BLENDING OIL WITH RFID

The oil and gas indus try is fa c ing i ncr easi n g pr ess ure t o i mprove o p e r a t io n a l a n d f i na nc ia l r e s u l ts , w h il e c o n ti n ui n g to m e e t t he e x pe c t e d d e m a n d f or e n e r g y . U s e o f R F ID ha s b e e n w e l l e s t ab l is he d fo r r et ai l i nd us tr y , bu t th e p os s i b le us es o f R F ID i n t h e O i l a n d ga s i nd us tr y ha s n ot be en pu b l ic ize d mu ch . T h is w h it e p a p e r e x p lor e s t h e p os s i bl e u s e s o f R F ID i n o il & g a s i ndust ry. Incr eas ed us e of RF ID i n t he i n dustr y ca n e na b le the O &G c om p an ie s t o b e c os t e ff ic i en t a nd t o b e c lo s e r t o t he ir c us t omers .

WHITE PAPER

VIBHOR GUPTA

BLENDING OIL WITH RFID

TABLE OF CONTENTS
IN TRODU CTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 WHAT IS R F ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 RFID APP LI CAT I ON S IN OI L A N D G A S IN D U S TR Y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 EXPLORATION/PRODU CTION : TR IGG ER ING OF PER FORATING GUNS INSIDE THE OIL WELLS . . . . . . 5 C R U D E S U P P L Y : ID EN T IF Y ING IND I V ID U A L P I P E J O INT S IN H AR S H E N V IR O N M ENT S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 O I L R E F IN ER IE S : O IL R EF IN E R Y CH EC K VA L VE S A F E T Y & AUD I T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 P R O D U C T D IS T R IB U T I O N : D EL I V ER Y MOV E M ENT & TRA C K IN G O F O IL TAN K ER S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 R ET A IL : C A S H L E S S TR AN S AC T I O N S A T G AS S T A T IO N S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 M AN AG E MEN T O F EQU I P MEN T S ER V I C ING & C O R R E C TI V E AC T IO N S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 O IL T ANK ER S C L EAN ING R EG IME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 R ES TR IC T ED A R E AS AC C ES S M AN AG E MEN T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 T RA C K OF CUS TO MER PURC H AS ES (G OOD S SO LD A T CON V EN IEN C E S TOR E S) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 A S S E T M AN AG E M EN T AND TR AC K IN G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 G AS C Y L IND ER TR A CK IN G T H R O U G H O U T T H E S U P PL Y C H A IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 RF ID CH A LL ENG ES AN D R IS K S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 E C O N O M IC CH AL L EN G E S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 T E CHN IC AL CH AL L ENGE S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 IMP L EMEN TAT ION C HA LL ENG ES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 S T EP S FOR R FI D B U S IN E SS C A SE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5 C O N CL U S IO N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5 A CR O N Y M S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 6 R EF EREN C ES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 6 A C KN O W L E D G E M EN TS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 6 A BOU T TH E AU THOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 6 A BOU T WIPRO TE CHN OLOG IES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 6 WIPR O IN ENE RGY AND UTIL IT IES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 WIPR O S FO OT PR IN TS IN RF ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7

Wipro Technologies

Table of Contents Page 2 of 17

BLENDING OIL WITH RFID

INTRODUCTION
T h e o il a nd ga s s ec t or is he a di ng i n t o un c har t ed w ate r s . T h e ma j or it y of o i l r es e r v es r ea di ly a v a il a bl e o n l a nd h av e al r e a dy b ee n tap p ed a nd com p a ni es in th e oi l an d ga s i n dus try ar e f i n di ng t he ms e lv es he ad i ng i n t o e x pl or ati o n of d ee p w a t er a n d v er y r em o te ar eas o f t he g lo be . T h e e c o no my i s r e qu ir i ng hi g he r pr od uc ti o n o f o il a n d g a s t o me e t th e d e ma n ds of a n e n e r g y g uz z l in g c o mmu n it y . Th e o i l a nd g a s s e c tor is r e s po n d in g t o h e ig h te ne d c os ts i n e x p l ora t ion a n d p r o d uc tio n by ou ts o ur c i ng n on - c or e a c t iv it i es t o s er v ic e pro v i d ers , a nd i m p le m en t in g o p er a t io n al ex ce l le nc e i ni ti a ti v es t h at ca n s av e co s ts . I n t h e pa s t t h es e co m pan i es h ad n o t p r o v i de d a s te a dy r e t ur n o n in v es t me nt a nd now mu st us e a ll po ss ib le ave n ue s t o d el iv er v al ue to s ha re h ol d ers t hr ou g h i ncr ea se d pr o du c tiv i ty , i nc r e as e d r ev en ue s a n d r e d u c e d c os ts . U s e of R F I D i s a m a j or a r e a i n w h i c h i m p ro v e me nt i n t h e s u pp ly c h a i n a nd u p d a t i ng of i n f or ma ti o n in r ea l - ti m e ca n b o os t p er fo r ma nc e wi t ho u t s a cri f ic i ng c os t e ff ec t iv en ess . R FID c a n h el p t he o il & ga s c o mp a ni es t o s us ta i n an d co m pe te i n th e c u t-t hr o at ma r k et e nv ir on m en t .

WHAT IS RFID
RFID or Radi o fr equency ident i fi ca t ion t ec h no l ogy d e al s w it h t h e r em o te c o ll ec t io n o f i n f or ma ti o n s t or e d o n a t ag us in g r a d io f r e qu e ncy c om m u n ic at i ons. I n t h e s i m ple s t ter ms an R F I D (ra d io f r e q ue ncy i d en t i fi ca t io n) s y s te m c on s is ts o f a tag ( tr ans p on d er ) a n d a r ea der ( i nt err og a tor) . In f or ma t io n s to r e d on t he R F I D t ag c a n r an g e fr o m as l i tt le as an i d en t if i ca ti o n n u m ber , t o k i l o -by t es o f d a ta w r i tt en t o a n d r ea d f r o m t h e tag , to dyn a mic i n f or ma ti o n m a i nt ai n ed on t h e t ag , s uc h as t e mp era t ure h is t or ies . T he i n for ma t io n fr o m t he t a g /re ader combi na t ion is e i ther pr ese nt e d to a huma n oper at or ty pi ca l ly us ing a ha nd-hel d d e v ic e w i th a n a lp h a n u me r ic d is p l a y or a h os t c o mp u te r , wh ic h a u to m at i ca lly ma n ag es t he i n f or ma ti o n.
RFID RF signal RFID readers / RFID middleware Backend

ERP

CRM Busines s

SAP

R F I D te ch n olo gy pr ov i des a q u i ck , f lex i bl e an d r e li a bl e w ay t o e l ec tr on ic a lly d e t ec t, t r a ck a n d c o n tr ol a d i v e r s e r a n g e o f i te m s . Th is t e c h n o lo g y , a l th o ug h s i m i lar t o t he w e l l e st ab l is he d ba r co d in g , is q u ic k ly g ai n in g a t te nt i on in t he A u to m at i c I d en t if ic a ti o n a nd D ata C a pt ur e ( A IDC ) i n du s tr y . R F I D t e c hn o lo g y has t h e a d d e d c a pa b il it y o f a n in t e g r a te d c ir c u it e m be d de d i n t h e s m a l l t a g , c o nt a i n in g d ig i ta l me m or y t h a t c a n b e pr ogr a m m e d o r r e p r o g r a m m e d u s i n g r a d io s ig n a ls . O n e o f t h e m os t o uts ta n di ng benefits o f R F I D is i ts a b il i ty to r e a d t hr o u g h t h e t o ug h e n v i r o n me n ts a t r e m a r ka ble s pe e d s - r e s p o nd i ng i n l e s s t ha n 10 0 m i l li s e co n ds i n mo s t c as es .

Wipro Technologies

Page 3 of 17

BLENDING OIL WITH RFID

C r i t ic al p er f or ma n ce v ar iab l es in an R FI D s y s t e m i nv o lv e th e r a n ge a t w hi ch c om m u n ic at i on c a n be m a in ta i ne d , th e s iz e o f t he i n fo r m a t io n s p ac e c o n ta i ne d on t h e ta g , th e r a te a t w h ich t h e c o mmu nic a ti o n wi t h th e ta g ca n tak e pl ac e, t he p hy s i ca l s iz e o f th e t ag , the ab i li ty of t he s y s t em t o co m m u ni ca te s i mu l ta ne o usly w i t h mu l tip l e ta gs, a nd t h e r ob us t n es s o f t h e c o m mu n ic at io n wi t h r e s pe c t t o in t er f er en ce d ue t o m a t er i a l i n th e pa t h b e twe e n t h e r e ade r a n d t he ta g. S ev er a l fa ct ors d et er mi n e t h e lev el o f p er f or ma nc e t h at c an be ac h iev e d i n the s e v ar ia b les . T h e fa c t ors in c lu d e th e fr e q ue n c y of t h e r a d io freq u en cy ca rrie r use d to tr ans p or t th e i n f or ma ti o n be tw e e n th e tag a nd t he r e a d e r , a n d w he t h e r or n o t a b a tt e r y is inc l ud e d i n th e t a g t o ass is t in co m m un i cat i ng ba ck to th e r e a der .

RFID Tag types

T a g per f or man c e ty pi ca ll y r e fl ec ts s e mi c on d uc t or ch i p p er f or man c e, t ag a n ten n a s iz e an d e f fi c ie ncy , a nd w he t her a b a tt ery is i ncl u de d i n th e t a g. T he r e are t wo br o ad c l as s e s of t ags w i th r es pe c t t o t he s o urce o f e n ergy u s e d to p owe r t h e t ags : p as s iv e ta gs a r e t hos e tha t r ec eiv e t h eir e n ergy s o le ly f r o m t h e r a di o fre q ue nc y f i el d s up p li e d b y t he r ea der , a nd ac ti v e t a gs ar e t hos e t ha t i n cl ude a ba t tery to incr eas e t he re a d r a ng e of the t ag .

