RFID in the Oil & Gas Industry (RFID Europe 2010)

Mr Ernesto A Castagnet, Partner

UNS/UTN-FRBB

Argentina

Sep 29, 2010.

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Presentation Summary

One of the most challenging areas to implement RFID is in the Oil & Gas Industry. Pipes, valves, tanks, pumps, compressors, motors, distillation towers, flanges, gaskets, bolts and many others are all metallic pieces that need inspection and maintenance. People working in the O&G industry are also valuable assets that should be tracked in the field for their safety. Traceability is a must. We cannot conceive, today, the use of paper and pen to collect and later introduce that data into our computerized information system. Bar code helps but it is not enough. Case Studies of world wide deployments are showing that the use of RFID is not only feasible and desirable but also brings economic benefits to those adopters. While there are already companies manufacturing tags for this industry, some key points often missed will be presented. Particularly those pertaining the chip, the tag and the attachment as well as the packaging.

Speaker Biography (Ernesto A Castagnet)

Ernesto A. Castagnet, Industrial Engineer (1986), from Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS), Argentina; and former Technical Director of the Center for Automatic Identification, Education & Research (CAIDER) - Dept. of Industrial Technology - OHIO University, USA (www.ohio.edu/autoid); from where he obtained a MSc IMSE (Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering).-

Professor at UNS and Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (UTN), Bahía Blanca, Argentina, Mr. Castagnet is an International Expert in Automatic Identification and Data Capture Systems (AIDC), system evaluation, design, and project integration management. He has been directly involved in the AIDC industry for more than 20 years. Former Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Magazine AUTOMATIC ID NEWS Latin, he has been invited to speak at ID EXPO, SCAN-TECH USA, SCAN-TECH ARGENTINA, FRONTLINE SOLUTIONS, CARDTECH/SECURTECH, RFID SMART LABELS USA, and other International Trade Shows.-

He worked for SULZER, EXXON, PETROBRAS (former ISAURA SA) and Dow Chemical Co. (former Petroquímica Bahía Blanca SA and Polisur SA) before founding his own company, INGENIERIA EN SISTEMAS SRL (INSIS SRL, 1990), devoted to AIDC systems; Structured Cabling Systems, Fiber Optics and Networking; and as a Consultant in RFID and AutoID systems for fortune 500 companies.

He is founder and has held several positions in the Board of Directors of three Chambers: Cámara de Informática del Sud (1991), Automatic Identification Manufacturers (AIM) Argentina (1997) and Cámara Argentina de Seguridad Electrónica (CASEL, 2001); Member of the DASH-7 Alliance and past-Member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE).

Member of the Christian Union of Business Executives (UNIAPAC International) and President of the Bahia Blanca Chapter, his personal interest lays in all AIDC technologies and their applications in Supply Chain, WMS (RTLS), in Distribution and in Government Applications; including linear and 2-D bar code system integration, biometrics, smart cards, RFID/EPC and Business Intelligence.

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