Harmonic Footprinting Provides Oil Rig Monitoring Even During Severe Hurricanes and Tropical Storms

Sept. 11, 2008 - PRLog -- Oil Rig maintenance operations can continue during hurricanes, even Gustov and Ike.  Harmonic Footprinting released its new science that enables oil  rig workers to monitor the safety and performance of derricks and oil barges, before, during and immediately after a major storm or hurricane.

Harmonic Footprinting LLC. along with its founder, Frank Masyada, have released Harmonic Footprinting.

What can Harmonic Footprinting do for oil rigs, especially during and right after a tropical storm or hurricane? By positioning a series of "SmartSensors' throughout the rig or derrick, Harmonic Footprinting can monitor the rig at each sensor location and continuously transmit information as to the  condition of that part of the rig back to its central software database.  For a greater understand of how Harmonic Footprinting works for rigs/derricks, see: http://www.harmonicfootprinting.com/oil_and_gas

Gulf Coast refineries and oil rigs without Harmonic Footprinting close down during hurricanes, such as Gustov and Ike.  Over 70% of their personnel are evacuated.  The rigs are left standing to weather the storm.  Unfortunately, with current technology, the rig workers have no knowledge of just how their rig has endured the winds and rain, etc.

What we know is that 1.56 million barrels a day of oil production, equating to almost 9.8 percent of the U.S. total domestic oil supply is also shutdown during hurricanes. And according to the U.S. Minerals Management Service, energy companies that shut down operations in the Gulf because of Gustav have not even restarted their production nor returned their personnel to many of the 717 manned rigs in the Gulf because of Ike.

So the question is...how could Harmonic Footprinting's science help oil rigs during Hurricane Gustov and Ike?

Harmonic Footprinting LLC. developed "SmartSensors" and accompanying software that monitors oil rigs real time. When a given sensor detects a malfunction anywhere on the rig, it transmits an alarm to the central software database.  The software, in turn, notifies the staff, describing the problem and the exact location of the malfunction.  Once the storm has passed, the workers know exactly where on the rig or derrick there may be a problem to correct.  Correction can take place in hours instead of days, and the rig can be online again quickly. Currently, rig operators may do a "fly over" the rig to detect malfunctions.  Harmonic Footprinting

What is the science behind these "SmartSensors?" Metals have a molecular structure that when they interface with environmental stimulants, such as hurricanes, wind, or snow, will send back a dominant resonant Frequency, a number of minor resonant Frequencies and Amplitude that Harmonic Footprinting software graphically records. These Frequencies and Amplitudes are dependent on a number of factors such as the forming process, heat treatment machining, quench, elemental exposure and other outside stimulants.

SmartSensors are located throughout the rig or derrick on metal joints.  When the joint is hit by a stimulant such as heavy rain or wind, there is a resulting Amplitude that is transmitted via the SmartSensor to the resident software database.  Each transmission provides a unique Harmonic Footprint for a particular metal joint.

Once an entire set of Harmonic Footprints is captured, the oil rig can be monitored 24/7, with new Footprints being transmitted every minute. Any new Footprints that do not match the previously captured Footprint (within an acceptable range), result in an alarm being sounded by the software.  Inherent in the alarm is the precise location on the oil rig requiring manual inspection.

Harmonic Footprints enable rig operators to identify trouble spots on the rig, available before, during, and immediately after hurricanes such as Gustov of Ike.  Instead of having to wait until the storm passed by in order to manually inspect the refinery prior to placing it back online, rig operators would have known exactly what needed to be inspected and/or replaced, even before the hurricane finished.

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