Read Range of tags

In ma ny cas es t her e is a s har p del i ne at i on be tw ee n t h e r ea d rang e of tw o cl ass es of ta gs e m p loy i ng pas s iv e t ec hn o lo gy , t h ose tha t hav e a r e la t iv e ly s ho r t r ea d r a ng e an d th os e t ha t h av e a re l at ive ly l o ng r ea d r a ng e, es pe ci a ll y a t l ow fre q ue nc y a n d h i gh f re qu e ncy . Li ke ma ny r adio sy stems, s h ort ranged R F ID s ystems tend to be l es s e xp e nsi v e a n d r el ati v e ly e as y t o d e s ig n a nd bu i l d. L on g r a n g e d R F ID s y s te ms t e n d t o b e m or e e x pe ns iv e a n d dif f ic u lt t o b ui ld . T y p i ca ll y , t h e r a ng e per f or ma n ce o f R F I D s y s t e ms i s de t er mi ned t o a m a jor e x t en t by t he r ea der , t h e po w e r o f t he s ig n al it r ad ia te s an d t h e s en s i t iv ity of it s r e ce iv er.

Anti-Collision
I n m a ny ap p li c at i ons i t is d e s ir a bl e to c o m m un i ca te w it h a ta g w he n o th er s i m i lar t ag s ar e s i multaneously v is ible to the r eader. The ability of the tag/reader system to talk u n a mb ig u ou s ly w i t h on e tag a t a ti m e is d et er mi n ed b y t he a nt i -c o ll is i on a lg or it h m us ed t o i d en t if y ea ch t a g an d es t ab li s h a co m m uni c at i on s es s ion w i t h t he t ag .

Tag/Reader Communication Protocols

T h e c o m mu n ic a ti o n o f in fo r ma ti o n w ith t he t a g has hi s t or ic a l ly b e e n de t e r m i n e d by the o r i g in a l des ig n e r o f t he s e m ic o nd u c t or d e v ic e i n the ta g . Th e s e p r o t oc o ls v a r y w id e ly i n t he w ays th e c arr ie r is mod u la t ed , th e d a ta is e nc o de d , re ad /wr i te /v er if y c o mma n ds ar e s tr uc tu r e d, ho w m ul t ip l e t a gs are r e ad w i t ho u t in ter fe r i ng w it h o n e a n o th e r , a n d w h e th e r p r i v a cy /s e c ur i ty s er v i ces ar e p r ov i de d . T h es e v ar y i ng p r ot oc o ls hav e r e l at iv e a dv an ta ge s a n d d is a dva n ta g e s , de p e n d in g up o n t he a p p lic a ti o n be i ng c o ns id e r e d .

Standards
Ov er ti me R F I D m a nu fa ctu r er s an d use r s h av e ty pi c al ly c o nc lud e d t ha t w hil e th ere are a dv an t ag es to ha vi ng s ev era l c o mmun i ca t io n pr o to c ol s fr o m w h ic h t o c ho os e f or a ny a p pl i ca ti o n, th er e w o ul d a t e a ch fr eq ue nc y b e a n ad v an t ag e to s e tt l in g o n o ne pro t oc o l, or a t m o s t a c o u pl e o f pr o to c ols , w hi c h m ul t ipl e s up p li e r s c o u l d o ff e r c hip s a nd r ea ders .

Wipro Technologies

Page 4 of 17

BLENDING OIL WITH RFID

T h e RF ID in du st ry t o day re pr ese n ts a dy na mic at te mp t by ma nu fac t ure rs a nd us ers t o b u il d a n d de pl oy s o l u ti o ns r ef lec t in g tra d e -o ff s be tw ee n a w i de r a ng e of t ec h ni ca l , po l i ti ca l , a n d r eg ul a tor y con st ra in ts .

RFID APPLICATIONS IN OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY

Us e of RF ID h as b ee n we l l e s ta b lis h ed fo r r e ta il i n dus try a pp l ic at io ns f or t ra cki n g t he g oo ds a t d if f e r e n t p o i nts i n t he s u pp ly c ha in , b u t t h e po s s ib le u s e s o f R F ID i n th e O i l a n d g a s i n d us t r y has n o t be e n p u bl i c i z e d mu c h. A l t h ou g h t he a pp l ic a t i ons o f R F I D c a n b e li m i tl e s s , f ew ap p li ca t io ns r el ev an t to t he O il & G a s i nd us tr y are des cr ib e d he r e . Oil and Gas Supply Chain RFID Application Areas

Exploration & Production

Perforation guns triggering

Crude Supply

Identifying pipe Joints

Refining

Check Valve Safety

Product Transportation & Distribution

Oil tanker tracking

Oil Retailing

Cashless payments

Exploration/Production: Triggering of perforating guns inside the oil wells

R F I D f in ds ap p l ic at i on i n t h e o i l pr odu c ti o n by b e in g p u t to u s e f or t r i g g e r in g p e r for a ti ng g u ns t h at are p u t d ow n i ns id e t h e o il w el ls . B y e l imi n at i ng th e n e ed fo r l en gt hy gu n g a mm a r a y p os i t io n ing t o o ls , t h is te c hn o lo g y c a n s a v e o i l com p a ni es a l ot o f m o n ey . G am m a r ay t o ols a r e use d to r ec or d n at ur al ly oc cu r r in g ga m ma r a y s i n th e fo r ma ti o ns a dj a ce nt t o t he w el l bo r e . E ffe c tiv e i n a ny e nv ir on m en t , g a m ma r a y t oo ls are th e s ta n dar d d ev ice use d f or t he c or r e la ti o n o f l og s i n cas e d a nd op e nh o le s . O i l may b e tra p pe d i n s e v e r a l di f fer e nt l a y er s o f r oc k , al o ng w i th g as an d w at er . A ft er th e w el l is dr i ll ed , a s t ee l pip e is i ns e r t ed i n t o t h e w e l l an d co ncr et e is po ur ed a r o u nd t he o u ts id e o f t he p i pe f or s tr e n g t h . Is o la ti o n v a lve s are u s e d to s ea l o ff s e ct i ons o f th e w e ll. T h en , per f orat i ng g uns s h oo t h ol es i n the ca si ngs , s o t h a t o il c a n f l ow i n a nd be p u mp e d t o t h e s ur fa ce . T h e r ig h t gu ns n ee d to b e f ir e d a t t he r i g ht t i me . I f th e wr on g gu n i s f ir e d , th e w el l c ou l d fi ll w i th w at er. It i s h ere t ha t RF ID c o mes i n to p ic t ure. T h e us e of RF ID pas siv e

Wipro Technologies

Page 5 of 17

BLENDING OIL WITH RFID

t a gs w i ll e l imi n at e th e ne e d for r e p ea t c or r e l at i on l o gs . O n ly o n e b as e eva l ua t io n l og i s d r a wn , c or r el a ti n g t he pa s s i v e ta gs w i th th e we ll - b or e r es p on s es an d e ac h c o nse c ut iv e l o gg i ng r u n w i l l ti e in , w h en t h e r e ad er r ec og n izes t he p as s ive t ags p l ac e d i n the p i pes at t he s pe ci f ie d de pt hs . I n e ff ec t, a c cur a te d ep t h is m ea s ur ed a n d th e a c tiv a ti o n lo ca t io n o f t he p e r f ora t in g g u ns is pr e p l a n n e d . T h us , oi l c o m pa ni es w o n' t h av e to r e n t th e e xpe ns iv e ga m ma r a y e q u ip m e nt s a n d h a u l i t o u t t o r e m ote l o c a t ions . In-dept h s yst ems , a te chnology c o mpa ny s et up b y M ar at h on O i l off er s R F ID s o lu t i ons fo r the oi l w e l l a pp l ic a ti o ns i ncl u d in g t he o ne f or tr ig ger i ng p er for a ti ng gu ns .

Crude Supply: Identifying individual pipe joints in harsh environments

R F I D t ec h no lo gy ca n a ls o b e use d by th e oi l a nd gas c o m pa ni es t o i mpr ov e th e ir p i pe wor k j o i nt i ng i d en ti f ic a ti o n s y s te ms . A key e le m en t i n t h e c o ns tru c ti o n a n d m ai n te nan c e o f o il a nd g as fa c il i ti es i s th e in te gr it y of t he p i pel i ne j o in ts i n p r es s u r iz e d s y s t em s . R F ID t ags ca n be u s e d to i de n ti fy i n div i du a l p i p ew or k j oi n ts t o e ns ur e t ha t pi p ewo r k s y s te ms a r e co r r e ct ly a s s e m bl e d w it h t he c or r e ct g as ke t, b o lts an d t o t h e c or r ec t b ol t te ns i on ( tor qu e ). I n cor r e ct a s s e m bl y i nv ar ia b ly l ea ds to l ea ks th a t ar e c os tly a nd c a n b e a s er io us s a fe ty is s u e , d u e t o t he f l a mma bl e /e x p l os iv e n a tur e o f s o m e of t h e pr o du c ts r o u te d t hr ou g h t he p ip e w or k s y s t e ms . P r ev i ou s ly , ide n ti f ic at i on ha d be en by ha n d w r i tt en la b els , me t al a s s e t la be ls or r ef er en ce to d r a wi ng s . B y id en t if y i ng e ac h j o in t u s i n g a ut o i d ent i f ic at i on te ch n o lo gy , a d at a bas e c o ul d b e bu i lt up to h o l d i nf or m ati o n s pe ci f ic to ea c h j oi n t t h us e ns ur in g t h e o per at ive s ca r r i e d o ut t he c or r ec t p r o c e d ure s a n d use d th e r i g ht pa r ts d ur in g a ne w bu i l d or r e b u ild o f p i pe w or k s y s te ms . B y r ec or di ng e lec tr o ni ca l ly the i de n ti f ic at io n o f e ac h j oi n t as it w as w or ke d , a ful l tr ac ea b il i ty s y s t e m c o u ld b e s e t u p . S i g ni f ic a n t ben e fi ts th a t can be obtained ov er barcod e la be ling and s ca nn i ng ar e: N o l in e of s ig h t r ea di n g w o u ld b e r e q u ir e d f or r e a d in g t he ta g s , per m a n e nt a t ta ch m en t t o t h e j o in t / as s e t i n q ues t ion c a n be d o ne , a nd R F I D t a gs h ous e d in r ug ge d ise d e n ca ps ul at i ons provi de da ta i nt egr i ty i n t h e ha rshes t of w ea ther and oper at i ng e nv ir onments. T h e o n ly dis ad v a n ta ge be i ng t he R F ID s e t up is m uch c os tly as co m p are d to th e bar - c od i ng s ol u ti o ns b u t t h is c os t d iff er en t ia l r e du c es as ti m e p as s es d u e t o t h e ab i li ty of R F ID ta gs to w i ths t a n d har s h e nv ir ons . H y dr a t i g h t ( pa r t o f N Y SE li st e d Act u ant) , enga ge d i n bol t l oa d ing a n d j o in t in t eg r i ty te ch n olo gy t o s u p por t t h e o i l a nd g a s in d us tr y , h a s us e d R F ID te c hn o lo g y t o he lp th e m i m pr ov e t he ir p i pew or k j o in t i ng i d en t if ic a ti o n s y s t e ms .

