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Optimizing Oil Rig Monitoring with Interactive Analytics
Intelie, a leader in real-time analytics for the oil and gas industry, empowers drilling operators with actionable insights from vast sensor data streams. Their mission is to enhance operational efficiency, reduce downtime, and provide stakeholders transparency and insight throughout the drilling process.
Business Value
Given that offshore oil rigs can cost millions of dollars per day to operate and generate billions in revenue, Intelie's platform plays a critical role in maximizing every second of operation for efficiency and profitability.
Technical Value
With oil rigs generating vast amounts of high-frequency sensor data, Intelie requires real-time data visualization that meets the demands of engineers and site managers. To address this, Intelie has developed an ecosystem of robust charts and visualization dashboards, specifically tailored for drilling operations. In addition to its proprietary charting solutions, Intelie leverages Perspective, a high-performance WebAssembly-based visualization engine, enabling users to slice and dice data for customized visualizations—proving to be an ideal solution for this need.
The Challenge: Managing Complex, High-Frequency Sensor Data
Oil rig operators rely on live sensor data to monitor equipment performance, detect anomalies, and optimize drilling efficiency. The challenge, however, is transforming raw sensor streams into meaningful, interactive dashboards that allow engineers to:
- Monitor real-time rig performance: Engineers at drilling sites and remote monitoring centers need immediate access to performance metrics.
- Promote data accuracy and integrity: Data discrepancies can have financial implications, as rig contractors are compensated based on operational efficiency.
- Support both technical and managerial users: Facility engineers play a more technical role and require advanced, customizable data queries, while managers need high-level insights.
"Our users are technically savvy engineers who expect flexibility in their dashboards. They want to filter, group, and analyze real-time data dynamically—without waiting for backend updates. Perspective enabled us to provide that level of interactivity."
— Bianca Munaro Lima, Intelie
The Solution: A Seamless Integration with Perspective
Intelie integrated Perspective into their data pipeline, allowing real-time sensor data to be ingested, processed, and visualized instantly. Key technical benefits included:
- Dynamic Data Filtering and Grouping
Perspective’s interactive UI enabled engineers to adjust filters and customize data views on the fly—critical for making informed decisions in fast-paced drilling environments. - Scalability for High-Velocity Data
Intelie’s system ingests millions of data points daily from rig sensors, using WITSML to standardize and transmit wellsite data to the cloud. This data is processed and structured in MongoDB, where engineers add contextual metadata and annotations. A Java-based backend extracts key insights from raw sensor readings, optimizing them for efficient querying and visualization. Finally, Perspective smooths high-performance rendering and enables real-time data interaction. - Intuitive UI for Both Engineers and Executives
Engineers benefit from query-based interactions, while executives access high-level dashboards summarizing key performance indicators (KPIs), including tripping time, drill pipe usage, and anomaly detection. Perspective easily embeds into Intelie's React-based UI via the <perspective-viewer> custom HTML component.
"Perspective was easier to integrate than other alternatives. It supports direct JSON ingestion, which simplifies our workflow and enables us to process real-time drilling data without additional overhead."
— Bianca Munaro Lima, Intelie
Technical Implementation: Real-Time Data Processing Workflow
Intelie’s data architecture incorporates Perspective as a core visualization layer within a robust, scalable pipeline:
- Data Collection: Sensor data is aggregated from oil rigs using an edge computing system running on-site.
- Data Processing: The raw data is cleaned and enriched in MongoDB, where engineers annotate and set performance thresholds.
- Real-Time Analysis: Unified event streams, integrating both sensor metrics and manual annotations, are fed into Perspective for instant visualization.
- Data Visualization: Intelie's React-based UI integrates multiple pre-configured Perspective viewers, enabling users to dynamically adjust filters and time ranges for precise data analysis.
- Cloud-Based Deployment: Intelie’s platform runs primarily on Microsoft Azure, promoting scalability and security for global drilling operations.
The Business Impact: Increased Efficiency and Data Transparency
The adoption of Perspective has led to measurable benefits for Intelie and its clients:
- Faster Decision-Making: Engineers and operators can analyze real-time sensor data without delays, improving response times to potential failures.
- Cost Savings on Development: By leveraging Perspective, Intelie avoided building a custom visualization solution from scratch, reducing development time and cost.
- Improved Contract Transparency: Rig owners and contractors use the dashboards to validate performance metrics, allowing for accurate compensation based on operational efficiency.
"The ability to dynamically explore large datasets in real time has been a game changer. Perspective improved our workflow efficiency but also provided a foundation for future enhancements in our monitoring platform."
— Mauricio Santos, Intelie
Conclusion: A Partnership for the Future
Intelie’s journey with Perspective highlights the transformative power of real-time visualization in the oil and gas industry. By adopting a scalable, interactive, and client-side visualization solution, Intelie has unlocked new efficiencies in drilling operations, ensuring both technical and business stakeholders have access to the insights they need.
As Intelie expands its platform, Perspective remains a critical part of its technical ecosystem, driving innovation in real-time analytics and operational intelligence.
Special Thanks
- Munaro Lima, Bianca
- Santos, Mauricio Silva
- Bichiato Mengatti, Andre
- Alves da Cruz, Vitor Mazzi
- de Souza, Maria Juliana
- Silva, Douglas
For more information about Perspective, visit: perspective.finos.org
