RFID for Tracking Oil-Field Equipment

Wescorp Energy Inc.”s Intelligent Field Resource Management (IFRM) is aradio-frequency identification (RFID)-driven solution for tracking information on industrialand oil-field equipment. Thosein O&M typically use bar codes or other inventory-control methods forheavy industrial material, consumables, and equipment. The IFRM is designed to give engineers more information about their equipment than just adepreciation schedule, including where that piece of equipment is, what kind ofshape it is in, whether it is functioning, ifit needs to be rebuilt. Wescorp’s proprietary NAVIGATOR Process Management Services solution handles allinformation related to the tagged equipment. The NAVIGATOR systemstores information securely online where it is available forcollaborativeinitiatives.