IoT and the Oil & Gas industry at M2M Oil & Gas 2014 in London

How Eurotech's IoT architecture had its roots in the oil &

gas industry, and why it is still relevant today

Tim Taberner

How the Internet of Things is catching up

with the Oil & Gas industry

M2M has been around in oil & gas for

a long time So why do we need to do things differently?

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DCS

Modbus

Edge

HA

RT

Fieldbus

Condition-Monitoring

Client-Server DNP3

Zigbee

Telemetry

M2M

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VPN

CLOUD

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Lack of interoperability = -$$$

Duplication of functionality = -$$$

Inability to share resources & infrastructure= -$$$

Inability to adapt and modify = -$$$

Old vs. New in M2M

SCADA ESD Condition

Monitoring HVAC

Old methods lead to increased costs

Instead, systems have to collaborate

• Better reuse of existing resources and infrastructures = +$$$

• Focus on whole business, not individual processes = +$$$

• Improved ecosystem efficiency from new dependency discovery = +$$$

• More intelligent use of assets = better ROI = +$$$

Process

Logistics

Supply

Chain

CRM

Old vs. New in M2M

The Internet of Things

Why we started implementing it before the term existed

Multi-Drop Polled Circuits

Operation

Consoles

FEP Host

Enterprise Applications

• Poll/Response Paradigm uses 100% of available bandwidth

• The data “Transport” is the “Application”

• One protocol for all field equipment limits deployment of new

technology & impedes migration to new technologies

Allen-Bradley DF1

Allen-Bradley DH+

Allen-Bradley EN/IP

Amocam (all versions)

ARCNet

ATS

BITbus

CANbus

CA

CCM2

CDCI

CDCII

Conitel

DeviceNet

Daniel

DL130

DNP 3.0

Elliott

Enron Modbus

F&M

Ferranti MK2A

Galveston-Houston

GPE

GSI

Harris 5000/5500/6000

Hansa S002

HART

Hayes

Honeywell DE

Kodata

L&J

LANDAC

Landis & Gyr

Micromotion Flowscale

MODBUS ASCII

MODBUS RTU

MODBUS Plus

MPS9000

MTS

Omron Host Link

Optomux

PERT 2631

Plessey TC6

RDACSII

REDAC 70H

RNIM

Siemens 3964R

Siemens RK512

SLIP

SNET -I

SNET –II

GE SRTP

TANO Model 10

TANO Model 100

TCP/IP

Tejas

Total-Flow

Transit Bus

TRW 9550

Valmet Series 5

Transmitton MT700

TRW S-70

TRW S-703

Varec

Wesdac 4F

WISP



One-to-One data relationship

between the Host and field

equipment.

Custom applications are

required to access data

Multi-Drop Polled Circuits

Operation

Consoles

FEP Host

Custom

Application

ERP

Modeling

Engineering Custom

Application

Enterprise Applications



• One To One Data Relationship

• Primary Business Activity Is Not Addressed

• 60%-90% of Project Effort on Data Delivery

• Costly Bandwidth Consumption

• Protocol is the Transport – Can’t break apart

Protocol X

Implementation

Barrier

“The Enterprise”

ERP

Accounting

Inventory

EFM/AMR

Modeling

CRM

Maintenance

“Operations”

SCADA”

“DCS”

“other”

Host

Computer

?

?

?

?

$$$ $ $ $ $ $

$$$ $ $ $ $ $



Decoupling Producers & Consumers of M2M

Device Data – the key to interoperability !

#Stock

Level ?

#setpoint ?

#Flow

rate ?

#Tanker

ETA ?

#Demand

Forecast ?

#batch volume ? #diurnal alarms ?


The “Twitter Paradigm”

M2M Integration Platform

With decoupled data, whole ecosystems can be optimized!

Transportation & Logistics

Logistics

Medical &

Healthcare

Industrial &

Energy

Security & Surveillance

So what about today?

Sometimes M2M Solutions look simple …

Business

Application

Sensors,

Actuators,

Displays, …

Service

Gateway

A single application

to communicate with

Only one type of Gateway HW

& SW, Single or no special

application on gateway

Limited types of

device / sensor

No connectivity

options required

Often, an M2M system is seen as a

point in time solution to a point in time

problem. No consideration (budget) is

given to how and where else the data

might be used, or to how future,

undefined assets might share the

same infrastructure.

This project led thinking remains one

of the fundamental contributors to the

continuing specification and

deployment of silos of automation,

invariably resulting in significant

downstream costs to modify, augment

or replace the system to meet

emerging requirements.

What are the issues ?

… Different devices, addressing different vertical market

propositions, and which are geographically dispersed

Business

Applications

Sensors,

Actuators,

Displays, …

Remote

Point of

Presence

? We need a way to operate

across multiple communication

architectures that does not

introduce significant overhead

on expensive media

Internet / TCP/IP

Ethernet WiFi

3G / LTE Satellite

WiMAX Other


...or more than one consumer of the device data

…or multiple different services needed at the remote site

@ Business

Applications

Sensors,

Actuators,

Displays, …

Remote

Point of

Presence

? We need to break any

dependency between

producers and

consumers of data


... normally all of these requirements together !

@ Business

Applications

Sensors,

Actuators,

Displays, …

Remote

Point of

Presence

? …and we need to

address security,

access control,

availability, device

management, etc.

