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FEATURE CONNECTIVITY & REMOTE OPERATIONS

The first part of any remote operations journey is assessing the feasibility, from the client's perspective, of which roles could be relocated from the remote site, followed by defining what the objectives for the remote operations journey.

Adam Ford, Special Projects Lead,

Harvest Technology Group Limited

Harvest’s key focus, regardless of the market, is on improv- Brown. “It's a big shift in what's possible, and you get a lot of ing connectivity in remote environments; while also remov- ef?ciency gains, you're able to work in a proactive manner.” ing people from work in hazardous and remote locations, which of course includes inspections on offshore facilities.

WHAT IS NODESTREAM?

“Conventionally offshore inspection has been carried out Harvest’s proprietary Nodestream technology is a re- locally on-site,” said Brown. “It’s usually a lengthy process mote operations system for organizations, a fully secure which includes travel to and from offshore facilities, as well as integrated communications platform for real-time col- a more laborious practice to acquire and transmit information. laboration, communication and data sharing, accessible to “Harvest’s Nodestream technology allows more direct ac- everyone, anytime, anywhere. It is a proprietary transfer quisition and recording of asset integrity-related data that protocol tech that enables live streaming of video, audio, can be delivered directly into a customer’s database,” said and data, using ultra-low latency and ultra-low bandwidth, 24 OFFSHORE ENGINEER OEDIGITAL.COM