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COMMUNICATION

FPSO Skarv with

Pointlink antennas.

Photo: BP

Microwave Communication Offshore Brazil

By Claudio Paschoa

Fotland joined Ceragon in 1978 and has been shore it is necessary to enable the crew to stay in ith most offshore wells in Brazil stationed all over the world. Since 2010 he has touch with family/of? ce, as well as offer enter- located between 30 and 300 km been dealing with introducing Ceragon’s com- tainment during off times, including social me- munication systems in Brazil and Argentina. dia interactivity,” said Arild. In Brazil Ceragon from the coast, communication

Ceragon has been supplying communication has its of? ces in the cities of São Paulo and Rio with offshore assets has not al-

W equipment to the offshore industry in the Nor- de Janeiro, offering sales and after-sales servic- wegian continental shelf since the 1976, having es, along with technicians dedicated to install- ways been straightforward or reliable. Some op- delivered more than 200 microwave links in the ing and maintaining their range of equipment.

North Sea. Ceragon is also the sole provider of erators and service providers still use traditional stabilized antenna systems for microwave radio Better Comms Offshore maritime VSAT services for coverage offshore Bra- (4 to 18GHz), with safety certi? cations to deliv- There has been a noticeable increase in er reliable, high-capacity offshore links, which offshore communication systems’ reliabil- zil, yet the introduction of Microwave radio has led can withstand fading, harsh weather conditions ity offshore Brazil since around 2013, with to a much better level of quality and reliability in and vessel movements. Ceragon has its knowl- the introduction of stabilized microwave com- edge center in Bergen, Norway, where it has de- munications. Microwave radio may well be high-bandwidth voice and data communications. veloped radio transceivers with a special coat- the most cost-effective and robust solution for ing to withstand offshore operations and also connecting offshore and onshore operations.

Claudio Paschoa, Maritime Reporter’s correspon- where it developed its Pointlink (Point to Point) Ceragon has been successfully providing Point- dent in Brazil had an interesting conversation with and Point to Multipoint solutions. “Ceragon’s Link microwave systems, Evolution radios and microwave solutions deliver dependable high- gyro-stabilized antennas as an effective and

Arild Fotland, head of Ceragon’s Oil and Gas Di- bandwidth with low latency, enabling so-called safe, high-capacity communications solution vision, about the advantages of Microwave radio integrated operations, Video and Data for crew for Integrated Operations (IO) offshore Bra- “infotainment”. This is of particular value since zil, especially important on Rigs, Drillships communications for offshore operations in Brazil.

to attract quality workers in any given area off- and FPSOs, where IOs are vital and there is a 42 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • NOVEMBER 2015

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