O il Refineries: Oil Refinery Check valve safety & audit

O i l an d gas r e f in er ies u s e R F I D ta gg i ng t o c ap t ure i n fo r ma ti o n o n p r es s ur e s a fet y r e li ef v a lv es i n m a jor ves se ls , p ip ew or k a n d pr oc ess e q ui p me n t. Th e s y s te m can b e ba s e d on a t ag r e ad er s ui t ab le f or u s e in t he h az ar d o us a n d h os t il e e nv ir o n m e n ts typ ic a l f or o f fs ho r e oi l a n d g a s p l a t f or ms , r e fi n e r ie s a n d pe tr ochemical processing. Th e equipment f or R F ID w o ul d ha ve to be d es ig n ed to b e Intr i ns ic al ly Sa fe t ha t i s t o b e u se d in a l ive p l an t ( p la nt t h at is fu lly operational). In l ive pla nt s t h e nee d is for 100% ac cur acy and assurance th at the correct safe ty equipment i s i n th e c or r e c t lo ca t io n a n d s e t at t he c or r ec t pr ess ur e r at i ng . T h is i nv ol v es v a li d at i ng t he s af et y eq ui p me n t i n a h az ar do us e nv ir on m e nt , a nd id e nt i fi ca t io n o f c or r ec t pre s s u r e s e tt i ngs . T h is i nf or m a ti o n is n or ma l ly c a r r ie d on a v i s ib le na m e p l a t e or br a s s t a g , w h ic h is c o ld s ta m pe d a n d w ir e d to th e v a lv e . P ass iv e t o k ee p t h e t ag c or r ec t R F ID t a gs ca n be embe dded in bot h t he v alv e a n d t he f l an ge of th e vess el or p i pe li ne r e c or d s of r e lev an t c r i t ic al t ec hn i ca l a n d proc e s s i nf or ma ti o n . T h e e ng in e e r s c a n u s e r e ad er to r e ad t he R F I D t ag s on t he f la ng e a n d t h e v a lv e t o co n fi r m th a t t h is is t he v a lve, i n t he c or r e c t lo ca t io n , a n d s e t at th e c or r e c t pr ess ur e . T he i n fo r m a ti on

Wipro Technologies

Page 6 of 17

BLENDING OIL WITH RFID

s to r e d i n ta g s c o ul d b e m o r e u s e fu l f or th e G r e e n f ie l d r e fi n e r y p r o je c ts i n s e t ti ng up the c or r ec t v a lv es a t t he c or r ect l oc at i on . W h e n th e us er p la ce s th e R F I D r ea d er ( wh i ch i s co nn e ct ed t o t h e P C ) i n i ts cra d le , d at a ge ts t r a ns fer r e d t o t h e h os t PC b y s e r i al l in k. R e fi n eries have a statutory r eq u ire m ent t o tes t e very s af et y re li e f v alv e a n d cer ti fy th a t i t is op era t io n al. U si ng R F ID a ls o re du ces th ese s af e ty c h e c ks t ha t c a us e th e o i l r e f in e r y dow n ti m e . B y us in g t h is t e c h n o lo g y , t he c y c le ti m e f or r ec er t i fy in g o r r e pa ir i ng a s af et y r e li e f v a lv e ca n b e r e d uc ed t o l es s th a n h a lf over the t r a d it i on al ma n ua l me t ho ds o f h ar d c o py i ns p ect io n /r e p a i r s he e ts a n d c er ti f ic ate s . A n oi l a nd g as r e fi ner y in t h e US of US o i l ma jor is u s in g RF ID ba se d sys te ms t o ca p tur e in fo r ma ti o n o n p res sur e sa fet y re li e f v a lves i n ma jo r v ess el s, pi pe wor k a nd pro ce ss e q ui p me n t.

P roduct Distribution: Delivery movement & tracking of oil tankers

T o c u t c os ts o u t o f f le e t op e r a t i on s , o i l a n d g a s co mp a ni es m us t be a b le t o m ana ge i ts t r u ck s a n d s h ip m en ts i n r ea l t ime . W i th i ns tan t v i s i b il i ty , t h ey ca n s tr ea m l in e de l iv er y o pe r a ti o ns, m i n i miz e c o s t ly v e h ic le a n d dr iv e r dow n ti m e , a nd o p t imiz e as s et p er f or ma nce . W i th f le et m a na ge m en t s ol u ti o ns , dev el o pe d us in g R F ID sys te ms , th es e oi l co m p an ie s c a n s av e ti m e a nd m o n ey , a nd c a n t r a ck t he d el iv ery an d m ov em e nt o f t he ir c r u d e oi l /g a s oli n e ta nk e r s . T r a ns Co r e , a U S b as ed c om p a ny , p r ov id es R F ID b as e d f le et a n d c o m mer c ia l v e h ic le t r a ck in g s y s t em s . R F ID t a gs w or k i n c o nj u nc t io n w i th t he r ea de r s t o pro v i de e ff ic i en t f l ee t ut i li z a ti o n. T h e s y s te m w o r k s us in g f ix e d s it e or mob i le R F ID r e a d e r s th a t r e a d t he e m be dde d d a ta o n t he t r a ns po r t at i on R F ID ta gs , w h ic h ar e mou n te d on v ehic l es. T hi s e mb e dd e d d at a is ca pt ur ed by t h e r e a der and s e n t t o a h os t c o mp u ter th a t r e c or d s th e pas s a ge of t a g -e qu i pp e d v eh ic l es i n to o r o ut of ea ch r ea d er -e q uip p ed ter m i na l l oc a ti o n.

Source: www.transcore.com

T h e s e R F I D s o l u ti o ns c a n h e lp c o mp a nie s s tre a ml i ne t h e ir m ai n ten a nc e op er at io ns p er fo r m ed o n th e f le e t. T h e s e s ol u tio ns c a n h e l p t h e m g a in c o n tr ol ov e r th e dis p a t c h , p i c k - u p a nd d e li v er y p r o ce s s es , fr o m lo a di n g do c k t o g as s t a t i ons a nd b a c k a g a in , by a r m in g t he d r i v e r s w i th mo b il e co m p ut ers . A ls o , th e c om p an i es w il l b e ab l e t o s tr ea ml i ne lo a d p lan n i ng , r o u ti ng a n d s ch e du l in g a nd e li m in a te c os tly m i s l o ads . B y us in g t hes e s ol u t io ns , co mp a ni es w i l l be a b le t o a cc ur at el y mo n ito r dri v er a nd v e h ic le p er fo r m a nc e an d r e lay dy na m ic r o u ti n g d e c is i on s t o h e lp t he m r e d u c e t he ir c o s t s , c r e a te n e w r e v e n u e o p p or tu ni t ie s a n d i n c r e a s e p r o d uc t ivi ty . A dv a nc ed da t a c ap t ure t e ch n ol og i es l i ke R F ID , w he n use d f or a ut o mat i c t r a ck i ng , w il l a ls o c u t o ut c os t ly p ap er - b as ed pr oc ess es by e li m in a ti n g t he nee d to m ai n ta in t h e s to ck de ta i ls of th e t a nk ers . W he n t he t an ke r arr iv e s a t t he te r mi n al f or o f fl oa d in g th e w e t s to c k, th e d a ta is c a pt ur e d f r o m a r e a d -wr i te R F ID t a g ( e m be d de d i n th e t r u c k ) a n d t he fr e s h s to c k s i tu a ti on is u p lo a de d i n t he ta g .

Wipro Technologies

Page 7 of 17

BLENDING OIL WITH RFID

Retail: Cashless transactions at Gas stations

S t a t e -o f - th e -ar t r a d io fr e qu e ncy i de n ti f ic a ti o n ( R F ID ) t e c hn o lo g y p r o v i de s o i l r et ai l er s w i th a u to m at i c r ec o gn i ti o n o f c o ns umers to b o os t r ev e nu es , t o s p ee d p ur ch as e s , to pe r s o n al iz e s er v ic es , t o cr eate au to m ate d l oy a l ty pro g r a ms, a n d t o b u il d n e w m a r k e t i ng t oo ls . A p p ly ing R F I D t ec h no lo gy t o c ons umer r e ta i l f ue l in g is a log i ca l n ex t s te p af te r i t ha s b ee n u s e d e x te ns iv e ly fo r r e ta il a p pl i ca t io ns . O i l r e t ai l in g fi r ms ca n t eam u p w i th f u e l d is p e ns er m a n uf ac t urers t o dev el o p a h i gh ly f u nc t io n al , ac cur at e, r ob us t s y s t em t h at pr ov id es s p eed a n d e ff ic i en cy a t t he pu m p, a nd ma k es i t s i m p ler for th e c us to m er .

