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COMMUNICATION potential risk of gas leaks. Ceragon has ian oil and gas market. “We have deliv- Keeping Track of Moving Assets component of the communications sys- been closely working with Norwegian ered many stabilized systems to Petro- Vessel movement is a challenge to tem. When vessels rotate the stabilized operator Statoil since the 1970s and it bras, and our systems are used in many any communications system. Rigs, FP- antennas compensate for this movement has continued this partnership in Bra- of Petrobras’ major projects, where we SOs, OSVs, Pipelayers and Drillships in order to maintain 0.2 degree of accu- zil. “One of our great accomplishments have installed stabilized antennas from all require reliable, high-speed data and racy. Electrical servo motors, specially in Brazil has been the installation of a 0.6 to 1.8 meters in diameter and even voice communications, in some cases adapted to safely work in offshore envi- 176 km link from the top of the 2,257 a 3m diameter antenna. These are quite with all areas of the offshore operation ronments, maintain the antennas aligned meter Pico da Caledônia mountain near big in terms of stabilized solutions of up linked continuously to onshore of? ces, and stabilized,” says Arild. The antennas the city of Nova Friburgo in the state to 1 Gb. Some of the challenges we have which increasingly have control over and their stabilization systems are pres- of Rio de Janeiro, around 90km inland, in Brazil are related to the distances in- critical offshore systems. Reliable com- surized with air inside a dome, making it linking Statoil’s Peregrino ? eld, located volved. In some case we even use ? ber munication is also vital for planning and impossible for any gas leak to penetrate around 85 km offshore in the Campos optics as a support, by using an already conducting systems shutdown and even the equipment. This is a vital safety con-

Basin. It was a real challenge to place installed ? ber point at sea to distribute vessel evacuation. An FPSO for example sideration as it allows communication the equipment on top of the mountain, high-bandwidth signals between remote may weathervane, or swing on its moor- systems to remain operational even in where access was very dif? cult, as it is offshore assets and shore bases,” said ing with wind, wave and tide action, the event of a severe gas leak. All domed located within a National Park and re- Arild. In Brazil, as in other locations with wind and waves also causing sig- Pointlink systems in Brazil are certi? ed quired special logistics considerations. It in Latin America and around the globe, ni? cant pitch, roll, and heave movement. for ATEX Zone 1.

is probably one of the longest links in the Ceragon offers turnkey offshore solu- “In order to secure dependable commu- world,” said Arild. tions, including ? eld surveys, perfor- nication links to shore, the antennas of Southern Comfort

Ceragon considers Petrobras an impor- mance calculations, frequency planning, these vessels need to be able to adjust to Arild believes that Brazil and South tant customer for its aspirations in Bra- installation, testing and commissioning, the ships movements in order to main- America in general have a great poten- zil, with the national operator being by along with after-sales services and Ser- tain line-of-sight radio contact. Highly tial for microwave communication solu- far the biggest contractor in the Brazil- vice Level Agreements. accurate GPS systems are also a key tions and he sees integrated operations

Arild Fotland, Director of Ceragon Oil and Gas

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