Clariant Oil Services VeriTrax Automated Data Exchange Improves Safety Efficiencies

Benefits

• Reduced well failures due to daily data exchange
• Improved safety, allowing personnel to focus on the operational aspect of the process
• Improved and increased frequency of financial transaction exchange
• Integrated data exchange on usage, tank levels and customer-specific performance measurements
• Optimized delivery routes and automated data exchange for verification of delivery, accuracy and improved transactional speed 

Background

A logistically-challenging oilfield, comprised of more than 5,000 wells with continuous chemical application requirements to prevent corrosion and scale, spanned more than 20 miles long by almost 5 miles wide and had numerous access roads and more than 5,000 chemical delivery sites. Due to complexities of the field, the operator asked Clariant Oil Services to provide a solution for improving operational safety, managing costs, verifying delivery and creating transactional exchange efficiencies.

Clariant Oil Services Solutions and Value Delivered

Clariant Oil Services began developing and testing a system that consisted of a vehicle-mounted smart meter, a Global Positioning System (GPS) and a computer interface. The VeriTrax Automated Data Exchange System was designed to fully integrate the customer’s requests and demonstrate improved surveillance and operational efficiency. Likewise, specific customer inputs were measured and incorporated into the VeriTrax system, which also addresses operational safety, chemical usage, financial transactions, verification of delivery and logistical optimization.

Since implementation in this field, VeriTrax has proven successful in meeting the customer’s needs and will continue to be a valuable tool in one of the most challenging oilfield production facilities. Some of the benefits realized include:

• Integrated data exchange that captures chemical pump failures on a daily basis (previously monthly), resulting in reduced well failures
• Incorporation of a remote pump controller to reduce the chance of chemical exposure to the driver during delivery
• Improved financial transactional exchange from monthly to daily
• Increased delivery efficiency from about 120,000 to 150,000 gallons per month 

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