Benefits to both Customers and Retailers

R F I D s i m pl i cit y bo t h t o th e c us to m er a n d t o t he r et a il er is a s i g ni f ic an t b e ne f it . Ju s t p as s t h e t ag p as t th e r e a der a nd t he t r a ns a ct i o n is i n it i ate d . T he un i qu e ID s tor e d i n t he ta g is r e g is te r e d t o a c us t ome r a n d c a n b e l i nk e d t o any pre f erre d cr edi t c a rd. Fr om the c us tomers p o i nt o f v ie w , i n pu t is m in i m al . O n ce h e /s he r e gi s te r s for t he ta g , t h at s i t. T h e c us t omer d o es n o t r e -re g ist er a t e ach r e ta il ou t le t t ha t u ses th e sys te m. Ta gs a nd re aders are optimi ze d f or re ta i l e nvir onme n ts . For the oi l r et a il ers, r ea d ers ar e l o ca te d at poi n t -of -s al e loc at i ons such as g a s pump s , c h e c k o u t c o un t e r s a n d dr iv e -th r u w i nd ows . T he y ca n b e i nt e gra te d w it h t he ex is ti ng P OS o r s t an d - al o ne . S inc e i n div i du a l t r a ns ac ti o ns a r e lo gg e d at t he p oi n t o f s a le w i th ou t cu s t o mer i n te r v e n ti o n, r et ai l er s c an u n o btr us iv e ly c o ll e c t a n d s t or e v it a l i n for ma t io n on c u s t o me r b uy in g pa t te r ns . At t h is p o in t , it i s up t o th e r et a il er to a n al y z e a nd u s e t he d at a cre a tiv e ly i n d es ig ni ng n ew s e ll i ng o p p or t u ni t ie s . E ns ur i ng th e s e c ur ity o f t he car d a n d th e pur c has e t r a ns ac ti o n ar e m aj or iss ue s , esp ec i al ly f o r cr ed i t c ar d t r a ns a c ti o ns . R F I D c a n pr ov id e un i qu e s af eg u ard s . F ir s t ly , s il ic on b as ed R F ID t a gs are d i ff i cu l t an d c os t ly to co py . I n a ddi t i on , R F ID t a gs h av e a p r opr i eta r y c h al le n ge /r es p o ns e a u th ent i ca t io n fe at ur e t h at i nc lud es a s ecr et k ey , a f ix e d a l gor i th m , and t h e g en er at i on o f a u ni q ue d ig i ta l s i g na t ure f or e ach tr a ns mis s i on b et we en t he t ag a n d t he r ea der . T h e ho s t s y s t e m per fo r m s t he s am e a l gor i th mi c c al c ul at i on as th e t ag . W h e n t he t w o s ol u ti o ns m atc h , th e ta g is d ee me d au th e nt i c a n d a t r ans ac t io n i s pr oc es s e d . S u r pr is i ng ly , t h is w ho l e s eq u en ce of eve n ts t ak es p la ce in m il l is ec o nd s . Th is is d ee m ed m or e s ec ur e t han c o nve n ti o na l c r e di t c ar d me t ho ds . I t is e s t i ma ted t ha t m ag n eti c s tr ip e ca r ds mu s t be r epl a ce d t w o to t hr ee t im es pe r y e ar. Th is i s no t t he case w it h R F ID ta gs , a s th ere a r e n o e x pose d a nd v u l nera b le p ar t s to b r e ak o n th is r ug ge d dev ice . Th is is true o f r e ad er el e ctr o ni cs , as w el l , t ha t are k ep t s a f e in s i d e a c l osed b o x . T he r e a r e n o in s e r t io n p oi n ts to g e t d a ma g e d , a s w i th c a r d r e a d e r s . T h e li fe t i me i nv es t me nt an d o ng oi n g m a i nt en a nc e c os ts fo r R F ID is be l ow th a t o f th e k no w n a lt er na t iv e c h oi ce s l ike ma gne tic str ipe sys tems . An RFID sys tem can give gas stat i on s , t he a b il i ty t o pr ov i de p r e fe r r e d s er v ic es t o e ach c us t omer . The t ag ca n in d ic a te pr ef ere nc es , s uc h a s th e ty pe o f f uel , a mo u nt o f fu e l r eq u ir e d t o be fi l le d ea c h t i me pro v i d in g t h e v i s i t or a tr uly c us to m iz ed e x per ie n ce . R F I D s o l ut i ons f or o il r et a ile r s c an be cu s t o m ize d t o a co m pa ny s b us i nes s s tr a t egy w h il e r e m ai n in g c os t e f fe ct iv e. I n f a ct , R F I D s o l u ti o ns c an b e bu i lt on e x is t i ng in fr ast r u ct ur es , e x te nd i ng an d o p t imiz i ng co m p any ass ets . T he o il r e t ai le r s c an h av e t he ab il i ty to id e nt if y t he ir m os t p r o f it a bl e c us to m e r s . A l oy a l ty p r o g r a m b u il t o n r e c o g ni z i ng an d t h en r ew ar d in g t h ese mo s t p r o f it a bl e c on s u m ers i s a n a tu r a l f it fo r R F ID .

Wipro Technologies

Page 8 of 17

BLENDING OIL WITH RFID

A s a d at a co l le c ti o n t o ol , th e R F ID ta gs p r o v i de b et t er i nf or ma t io n a b o ut c us t omer s th at is, t h e wh at , w he r e , an d w hen o f e ac h tr an s a ct i on . T he m o r e th e k no w le dg e o f th e i n div i du a l t r a ns ac ti o n, th e mor e a bl e a n o il r et ai ler i s to i mpr ov e s er v ic e , and ga i n r ep ea t b us in es s a n d i n cre as ed r ev e n ues . Th e us e o f th is R FI D te c hn o lo g y c a n h e lp a tt r a c t a nd r e ta i n c us to m e rs a n d mu l ti p ly s al es . A U S ba s e d O i l g ia nt i s a lr e a dy us in g th is te c hn o l ogy a t t hei r fu el p u mps s in c e 19 9 7, to s p e e d r e ta i l g as o l in e a nd pr o du c t p ur c h a s e s .

M anagement of equipment servicing & corrective actions

O ne c or p orat e m ea s ur e o f o p er a t io na l e xc el le n ce i s eq u ip me n t r e li ab i li ty . R ea l t im e m a na ge m en t o f e qu i pme n ts , u t il iz in g R F ID tec h no l ogy , can i m pr ove t h e e q ui p men t m a i nt e n a nc e p r o c e s s by qu i ck ly p r ov i di n g cr it ic a l pe r s o n ne l wi t h t h e i n fo r m a ti o n n ec es s a r y t o m a na ge t he e q ui p me n ts. D ow n ti m e of t h e e q ui p me n ts ca n be m i n i miz e d by e n s ur i ng f ixe s a r e ma d e o nly w h en ne cess ar y r at h er th a n ac c or di n g t o a pr e -es ta b lis h ed pla n . E q ui p me nt r e l ia b il i ty is in c r e a s e d t hr ou g h th e p ow e r o f k n ow le dg e . A s m a in ten a nc e is p e r fo r me d o n t he e q ui p me n ts , it i s r e c or d e d o n t he R F ID t a g. Op er at ors an d en d use r s c a n v iew t h e e q ui p me nt m a i nt en a nc e h is t ory fr o m a w eb - ba s e d t er m in a l or an R F I D r ea der . Th e t im e la g r e la te d to t h e pa p e r tra i l a n d s u bse q ue n t ti m e f or d a ta e nt r y o f c u r r e n t m a i n te na nc e o p e r a ti o ns is c o m pl et e ly e li m i na te d .

O il carrying Trucks/Tankers cleaning regime

V e hi c le - per f or ma n ce da t a c a n a ls o b e m a de av ai l ab le by s i m pl y r e a di ng t he tru c k s R F I D t ag a n d th e m a i n te n a n c e a c t iv i ti e s c a n b e p la n ne d a c co r d i ng ly. U s in g R F ID t ec h no l ogy , t e c h n ic ia ns ha v e i mm e di a te a c c e s s t o in f or ma t io n a b o u t m a in te na n c e hi s t ory o f tr uc ks a n d t a nk e r s , par ts a v a i la b il i ty a n d r e pa ir in s t r u c t i on s . T h e ta g c a n s to r e i nf or ma t io n l ik e las t c l ea ne d da te , t h e fre q ue ncy o f c le an i ng r eq u ir e d , d ue d a t e for p la n ne d c l e a n in g , th e a g e of t h e t an ke r et c. T he c le a ni ng r eg i me of th e v e h ic le can t hus be ma in t ai n ed a s per t h e p la n.

