Pumping crude oil tends to take place in some pretty inhospitable locales. Esso Exploration and Production Chad Inc. (operator of a consortium that also includes Petronas Carigali [Chad EP] Inc. and Chevron Petroleum Chad Co. Ltd.) uses a remote airstrip in Kome, Chad, to support its crude oil production operations there. To maintain safe operation of the airstrip, the company needed a better weather observation system to keep tabs on the local conditions.
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The company chose the Series 900 automated weather observation system (AWOS) from All Weather, Inc., which combines sensors with a powerful, microprocessor-based computer system to collect and process environmental data. The AWOS can measure and report wind speed, direction, and gusts; temperature; RH; precipitation; visibility; altimeter setting; density altitude; cloud height; and sky condition. Its forward scatter visibility sensor uses a four-head design and can measure varying density and scatter functions, including fog, snow, rain, haze, smoke, dust, and sand—something traditional two-head visibility sensors can't do. It's also able to operate in harsh conditions, a definite plus in Chad.
In addition to providing up-to-the-minute weather conditions to logistics personnel, the AWOS also provides full remote maintenance monitoring capabilities, allowing them to access the system via telephone.
Contact Ralph Petragnani, All Weather, Inc., Sacramento, CA; 800-935-2767, [email protected], www.allweatherinc.com.