MF AI Vision for Old Drilled Wells
Monitor well integrity on unmanned and remote wells with real time monitoring using CCTV, Edge AI and satellite technology. MinFarm Tech ltd products are suitable for use in Ex environments on old drilled wells
and in regions both onshore and offshore where power and cellular coverage are unavailable. Sovereign AI model support and satellite in-country landing now available.
White Paper: AI Edge Architecture for Real-Time AI Vision in Remote Oiland Gas Wells
The deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for real-time SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) automation processes in remote oil and gas wells offers the opportunity for dramatically reduced operational costs and improved performance of these assets. CCTV cameras offer a highly effective and non-invasive way to retrofit these old wells. However traditional centralized architectures for AI processing struggle with the infrastructure costs of providing ultra low-latency and high-bandwidth to meet the demands of massive video streams from extremely remote desert or offshore locations with poor connectivity and power availability. This white paper proposes an Edge AI architecture, leveraging solar powered ATEX-certified enclosures for off-the-shelf GPU boards and sovereign satellite infrastructure, as the solution to enable cost-effective, low-latency, and secure real-time automation.
Technical Specifications
● AI/ML
◦ GPU: NVIDIA Ampere architecture with 1024 NVIDIA CUDA® cores and 32
tensor cores
◦ CPU: 6-core Arm Cortex-A78AE v8.2 64-bit CPU 1.5MB L2 + 4MB L3
◦ Memory: 8GB 128-bit LPDDR5 102GB/s
◦ Storage: External NVMe
◦ Video Encode: 1080p30
◦ Video Decode: 1x 4K60 | 2x 4K30 | 5x 1080p60 | 11x 1080p30 (H.265)
● Ex
◦ Zone 2
◦ ATEX Rating: Ex db ec mc ia IIB+H2 T4 Gc
● Power Input
◦ Solar Array: Available in 200 W to 600 W array sizes (24 V)
● Temperature
◦ Operating Temperature: -20°C to +50°C (+60°C non-ATEX models )
● Communications Backhaul
◦ Networks: Ethernet, Cellular (5G), Satellite
● Environmental
◦ IP Rating: IP66
● Operating System
◦ OS: Full Linux edge server running Python for AI/ML, data aggregation,
deep packet inspection and low latency acknowledgements
● Falcon AI Model Support