R estricted areas access management

P e r s o nn e ls tr a c ki n g is y e t a n ot h e r a r e a w he r e R F ID c a n fi n d a p pl i c a t io n . R F ID t a g s c a n be use d in pla ce of s mart ca rds w it h the re aders depl oy ed a t di ff er ent entry /e x it poi n ts of i m p or ta nt are as , w h il e t he e m pl oy ees o f t he f ir m ca n b e a s k ed t o c ar r y t he t a g ( i n s o me c as in g) . R F ID t a gs ca n be u s e d f or c e ntr al iz ed m a nag e me n t a n d tra c ki ng o f s p ec i al r es tr ic t ed a re as o n t he o f fs ho re r igs or in th e o il r e fi ne ri es . T h ese ca n a ls o b e us ed fo r iss u an ce o f a cc ess p er mit s t o di f fer en t l ev el res tr ic te d ar eas . T o e n ab l e r ap i d r es po ns e du ri ng a n e m erg e ncy , lo c at i on of th e key per s o n ne l c a n be q ui ck ly ide n ti f ie d , a nd t h e e mp l oye es w or ki n g i n cr it i ca l or s ens it iv e ar eas ca n be t r a ck ed c on t in uo usl y . Fi n al ly t he ap p li ca t io ns b u i lt a r ou n d c a n b e use d f or g e n e r a t ion a n d a na ly s is o f r e p or t s o n e ntr y p e r m i ts a nd t he a n aly s is o f t er r i tor i al d is tr i b u ti o n of s t af f a t di f fer e nt p e r i o ds of t im e , w i t h th e p os s i b il i ty of t r a ck i ng s ta f f m e mb ers i nd iv i du a l m ov em e n ts . Ac t iv eW av e is on e o f th e c om p an i es w hi ch are e n ga ge d i n d ev el o pi ng s o lut i o ns f or a cc es s c o nt r o l a nd pe r s o n ne l tr ac ki n g.

T rack of customer purchases (goods sold at convenience stores)

T o da y, loy a lty h as very li t tle to do w i th th e re as on w hy c us to mers st o p a t co nv eni e nc e st or es. I n s t ea d , i t s u s u a lly th e l oc a ti o n. B e ca us e cu s t o mer s a r e n a me le s s , o n t he g o , an d e x pe ct f as t s er v ic e, th er e i s l i tt le o ppo r t u ni ty to est a bl is h a r e lat i o nsh i p or e n c ou r a g e r e pe a t b us in e s s . R F I D p r ov i des th e a b il i ty n o t on ly to s p e ed t he pro ce s s o f s er v ic in g th e c us tomer , bu t a ls o t o i d en t if y t h em. T h e c us to me r i n fo r m a ti on , w h i ch us ua l ly go es un -c a pt ur ed , is n o w a cc es s ibl e b e c a use o f t he c r oss m a tch i ng b e t w e e n t h e c re d it c a r d n u mb e r a n d t he u n iq ue c us to m e r ID s to r e d on t he s y s te m . O nc e th es e c us to m ers ar e i de n ti f ie d , r e g ul ar s c an be r e war d ed wi th l oy a lty p oi n ts o r w i th d is c o u n ts o n s pe c i a l pr o mo t ion s . T he u ni qu e ID s t or e d i n t he ta g is

Wipro Technologies

Page 9 of 17

BLENDING OIL WITH RFID

r e g is te r e d t o a c us t ome r a n d c a n b e l i nk e d t o a ny preferred cr edit car d jus t in the same way a s was d on e to ca r r y o u t tra ns ac t io ns a t t h e f ue l ou t let s . On ce cus to m er r eg is ters for t he ta g, i t does not r e-r eg is ter a t ea c h conv eni enc e s t ore tha t us es t h e s yste m. F or c o nv e n ien c e s t or e s a n d dr ive thr u o ut l e ts a t g a s s ta t io n , R F I D a ls o o ffe r s t he un i qu e a b il i ty to d isc re te ly k no w e ver y c us tomer a nd e v e r y p ur c h a s e . M a r k e t i ng ta k e s on m or e p r e ci s i o n, add i ng t o pr o fit a bi l it y . R et ail ers o f d i ff ere n t s e g me nt s a t th e C -s t or es c an f or m a l li a nc es s o t h at cu s t o mers ca n us e th e s am e t ag a t di f fer en t o u t le ts . S tor ed i nf or m at i on a b ou t cu st o me rs pr e fer enc es al so pr ovi d es th e op po rt u ni ty t o hu ma niz e th e t ra ns ac ti o n e ve n w he n ga in i ng e co n omie s o f s ca le fro m o f fer i ng th e s a me s erv ic es co ns is te nt ly n at i on wi de o r ev en gl o ba l ly . On e o f t h e l ar g e f o od s g ia n t i n th e U S ha s t ie d up w i th Oi l Co m pa ny to p r o v i de c us to m e r s , a n op t i on t o m a ke p a y me n t thr ou g h th e R FID t ags a t the ir dr iv e th ru o u t le ts lo c a t e d a t g a s s t a tio ns . C us t o me r s p oi n t th e i r k e y r in g ta g s t o th e r e a de r s pl a c e d a t t h e pay m en t c o un t er , as th ey t ak e t he ir d el iv er y , the s y s te m a ut om a t ic al ly b il ls p ur c h as es to t h e cre d it / che c k c ar d of c us t omer s ch o ic e . Te xas I n s tr um e nts i n c o nj u nc t io n w it h o th er t e c h n ol og y pl a y e r s l i ke 2 S c o o t s y s t e m s a nd FreedomPay pr ov ide sys tems for cashless t r a ns ac ti o ns a n d c us t o me r tr ac k in g .

A sset management and tracking

D ue t o t h e hi g h c os t o f tr ac ki n g a nd t r a ns po r t i ng a s s e ts acr os s r em o te ex p lo r a t io n s it es , c o m pa ni es i n t he oi l a n d g as i nd us tr y ar e ov ers to ck i ng as s e ts to m in i m iz e do w nt i me a n d d e lay s a t wor k si t es. Overs t oc ki n g wor k si t es is ex tr e me ly e xpe ns iv e a nd co m p an ie s ar e s ear ch i ng f or a c os t ef f ec tiv e s ol u ti o n to m a n ag e as s e t a l l oc at i on a nd t h ere by r e du c e th e ne ed t o over s t oc k e x pe ns iv e e q ui p m en t . R F I D is o f te n d e s c r ib e d a s t h e la tes t e v ol u t io n in ass et ma na ge ment t e chnol o gy. RF ID ta gs ar e p l ac ed o n ass ets s u c h as i nv e nt ory or e q ui p me n t. Th es e ta gs s tor e d a ta i mp or ta n t t o t he ir r espec t ive ass et and ar e ac t iva t ed by an R F ID r ea der w h ic h t he n c o m mu n ic ate s a nd up d ate s t h e d at a t o a w or ker , d a ta ba s e , or v ir tu al ly any ot h er a s s e t m a na geme n t i nt er fa ce . T o s u c c e s s f ull y e x is t i n t he d iv e r s e w or l d o f oi l a nd g as , an ass et m a na ge m en t s ol u ti o n m us t p r o v i de s e a mle s s in te gr at i on i n to c ur r ent o p er a t in g s y s te ms a nd b e a cc es s i bl e in r ea l -t i me , at a l ow c os t . R F I D te ch n olo gy is a n i ne x pe ns iv e s o lu t i on wi t h th e ab i li ty t o c a pt ur e a n d t r a ns m it mi s s io n - cri t ic al ass e t i nf or m a t io n t hr oug h ou t t h e e x p lo r a ti o n a n d pro d uc t ion l i fe cy cl e. A s s e t m an ag e men t p er s on n el c a n ac cess u p - t o -d at e ass et i n for m at io n l i ke ass et p ur c has e i n fo r ma ti o n, m a i n te n a n c e c on tr a c t in f or ma t io n , in fo r ma t io n on t he d e par t me n t to w h ic h i t b e l on g s a n d i n for m a t io n o n i ns ta l la ti o n l oca t ions and a ls o tr ac k t h e a sse t l o ca ti on f r o m a ny c o mp u te r w i t h i nte r n et ac cess . R e m o te m o nit or i ng o f the l o c a ti o n a n d s t a tus o f p h y s ic al ass ets , t hr ou gh R F ID , a i de s ma na ge men t in ma ki ng cr uc i al de c isi o ns on ass e t d e p l oy me n t b a s e d on ac c urat e an d ti mely a s s e t i nf or mat i o n; t h us, e li m i na t in g th e n e ce s s i ty t o d e p lo y a c om p l et e in v e nto r y t o e ac h e x pl or a t i on a n d pro d uc t ion s i te . R F I D pr ovi d es o per a tor s w i th i m pr oved a s s e t v is i bil i ty a nd i n for m a t io n v a li d it y r es ul t in g in e f fe ct iv e de cis io n s u pp or t f or t i me ly cro s s pr oj ec t ass et a ll o ca ti on . R ea l - ti m e i n f or ma ti o n is a va il a bl e t o ma na ge men t to ma ke de ci si o ns r eg ar di ng ass et pr oc ur eme nt , s up p ly , d e pl oy me n t a n d r et ir em en t . Ass et m ana ge m en t s o lut i o ns, i nv ol v in g R F ID te c hn o l ogy , fo c us o n i nc r e as ed a cc es s t o c ur r en t , v al i d in f or ma t io n an d t i me ly dec is i on m ak i ng . Sw or df is h i s on e s uc h c o m pa ny w hic h i s fo c us e d o n d el iv er i ng as s e t a nd eq u i pme nt id en t i fi ca t io n s ol u t io ns f or f ie l d s er v ic e co m pa n ies t h at are c h al le n ge d w i th t h e id ent i f ic at i on a nd m a n ag e me nt o f a s s e ts a nd e q ui p me n t i n a di s tr i bu t ed a n d dy na m ic o p er a t in g e nv i r o n me n t.

