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September 14, 2011

Williams Field Services Selects Freewave Technologies

Looking to replace and upgrade some older data radios in the field, as well as deploy solutions for cathodic protection and pipe-to-soil test site monitoring applications, Williams Field Services has selected the high-performance spread spectrum and licensed radios for critical data transmission from FreeWave Technologies.

Williams' latest installations in its gas measurement applications reflect the mutual growth and trust with FreeWave, the company claims. For serial communications (RS-232 and RS-485), Williams Field Service is currently migrating from the DGR radios to the FGR and FGR2 series. Apart from replacing older data control systems with FreeWave's FGR2-PE solution, Williams is also working toward switching out existing radios from other communications providers, the company stated.  

“The most recent installations demonstrate the mutual trust and growth we've sustained with Williams over the years," said Ashish Sharma (News - Alert) chief marketing officer of FreeWave Technologies. "We are very proud of the relationship we have with Williams and are committed to helping one of the largest natural gas producers in the U.S. enhance its productivity and improve its total cost of ownership.”

As it has a built-in terminal server, web browser and two RJ45 Ethernet ports and two RJ45 serial ports, FreeWave's new FGR2-PE-U data radio is a logical replacement. Also, to monitor its cathodic protection system (including the rectifiers) and safeguard its natural gas pipelines and pipe-to-soil test stations, Williams is deploying FreeWave's FGR-CP radios. Now, Williams can connect the CP radios to its existing DGR and FGR network and view this on its SCADA host, the company stated in a press release.

Recently, the company announced a new suite of IO Expansion products for customers. The flexibility of IO Expansion allows it to be used for a variety of applications. In oil and gas, it is used for multiple well pad applications to obtain additional data points from the wellhead, storage tanks, separator, pipeline injection, drive and flare. In electric power, a higher concentration of IO points in a single connection simplifies transformer monitoring and eases environmental and condition monitoring.

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Raju Shanbhag is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Raju’s articles, please visit his columnist page.

Edited by Rich Steeves
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