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public to address this issue, and it is clear
that many are looking to new technologies,
such as IoT, to increase the sustainability
of their operations and reduce their
environmental footprints.
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“Energy lost in the transmission and
distribution of fuel is an area in which we
could see some significant and immediate
improvements. In the US, the oil and
gas industry is responsible for leaking
approximately one million tonnes of
methane into the environment every
year, contributing as much to greenhouse
emissions as 5.6 million cars. However, by
deploying IoT sensors, energy companies
can automatically optimise gas distribution
to manage pressure in their networks and
minimise leakage. disrupt operations and wreak havoc on the
environment,” he added.
“IoT-enabled, condition-based
maintenance tools, meanwhile, can also
be deployed to monitor the performance
of equipment, helping to identify potential
problems and address them before they Meyers added: “IoT holds a great deal of
promise for enabling the energy sector
to cut waste and reduce its impact on
the environment, but realising these
benefits depends upon stable and reliable
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connectivity. The success of IoT solutions
depends on the ability to regularly transmit
data gathered by connected networks of
sensors and devices back to a control room
for analysis, and in the case of the energy
sector, much of that will take place at long
distances across remote locations that may
lack cellular coverage, which is why satellite
is critical.”
Satellite communication networks are
optimised to deal with critical
communications, providing the reliable and
resilient connectivity that is fundamental to
the successful deployment of IoT solutions.
Inmarsat’s L-band satellite communication
network can deliver truly global connectivity
to any location and collect large volumes of
data with 99.9% uptime, enabling energy
companies to safeguard their operations and
focus on continued innovation.
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the full report The Future of IoT in Enterprise,
visit http://research.inmarsat.com. n
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