Wipro Technologies

Page 10 of 17

BLENDING OIL WITH RFID

Gas cylinder tracking throughout the supply chain

R F I D bas ed s o l u ti o ns c a n a ls o be us ed f or r e l ia bl e id e nt i fi ca t io n a n d tra ck i ng o f i nd us tr ia l o r d o m e s t i c g a s c y l i nd e r s . H a n d -w h e e l /s h r o u d R F I D t a g s a r e e mp l oy e d f or id e nt i fy in g g a s c y l i nd e r s e i th e r in d iv i d ua l ly or i n w ho l e s h i pm e nts o n t he ba c k o f tr uc ks o r i n pa l le ts . C y l i nd e r s c a n t hus be tra c ke d t hr o u g h o u t t he ir lives, fr om the filling pl ant throug h th e d e li v er y cy c le b ac k t o th e ow n er , wi t h r ea l - ti m e d e l iv e r y of f e e db ac k to m a na ge m en t i n f or ma ti o n s y s te ms . R F ID ta gg in g o n cy li n der s n o t on ly pr eve n ts th e ft , dam a ge a nd l os s o f cy l in de r s , bu t it al s o h e lp s t o i m pro v e th e s up p ly ch ai n pro cess es b y e ns u r i n g t ha t th e co r r e c t cy li n de r s ar e l oa d ed a n d d e l iv e r e d a nd th a t c y l in d e r s d o n t s t a y w i th c us t omer s l on ger th a n n ec es s a r y . Ha n d -w he el t a g c a n b e e a s i ly r e tr o fi t te d o n th e o ld c y li n de r s in us e a n d th e n e w c y l i nd e r s c a n be m a n uf ac t ure d w it h t he ta gs a lr e a dy p ar t o f th e m.

Source: www.ac-corporation.com

L o ng r an ge r e a di ng is d o ne ei t her by ov erh ea d por ta l r ea der s f or tru c ks a nd f or k li f ts o r by h a nd h el d r ead ers w it h w i r e l es s LAN . B ot h r e ad ers l in k t o a c e ntra l d at ab as e. T h e ta gs us ed f or s u ch ap p li c at i ons h av e t o be en v ir on m e nt al ly te s t e d a n d s u p po s e d to s ur v iv e a ll ex pe c ted t e m per at ur e an d w e at h er e xt r e m es. T he ke y a t tri b ut e of t h e R F I D tag u s e d is t ha t it p r ov i des a r obus t loca l a nd s ec ure r ea d -wr i te da ta ca che , w h ic h a lw ays c onta ins t he mos t r ecent i n f or ma ti o n pe r t i ne nt to the cyl i nd er . T h e R F ID ta g g i n g o n c y li n de r s c a n b e use d t o t r a ck the fo l lo w i n g i nf or m at i on M a n uf ac t urer I n f or ma t io n ( Ser i al nu mb er , mo de l , w or ki n g & t es t pr ess ur es a n d o t her O E M i nf or m ati o n) A s s e t Ma na geme n t I n for m at i o n (A s s e t or i nv en t or y n um b er , ass et r e ce i pt da te an d c ur r e nt l o ca t io n) I n s p ec t io n I nf or m at i on ( Ke y s a fe ty r ela t ed da t a, typ e of i ns p ec ti o n , r e te s t an d r e pa ir , d a te a n d l oc at i o n o f la s t ins pe ct i on an d r et es t, da te of t he n ex t i ns p e ct i on ) C y l i nd er F il l in g I n f or ma ti on ( C urr en t cyl i n der c o nt ent s , d a te a nd p l a ce o f la s t r e f i l l , ty pe o f g as , f il l p r e s s u r e , f il l c ou n te r t o de t er m i n e t he n u mb er of fi l ls i n l i fe t i me et c) RF ID imp leme n ta ti o n pr ov id es i mpr ove d ass et v is ib i li ty to t h e g as s u pp l iers a n d ma n uf ac t urers a n d he n ce ca n b e us e d to ma ke d e c is i on s o n t he s upp ly . T h e i nf or m a t io n m a de a v a il a bl e ca n a l s o b e use d t o t a ke d ec is i o ns o n th e r e t ir e m en t (r ep l ac e th e cyl in d er af t er its l i fe t i me ). Th e be ne f it s ca n als o a cc r u e fr om tr ack i ng t he en d c us t omers an d t he ir u s a ge p a tt er ns . T h e s u pp l iers w ou l d als o be ab l e to pr eve nt p i lf er ag e /t he f ts us in g R FI D s o l ut i ons .

Wipro Technologies

Page 11 of 17

BLENDING OIL WITH RFID

T h er e ar e lo ts o f te ch n ol og y pl ayer s c om p e ti ng i n thi s s pa ce , La ud is Sys t ems , A v a ta r p ar tn er s a n d T agsy s are fe w o f t he m.

RFID CHALLENGES AND RISKS

A n u mb e r of c ha ll e ng e s a r e c ur r e n tl y h i nd e r in g w id e s pr e a d a d op t io n of R F ID in th e m ar k et p la ce . T h es e ch a ll eng es c a n p os e s ig ni f ic an t r i s k s t o t he co m p an ie s as t h ey c o nsi d er R F I D a d op t ion . I n or der to d e v e l o p s uc c e s s f u l mi t ig a ti o n s tr a te g i e s , a l l th r e e t y pes o f th e s e o bs t a c les e c o no m ic , t e c h n ic a l a n d i mp l e me nt a ti o n m us t b e ca r e f ul ly e xa m i ne d .

Economic Challenges
F or m an y c om p a ni es , t h e c os t o f t ags an d s u pp or ti n g RF ID eq u i pme nt (e .g . r ea d ers , e n c o de r s , a nd I T h a r dw a r e ) r e main s a b a r r i e r to a d o p ti o n. A t pr e s e n t, t a g s a r e fa r m or e e x pe ns iv e th an b ar c o des . H ow ev e r , grow i ng de ma n d i s e xp ec te d to br i ng cos ts d o wn fr om t he c ur r e nt 30 - 80 ce n ts p er pa s s i v e t ag to a n es t i ma te d 5 - 1 0 c en ts p er t ag over th e n ex t t hr ee t o f o ur y e a r s . As t h e c o s t of t a g s de c l i ne s , t he c o m pa n i e s w il l l i ke l y c hos e t o a d o p t t he n e w R F I D t e c hn o lo g y . I n i t ia ll y , i t ca n b e d if f ic ult f o r co m pa n ie s to v ie w R FI D f av or a b ly d u e t o th e p ot e nt i al ly h ig h c os ts . T he lon g - ter m c h al le n ge , h ow ev er , i nv olv e s de t e r mi n in g w h e th e r o r n ot d ow ns tr e a m, i n te r n al R F ID i ni t ia t ives c a n g en er at e ad e qu at e R O I t o w ar r an t m ov in g b ey o nd b as ic c o m pl ia n ce or s e c ur i ty r equ ir e me n ts f or t he co m pa n ie s . T o de te r m i ne i f a n d w h en t o in v es t i n R F I D , co m pa n ie s s h o ul d d ev el o p a t h orou g h b us in es s c as e th at as s e s s es a l l of t h e be ne f it s . T h es e be ne fi ts i n cl u de th e a bi l ity t o p r ov id e new s erv ices to customers and the v isibility of e q u ip m e nt s i n pre m ise s . C om p a n ie s w h o d o n ot c o nd u ct a c om p r e he ns ive b us i nes s ca s e co u ld fa l l b e hi n d t he ir c o mp e ti t or s , as t he c os t p r e s s ur e s mou n t o n t he m .

Technical Challenges
S ev era l t ec hni ca l is sues s urr oundi n g t h e R F ID mar ke t pl ac e a lso pose c ha l le nges . Whil e i n d us t r y an d g ov er nm e nt m a n da tes ar e d r iv in g c h ang e , th e mar k et p la ce f or R F ID t ec h no l og ies s ti l l r e m ai ns n o is y an d imm a t ur e . A dv an c es h av e b een m a de in har dw ar e , b u t th e ma r k et p lac e i s s ti l l in t he e ar ly s ta ge s of d ev el o pme nt . T he a bi l ity o f m an y mi d dl ew ar e s y s te ms t o pro ces s t a g d at a a n d i n te r c on n ec t e f fi c ie nt ly to l eg acy s y s te ms wi t ho u t s ig n if ic a nt eff or t r e ma in s u n pr ove n . RF I D mi d dl ew ar e i s a so f twar e l ay er th at r esi d es be tw ee n R F ID ha rdw are a nd t he e x is t i ng ba ck- e n d s y s te m or a p pl ic a ti o n s of tw ar e. I t ta k es o ut da ta fr o m t he R F ID in te gr at ors a n d f i lt er s i t . I t th e n ag greg a tes it an d r o u te s i t t o e nt er pr is e ap p lic a ti o ns l ik e ER P e tc . O n e o f th e mos t s i g ni f ic an t c ha l le ng es in cr ea ti n g m i dd le war e i s t ha t c o mp a ni es ar e r us h in g t o a d op t R F I D w i th o ut kn owi n g a ll th e fu t ur e a pp l ic at i o ns o f t he d a ta . T h is s ce n ari o has led m i d dl ew ar e pr ov id ers to us e a d is t r i b ute d arc h it ec t ur e t h at w i l l w o r k f or ear ly a d op t er s a n d s ti l l a ll ow for f u tur e a pp l ica t io ns . F ur t her m ore , s ta n dar ds ne e d t o b e e s ta b li s h e d a r ou n d E l e c tr on i c Pro d uc t Co de s ( E P C) , w h ic h a r e us e d by R F ID . W h il e t hes e s t an da r ds a r e c om i n g cl os er t o r e a li ty , t he y r e ma in an u nr e s ol v e d to p ic , w it h s u p p li e r s a n d c us to m e rs , a t p r e s e n t , be i ng for c e d to c h o os e one s ta n dar d ov er a no t her . I n a d d it i on , th e R F ID v e n do r la n ds c a pe i s s t il l e v o lv in g . M a ny m i d-s iz e a n d s m a l l v e n do r s a r e l i ke ly t o c ons ol i da te i n th e ne xt f ew y ears or s i mp ly g o o u t of b us in es s . B i g te ch n ol o gy

Wipro Technologies

Page 12 of 17

BLENDING OIL WITH RFID

p l aye rs h av e r ec en t ly pur ch ase d s o me s ma ll , bu t v is ib l e, R F ID ve nd ors in a n e f fo rt t o d o m in a te th is e v o lv i ng te c h n o lo g y . T h is b e ha v i or w i ll l i ke ly c o n tin u e to i nc r e a s e u n ti l a f e w key players remain. O i l & g as c om p a ni es w i l l n e ed t o c ar e fu l ly s e le c t the ir t ec h no l ogy p ar tn er s t o e ns ur e on g oin g c a pa bi l it i es fo r t he fu t ur e. T hi s m ea ns t h at c o m pa ni es w i ll ne ed t o o b je ct iv ely per f or m d ue d i l ig en ce , exa m i ni ng v e n do r s fi na n ci al v i ab i li ty as w el l as t he ir t e ch n ol og i ca l s tr en g ths . As m ar k et c onso l i da ti o n occ ur s , c om pan i es m us t r e ass es s t he ir v e nd or a nd t e ch n ol ogy s el ec t io ns t o e ns ur e ex te n di b i li ty o f t h eir R F I D arc h ite c tur es .

