Oilfield Edge Computing and Remote Site Power
Oil and gas fields, pipelines, water systems and cell towers all depend on equipment at remote sites, often miles from the nearest power line or fiber. Edge computing puts processing at or near those sites, so data from sensors, meters, cameras and controllers can be handled locally instead of sent over a thin connection. That raises three practical questions: how the site connects, how it is powered and how it is protected.
The guides in this section answer them in plain terms. On connectivity, they compare satellite service, including Starlink, with cellular, private LTE, LoRaWAN and licensed radio, and explain why latency matters. On control systems, they cover SCADA, RTUs and PLCs, the digital oilfield and remote monitoring for generators. On hardware, they look at rugged edge servers and micro data centers built for heat, dust and vibration. On power, they explain how remote pads, monitoring sites and towers run on generators, solar and batteries. Security gets its own guide, because remote industrial networks are a target. Use the off-grid solar sizer to estimate the array and battery bank for a small remote load.
All 20 edge and remote sites guides
7 min read · April 9, 2025
What Is Edge Computing in the Oilfield? – Processing Data at the Pad
6 min read · June 15, 2025
How Much Power Does Starlink Use? – Running It on Solar
7 min read · March 13, 2025
Is Starlink Good Enough for Oil and Gas Sites?
7 min read · January 23, 2025
How Do You Secure a Remote Industrial Site? – OT Security Basics
7 min read · September 6, 2024
How Are Cell Towers Powered Off-Grid?
8 min read · October 13, 2024
How Big a Solar and Battery System Does an Off-Grid Site Need?
7 min read · May 6, 2026
Edge AI on Remote Industrial Sites – Uses, Hardware and Power
7 min read · April 8, 2023
What Is Private LTE? – Cellular Networks for Industrial Sites
6 min read · July 21, 2023
What Is a Micro Data Center? – Small Sites, Full Protection
6 min read · July 14, 2025
RTU vs PLC – What Is the Difference at a Remote Site?
6 min read · April 26, 2025
Why Does Satellite Latency Matter? – GEO vs LEO for Remote Sites
6 min read · March 20, 2023
Remote Monitoring for Generators – What to Track and Why
8 min read · May 9, 2023
Remote Site Connectivity – Satellite vs LTE vs Private LTE vs Radio
7 min read · July 29, 2021
Rugged Edge Servers – What Survives Heat, Dust and Vibration
8 min read · February 16, 2023
What Is SCADA? – How Remote Sites Report Back
7 min read · December 23, 2022
What Is the Digital Oilfield? – Data From Wellhead to Office
6 min read · March 21, 2019
What Is LoRaWAN? – Low-Power Networks for Remote Sensors
7 min read · June 27, 2024
Solar Power for SCADA and Remote Monitoring Sites – Parts and Layout
7 min read · March 30, 2023
Edge vs Cloud – Where Should Remote Site Data Be Processed?
6 min read · April 6, 2024
Oilfield Power Generation – How Remote Pads Get Electricity
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