Business

Applications

Sensors,

Actuators,

Displays, …

@

Multi-

Service

Gateway

M2M

Integration

Platform

New M2M / IoT Architectures

Integration Platforms & Device Application Frameworks

“Enterprise Service Bus for Machines”

Multi-Service Gateway Approach

Automation & Integration at the Edge

Sensors

Actuators

Legacy

Systems

Smart

Machines

M2M

Multi

Services

Gateway

Human /

Machine

Interfaces

Meters

• Multiple business relevant tasks are

addressed and technically consolidated

• Data delivery using a open protocol

effectively decoupling data providers and

data consumers

• IT centric device application development

using Software Frameworks to implement

business logic in smart edge devices / multi-

service gateways

• More efficient bandwidth utilization –

carrier cost optimization

• Off the shelf purpose built devices

designed to meet vertical market value

propositions – Open Source version

available for integration on third party devices

Multi Service Gateway Framework (ESF) Functional Overview

Java VM

OSGi Application Container

Device Abstraction

Gateway Basic Services

Network Configuration Network Configuration Field

Protocols

Connectivity and Delivery

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Linux

Hardware

Multi-

Service

Gateway

App 1 App 2 App n . . . .

Applications

Boards &

Modules

Helios General Purpose Platform

DynaCOR 10-00 Rugged Mobile Computer

ISIS PC/104 Module

ISIS XL PC/104 Module

Catalyst CV / Catalyst TC /

Catalyst LP / Catalyst Module XL

Catalyst EC / Catalyst FX

Zypad BR2000 Man-worn Computer

DynaVIS Rugged Panel PC & Vehicle Console

Multi-Service Gateway Approach

Efficient Development & Investment Protection

Ready To Use

Devices

ISIS ICE Industrial Compact Systems

Intel M2M Smart Services Gateway

Dev Kit Hardware

Vantron VT-M2M-TC Multi-Service Gateway & Edge Controller

Raspberry Pi

The M2M Stack

The M2M Integration Platform

Business

Applications

Sensors,

Actuators,

Displays, …

@

Multi-

Service

Gateway

‘ESB’ for machines M2M

Integration

Platform

?


• Everyware Cloud is about Device Data, about M2M: It has been built

from the ground-up to provide an infrastructure that is optimized for

device data communication, collection, analysis and management.

• It is an Integration Platform: Everyware Cloud is designed to act as an

intermediate system between distributed devices and the applications

interacting with them. Communication is bidirectional, allowing

applications to control and manage the devices when required, and the

system supports one-to-one, one-to-many and many-to-one operation.

• Everyware Cloud is conceptually like an Operating System for the

Internet of Things, enabling the transfer of device data to and from

Enterprise applications independently of any other language, platform or

OS

What is Everyware Cloud?


Architectural Components

Business

Applications

Multi-

Service

Gateway

M2M

Integration

Platform

Communication / Broker

Data Management Layer

API`s & Integrations

Data Store Layer

• Real time, event driven messaging to enterprise applications

• Database for data storage accessible via standard REST APIs

• Database automatically adapts to new devices / message topics – zero configuration

• Compatible with web services technology for easy dissemination

• Abstracts underlying device details – #topic based subscription

• Remote device management and configuration to application level

• Rules engine for real time alerts and controls, can send SMS, email, Tweet or

interact with devices or database, using both static and dynamic data.

@

Enterprise Service Bus for M2M

Device & Data


• Data Management

• Device Management

• Data Storage

• Real-Time Data Delivery

• Real-Time Analytics

• Archive data via REST APIs

• Service Abstraction

• Rule based event triggers

• Publish & Subscribe

• Data Agnostic

• Secure

• Scalable

Everyware Software

Framework

• JAVA based application

framework

• Standards Based

• Device Abstraction

• Device Management

• Connectivity Management

• Application Management

• Field data acquisition

• Available for third party

hardware

New M2M / IoT Architectures

Eurotech Solution Recap

Everyware Cloud

Eurotech

End-To-End

Solution

Transforming Bits of Data at the Edge of the Network into

Actionable Information in the Business Users’ Hands

@

Eurotech M2M Solutions

Eurotech Named a Cool Vendor in Gartner 2013 IT/OT

Alignment and Integration Report

According to the Gartner report recommendations,

“Integration managers should look at cloud-based integration

platforms supporting vendor neutral-technologies to optimize

costs, accelerate time to deployment, and reduce vendor

lock-in for integration of OT systems with enterprise

applications.”

“Integration managers and other IT leaders involved in the

definition and planning of IT/OT integration strategies should

look at iPaaS-oriented approaches to address the issues of

collecting, aggregating, filtering, preprocessing and analyzing

OT data, and of integrating OT systems with back-end

enterprise applications as a way to optimize costs and time

to deployment,” according to the report.

Gartner, Inc., Cool Vendors in IT/OT Alignment and Integration, Kristian Steenstrup, Massimo Pezzini, et al, April 23, 2013.

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Eurotech's M2M / IoT Value Proposition

• Gartner / Cool Vendors in IT/OT Alignment Report

“However, they should also favor providers, such as Eurotech, that offer open-standards-

based platforms, and can support on-premises deployment models to minimize vendor

lock-in issues and maintain strategic agility.”

• Eclipse Foundation / M. Milinkovich

“I just got the full Eclipse Kura demo and I was blown away. Very cool stuff.”

• VDC Research Group

“With two decades of embedded/M2M experience, existing capabilities, and investments,

we expect Eurotech to differentiate itself versus other traditional embedded board vendors

as the company moves up the value chain.”

• Harbor Research, White Paper

“Eurotech has organized a novel combination of tools and technologies that work together

in unprecedented ways to solve more complex business problems than previous

generations of intelligent device networking technology and enterprise applications have

been able.”

•

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