Implementation Challenges
R F I D i m pl e me n ta t io ns c a n b e c o mp le x , t o uc h in g mu l ti p le p oi n ts acr oss th e e nt er pr is e as w e l l a s thr o ug h out t h e s u pp ly c h a i n . I mp l e m e n ta ti o n r is k s c a n be mi t ig a te d, h ow e v e r , t hr o u g h p r o p e r p la nni n g a n d by b u i ld i ng u p on b e s t pr ac ti c es . M u c h o f t h e i mp l e me nt a ti o n c o m pl ex i ty ari s es be ca us e R F I D s y s te ms g e ner at e s u bst a nt i al v ol u me s o f da t a. R F I D r ea de r n e tw or k g e ner at es l ar g e s et o f ev e nt d ata . T h is is be ca us e an ar r ay o f R F r ea ders i s p la ce d i n th e s e t up to ca t ch th e R F w a v es fro m th e t ag c o nt i nu ou s l y . Th e c ha ll e ng e h ow ev er i s h ow t o d ea l w it h t h is h u m un g ous da t a. Ca pt ur ed d at a is f i lt er ed to r e m ov e any bas ic d u p li c a te / r e du n da n t s e t s . D a t a fr o m d i ff e r e n t r e a d e r s is c ons o li da t e d u ps tr e a m t o r e a c h th e data management layer. This cons o lid a te d an d pre - c om p ut e d d a ta h a s t o b e m a n a g e d i n d a ta ba ses /da ta -war e ho us es. Fu rt her , t he da ta ma nag e me n t op t i mi za t io ns ar e p er f or me d on t h is d a ta f or e f fe ct iv el y us in g i t a f ter ward s. I n a dd i ti o n to t he ch al l eng es of s y n chr on iz i ng da ta w it h e x is t i ng s y s t e ms , co m p an ie s wi ll e v e nt u al ly d em a n d ac ces s t o t h is i nf or ma t io n . C ons eq ue n tl y , e ne r gy c o m pa nie s an d t h eir s up p li ers w i ll n ee d to r ed es ig n t h eir i nfo r ma ti o n -s ha r in g a n d d a t a m ana gement processes and p o l ic ies . Th ey w i ll a ls o ne e d t o f ur th er in te gr at e th e ir e xi st i ng e n ter pr ise ap p l ic at i ons to f a ci l it at e da ta e xc ha ng e . R F I D bas ed d a ta s h o ul d b e r i gh t ly f or ma t te d an d p a ck ag ed f or E n te r pr is e a pp l ic a ti o ns c o ns u m pt i on . T h is p a c ka g in g o f da ta c a n b e bro ug ht a b ou t , usi ng a n d o p ti m iz ing t he da t a w a r e h o us i n g s o lu t i on . D at a an a ly ti cs c a n b e per f or me d o n t his d at a usi n g an ETL e n gi ne . T h us , a co m pa ny m us t as s e s s it s ex ist in g i nf r as tr uc tu r e n o t on ly f or i ts a bi l it y t o i n t egr at e a n d u t il iz e R F I D g e n e r a te d in f or ma tio n , b u t a ls o f or it s a bi li ty t o a c c ommo d a t e f u tur e t e ch n ol og y ev ol u ti o n ( e. g. s y s te m fl ex i bi l it y , s ca la b il i ty , e tc .). A ls o, a c om p a ny s R F ID s ol u ti o n s hou l d be d e s i g n e d a s a n in t e g r a l p a r t o f i ts e x is ti n g e n ter pr is e a pp l ic a t i ons p or t fo l io in or der to ex tra ct m ax i mu m be n ef i t fr o m an R F ID d e pl oy me n t.

Wipro Technologies

Page 13 of 17

BLENDING OIL WITH RFID

There a re ce rt ai n phys ic a l chal l enge s (par t of i mpl e me nt at i on chal l eng es ) tha t ar e p r o h ib i ti n g t he pr ol i fe r a t i on o f R F ID . S om e e xa mples of phy si ca l c ha l le ng es ar e gi ve n bel ow :

RFID Physical Challenges

Reader Collision Occurs when multiple readers placed in closed vicinity attempt to read the same tag at the same time Occurs when one reader receives signals that have reflected back from multiple tags at the same time. This confuses the reader because it cannot distinguish between the tags. Occurs when ambient conditions where tag is placed, distort the electromagnetic signals sent by the tag and/or reader. Occurs when readers at different points along the supply chain receive inconsistent information from the same tag.

Tag Collision

Signal Interference & noise Inconsistent Data

A l t ho ug h t h e e xp er tis e is l i m it ed , e ng i ne er in g b es t pr ac t ic es c a n r e me dy a l l o f t hes e c h al le nges . A n o th e r a t trib u te o f R F ID i m p le me n ta ti o ns th a t c r e a t e s r i s k is t h e t e c h no l og y s pe r v a s iv e i m p ac t t hr ou g ho u t t h e o r g an iz at i on . R F I D i m ple m en t at i ons m u s t be acc o m pa ni e d by a p pr opr i at e c h an ges i n bu si n ess pr oce sses i n or de r to re d uc e c o sts , i ncr ea se rev en u e, o p t imiz e a s s e t u ti l iz a t io n a n d e n ha n c e s a f e ty an d q u a l i ty . T h is i nc lu d e s t h e r e des ig n o f s om e of th e supply chain pr ocesses and alterati o n o f s u p po r t i ng tas ks a n d f u nc ti o ns . E m p lo y e es a t m a ny l ev e ls o f a n o r g an iz a t io n w i l l b e r eq u ir e d to ad j us t a n d le ar n new s k i ll s . A s a r es ul t , a n e ff ec t ive c h an ge m a nag e me n t pr ogr a m m us t a cco m p any a ny R F I D i ni t ia ti v e . A c ti v e ma nag e me n t o f c o m mu n ic at io ns , tra i ni ng , c o m mi t me n t -b u il d in g , p er fo r m a nce m e as ure m en t a n d ov era l l ch a ng e l ea der s h i p is just as i mport ant t o a proje c ts suc cess as t he i m p le m en ta t io n of th e t ec hn o l ogy its e lf . C o m pa n ies fac e a d di t io na l R F I D i m pl e me n ta t io n c ha l le n ges r el a te d t o th e pr es en t s h ort ag e of a v a il a bl e R F ID r e s o ur ces . A s a r es ul t o f t h i s s car ci ty , c o m p an ie s mu s t m a ke a n e x tr a or di n ar y c o m mi t me n t t o r e tr a i n in g t h e ir s t a f f m e m be r s a nd b y r e ta in in g o u ts i d e e x p e r t is e w h e n n e cess ar y t o m e et t h eir ob j ec t ives a n d t o c o m pl et e p r oj ec ts w ith i n t he d es i r e d t i me fr a m es . A s s oc ia t io ns l i ke C o m pT I A ( C o m pu t in g T e c h n ol og y in d us try ass oci a ti o n) is h elp i ng i n du str y t o pre p a r e a p o o l o f s k i ll e d w o r k e r s w ho w i l l t ak e c e n t e r -s ta g e w he n th e t i me t o s hi f t t o R F ID a p pr oa ch es , b y o f fer i ng ce rt i fi ca t io n co ur ses . T h e be t a ex a m c an b e g iv en by th os e w ho ha ve be tw ee n hal f a y ear a n d t wo y ear s of ex peri ence i n t h e R F ID se c tor . Upon succ ess ful ly c l ear i ng t h e ex a m, th e e xami n ee w il l b ec o me a cer t if ie d C o m pT I A R F I D pr o fess io n al .

