gas "supermajors". It is a vertically integrated company operating in all areas of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production, refining, distribution and marketing, power generation and trading. It also has renewable energy interests in biofuels, wind power, smart grid and solar technology.
BP’s ambition is to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner and to help the world reach net zero.
To provide WiFi and LTE services on vessels, offshore platforms and onshore facilities as part of BP Global Upstream’s strategic modernization and transformation agenda.
BP Upstream has an aggressive agenda to roll out technologies to support modernization and transformation. The most discussed application/tool is Operator Workbench using industrial handheld devices. While these devices and applications can work in offline mode in the operational areas, maximum benefit will come when users have full connectivity.
BP AGT (Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey) decided to deploy LTE (4G) infrastructure to provide the required connectivity on the Shah Deniz Bravo offshore platform and four vessels. Several vendors were engaged in the project due to its complexity. ED joined the project in 2019 and was responsible for delivering project management and WiFi/LTE design engineering services.
ED’s engineering team developed the following design documents:
In addition to developing the design documents, ED’s engineering team also supported the installers during LTE (4G) implementation on the Shah Deniz Bravo platform and four vessels.
The creation of industrial wireless infrastructure on these assets has allowed current and future applications and tools to communicate with minimum effort and distraction. This enables tool developers to focus on the system, functionality, user interface and deployment timeline.
Aruba, Cisco WiFi
Huawei LTE (4G)
