BP is deploying RFID technology to monitor its supply chain during construction of the $7 billion Clair Ridge oil platform located in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland. BP has chosen Mojix Inc., a provider of wide-area passive RFID solutions, to deliver a track-and-trace technology solution that supplies real-time visibility of oil platform [...]
We often hear from end users about the need for highly ruggedized RFID readers and transponders for use in overly harsh environments like oil and gas, construction and mining. In an effort to prove the endurance of its RFID solutions, Holland 1916 RFID had some fun and affixed several tags to a demolition derby car. [...]
Black Elk Energy specializes in buying under producing oil and gas wells, primarily in the Gulf of Mexico, and applying capital and technology to make them profitable. Black Elk is also a proponent of deploying technology within its internal operations, including an RFID-based document tracking system that allows it to locate documents quicker. The system [...]
Black Elk Energy specializes in buying oil and gas wells, primarily in the Gulf of Mexico, that are under-producing and applying capital and technology to make them profitable. By the end of 2011, the company was valued at nearly $950 million. The company also deploys technology within its internal operations, including an RFID-based document tracking [...]
Omni-ID has unveiled a new family of UltraThin low profile, flexible on-metal RFID tags and inlays. The product announcement follows wide market adoption of Omni-ID’s first two products in the category — the Flex(R)LP and Flex(R)AI. Omni-ID has deployed tens of thousands of the tags at a Fortune 100 electronics manufacturer since the end of [...]
Editor’s Note: For those who may have missed this week’s top story in RFID 24-7, we’ve posted the story here. Be sure to subscribe to RFID 24-7 here: Last week the industry was abuzz following the launch of the Item Level RFID Initiative, an alliance of major retailers that hope to accelerate the use of [...]
Motorola and Field Technologies Online hosted an informative webinar on the use of RFID in oil and gas applications this week. The webinar speakers say that the increased visibility provided by RFID in extremely difficult working conditions can save the oil and gas industry tens of millions annually. “Because I can see this information very [...]
Bairstow Lifting Products Co. is turning to RFID to help its customers better utilize asset tracking and inspection control features for its product line of rigging supplies and fall protection solutions. Starting this month, Bairstow will affix HF RFID tags to every product it manufacturers at its facility in Atlanta. Carey Hanson, sales manager at [...]