Wipro Technologies

Page 14 of 17

BLENDING OIL WITH RFID

STEPS FOR RFID BUSINESS CASE

E n e r g y c o mpa n ies s ho ul d d o a t hor o ug h a n a ly s is o f a ny R F ID i m pl e me n ta t io n . T h e i r a na ly s is s ho u ld r e v e a l w he t her i t s h o u ld g o f or w a r d w it h s om e f or m o f R F I D a d op t ion or n ot . As a n e x t lo g i c a l s t e p t he y s ho ul d be d e v e l opi n g a b us in e s s c a s e s up p or ti n g t he i m pl e me n ta t io n . T h e f ol l ow in g ar e cr it i ca l s t e ps i n d ev e l op i ng an R F I D b us i nes s cas e: I d e nt i fy o i l s u p p ly c ha in pa i n p oi n ts a nd b us i n e s s is s u e s D ev e l op m ode l (s ) to qu an t i fy t he R F ID -r e la te d i mp r o v e me n t op p or tu n it y f or e ac h p a in p o i nt a n d issu e A n al y z e th e f in a nc ia l c os t /b e ne f it imp act o f ea ch R F ID r el at e d o ppo r t u ni ty in the in d us tr y D ev e l op a p or t f o li o v i ew of t h e c ol le c tiv e o p por t un i ti es S tr at eg i ca ll y a s s es s t h e p or tf o li o t o d ete r m i ne ov eral l r is ks , be ne f it s , c os t s , a n d ot he r i m p ac ts T h es e s t e ps w i ll h el p th e e n erg y c o mp a ni es t o e ns u r e t ha t its R F I D tra ns fo r m a t io n ef f or ts s up p or t o ne or mor e o f t he pr i ma r y dr ive r s o f s h a r e ho l de r v a lu e : Incr eas e d r eve nue R e d uc ed op era t in g c os ts O p ti mize d as se t u t il iz at i on E n ha n ce d q ual i ty a n d r is k c o nt ro l

CONCLUSION
In t oday s mar ke t pl ac e, many e ner gy c ompa ni es ar e il l equi ppe d to manag e a ne w ge nera t ion o f r is k s . T h es e ne w r is ks a l on g wi t h t he c os t s av i ng p o te n ti a l, m ak e n ow t h e pe r f ec t t i me f or t h e c o m pa n ies i n th e o il & g a s in d us tr y n o t on ly to t a ke a n in d e p th l o ok a t b ut a ls o to e m br ac e t he n ew er te chn o l og ies l ik e R F I D . O n th e on e h a nd t h e b e n e fi ts fr om R F ID i m p le m en ta t io ns c an b e hu g e, o n t he ot h er ha n d com p a ni es ne e d t o o v er c om e t h e c ha ll e nge s h i n de r i ng t h e a do p ti o n o f s u c h t e c hn o log y . C o m pa n ies ne e d t o r ec o gn iz e t ha t t h ey c an me e t w i th c h al le n ge s wh i le d ec id i ng on th ese a d op t io ns bu t e ar ly a do p ters to t he R F ID te ch n ol o gi es w i ll s ee in cr eas i ng bus i ne s s v a l ue o v er t i m e as t hey o v er c om e t he i n it ia l h ur dle s . F or th e i nt e gra te d e ne r g y co m pa n ies t he be ne f its o f R F I D i m p le me n ta t io ns ca n b e hu ge . Th es e c o mp a ni es ca n g a in c o m pe ti t iv e a dv an t ag e by a d op t in g t h is t e ch n ol og y at i ts n as ce nt s ta ge .

Wipro Technologies

Page 15 of 17

BLENDING OIL WITH RFID

ACRONYMS
B I B us in ess In te l li ge n ce C R M C us t ome r R e l a t i on s h i p M a na g e me n t C-stor es Convenie nc e stor es E P C E le c tr on i c Pr o du c t Co d e E R P - E n te r pri s e R e s o ur c e P l a n n in g ETL Ex tr ac t, Tr ans f or m and L o ad IT - Informatio n te c h n ol og y P O S P o in t of S a le R F I D R a d i o F r e q u en cy Ide n ti f ic at i on ROI Return On Inv es t me nt S C M - Su p pl y C h ai n Ma na geme n t

REFERENCES
P e tr ol e u m R e v ie w h t t p: / / w w w .s y m b o l. c om/ pr o d uc ts /r f id / r fi d . ht m l h t t p: / / w w w .r fi d j our n al .c om h t t p: / / de l oi t te . co m h t t p: / / www .s cs - ma g .c o m h t t p: / / w w w . tr a ns co r e .c o m h t t p: / / www .a c-c or p ora t io n .c o m

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
T h is w h it e pa p er w as wri t te n w i th v al u ab l e g ui d an c e fr o m Sha s h an k G ar im e l la , D o ma in C o ns ul t an t , W i pr o T ec h no l og i es. F ee d ba ck r ec eiv ed fro m D .R a m as ubr a man i an w as a ls o h e lp f ul in i mp r o v i ng th is W h i te Pa per .

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

V i b hor i s w or k i ng as a B us i n es s a na ly s t i n W i pr o. He i s a n El ec tr ic a l En gi n eer f r o m I T -B HU a n d is a P os tg ra du a te i n Bu si n ess A d min is tr at i on from t he In d ia n S c ho o l O f B us in e s s . H e h a s c l ose to fi ve ye ars of e x per ie n ce i n IT ind us try .

ABOUT WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES

W i pr o is t h e fi r s t P C M M L ev el 5 a n d S E I C M M i L ev el 5 c er t i fi e d IT S er v ic es Co mp a ny g l ob a lly. Wi pr o pr ov i de s co mpr eh en si ve IT s o lut i o ns a nd s erv ic es ( in c lu di n g sys te ms in t egr a ti o n, IS o u ts ou r c in g , p a c k a g e i mp le m e n t a t i on , s o f tw a r e a p pl ic a ti o n dev e lop m e nt a n d ma i nt e na nc e ) a nd Re se arch & Dev el o pme n t se rvi ces (har dw are a nd s o ft ware des ig n, dev el o pme nt a nd i m p le m en ta t io n ) t o c or po r a t io ns g l ob a ll y . Wi pr o 's u n iq u e v a lu e p r o p os i t io n is f ur th er d e li v e r e d t hr o u g h o ur pi on e e r i n g O ffs ho r e O u tsou rc in g M od el a nd s tr in ge n t Q ua l it y Pr o cess es o f S E I a n d Si x S ig m a.

Wipro Technologies

Page 16 of 17

BLENDING OIL WITH RFID

WIPRO IN ENERGY AND UTILITIES

W i pr o s En erg y G r ou p is pa r t o f t he E ne r gy a nd U t i lit i es v er ti ca l a n d pr ovi d es e x per t is e a nd r e n de r s v a l ue - b a s e d s ol u ti o ns to t he e n e r g y i nd us t r y thr o ug h b us i nes s c ons ul t in g a n d IT s ol u ti o ns . W ip r o ha s wor k e d w it h ov er 75 to p e ner gy a nd ut i li ty c o m pa ni es a cr os s N o r t h A m er ic a an d E ur o pe i n r egu l at e d a s w ell a s der eg u la te d m ar ke ts pr ov id i ng s o l ut i o ns in ar ea s s uc h as c us tomer i n format i o n s yst e ms , c us tomer car e, bi l li ng and s e tt le ment , w ork & asset m a na ge m en t , g r i d op er at i on s , e ner gy trad i ng , cr ud e /pr od u ct tr ad i ng a pp l ic at i ons , ERP s y s t e m d ev el o p me nt & m a i nt en a nc e, r e t ail f u el a p pli c at i ons , ma r i ne t r a di ng , e nt er pr i s e W e bs it es / po rta ls , an d i nfr ast ru ct ur e s up p or t. W i pr o s c u m ul ati ve e xp er ie nc e s p ans I T c o ns ul t in g , s y s te ms i n te g r a t io n , b us i n e s s p ro c e s s ou ts o ur c i ng a n d a p pl ic a ti on d e v e lo p me n t a n d mai n te nan c e s erv ic es .

WIPROS FOOTPRINTS IN RFID

W i pr o i s t he f ir s t In d ia n I T s o ft w ar e v e n do r t o be c om e a mem b er of EP C g l ob al . It ha s a c qu ir e d in - de p th un d e r s tan d i ng o f i n dus try s ta nd ar ds a n d pr ac ti ce s by a ct iv e p ar t ic ip a ti o n i n a l l E PC G lo ba l w or kin g gr o up me e ti ng s an d h as a ls o c on tr i bu t ed a c ti v e ly t o R F ID t e ch n ol og y s ta n dar ds . W i pr o a ls o has a s et up of R F I D l ab t o g a in e x per t is e in r ea l t i me i m p le m en ta t io n a nd h as a ls o R F ID en a bl e d a co nc ep t s t ore a t i ts ca m p us in B a ng a lor e . Wi pr o i s c ur r e nt ly en g ag ed i n pi lo t i m pl e me nta t io ns o f s to ck m a na ge m ent f or a le ad i ng U K r e ta i ler , W I P tr a c k in g f or a le a d i ng H i - Te c h m a n uf a c t ur e r and a wireless yar d ma nagement system for a le ad i ng a u to m o ti v e ma nuf a ct ur er .
For further information visit us at: http://www.wipro.com/energy&utilities For more whitepapers logon to: http://www.wipro.com/insights
Copyright 2005. Wipro Technologies. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express written permission from Wipro Technologies. Specifications subject to change without notice. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.

Worldwide HQ
W i pr o T e c h nol o g i e s , S ar ja p ur R o ad , B a n g a lo r e - 560 0 35 , I n d ia .

U.S.A.
W i pr o T e c h nol o g i e s , 1 3 0 0 Cr it t e n de n L a n e , M o u nt a in Vi e w , C A 9 4 04 3 .

U.K.
W i pr o T ec h nol o gi es 1 3 7 E us to n R o a d, L o nd o n, N W 1 2 A A.

France
Wi pr o T ec h nol o gi es 9 1 R ue D u F a u b o ur g , S a i n t H o n or e , 7 50 0 8 Pa r is

Germany
Wipr o Technol ogies H or n C a m p us, K a is tra s s e s 10 1 , K i e l 24 1 14 . w ww .w ipr o .co m e M ai l : i nf o@ w i pr o . co m

Japan

U.A.E.

Wipr o Technol ogies Wipr o Limited # 9 11 A , L a n dm a r k T ow e r , O f fi c e N o. 124 , 2 - 1 - 1 M i na t om i r a i 2 - c h o me , B ui l di ng 1, F ir s t F lo or , N is h i - ku , Y o ko h a ma 2 2 0 81 0 9 . D u ba i I n ter n e t C ity , P . O . B ox 5 0 01 1 9 , D u ba i .

Wipro Technologies

Page 17 of 17