FREEWAVE TECHNOLOGIES’ ROY ROSADO TO PRESENT REMOTE WIRELESS MONITORING AND CATHODIC PROTECTION AT RIO OIL AND GAS CONFERENCE

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:41:05 +0000

FREEWAVE TECHNOLOGIES' ROY ROSADO TO PRESENT REMOTE WIRELESS MONITORING AND CATHODIC PROTECTION AT RIO OIL AND GAS EXPOSITION AND CONFERENCE

WHO: Roy Rosado
Business Development Executive, Latin America
FreeWave Technologies
(www.freewave.com)

Rosado is a business development executive for the Latin American markets for FreeWave. Rosado brings more than 10 years of senior leadership and management experience in growing sales, developing distribution channels and managing business development efforts. Rosado holds a master's degree in education and training from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.

Founded in 1993, FreeWave Technologies is a world leader in the innovative design and manufacture of license-free spread spectrum and licensed band radios and wireless data solutions that are trusted for mission critical applications around the world. www.freewave.com.

WHAT: "Implementing Remote Wireless Monitoring of Pipeline Integrity and Cathodic Protection

Energy and pipeline companies are wrestling to meet new, more strict, state and federal pipeline integrity requirements, while trying to control operating costs. Many companies are looking to new technologies and automation for answers. Effective answers to critical issues affecting public safety often are found in a combination of both old and new technology.

The key building block to a cost effective, pipeline integrity, corrosion protection program is vital, timely monitoring and reporting of cathodic protection data from remote corrosion protection field sites to a centralized data collection system complete with automated regulatory reporting. The first step in implementing this level of automation technology exists today in the form of supervisory control and data acquisition systems (SCADA). Now there is a radio-based system that can support these requirements.

This presentation will discuss how to implement remote wireless new cathodic protection monitoring radios that are relatively low-cost, easy-to-install, have no licensing fees and no monthly, re-occurring fees.

"The Advantages of Implementing Wireless IO Over Wired Alternatives"

Regardless of the industry, historically, hardwiring has been the only option available for users to connect instrumentation. However, new spread spectrum technologies give users the ability to connect instrumentation in the field without the need for costly wired infrastructure. Now, asset information is available from applied and embedded sensory points enabling sophisticated diagnostics, remote monitoring and control, and plant optimization.

Digging trenches, laying conduit, and pulling cable makes acquiring these signals costly - not to mention the engineering costs. Wireless IO interfaces are less expensive - in some cases costing tens of thousands of dollars less than traditional wired alternatives.

Control and Maintenance engineers and wireless specialists will benefit from this presentation by having the information necessary to make wireless IO business decisions. Attendees will also learn to identify the key economic business drivers and to develop a decision matrix to maximize and leverage existing investments in technology

WHERE: RIO Oil and Gas Exposition and Conference 2010
Riocentro Convention Center
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

WHEN: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 -- "Implementing Remote Wireless Monitoring of Pipeline Integrity and Cathodic Protection
Pavilion 5
SALA/ROOM 204 C - 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010 -- "The Advantages of Implementing Wireless IO Over Wired Alternatives"
Pavilion 5
Poster presentation hours: 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

CONTACT: For more information on FreeWave, or to set up an interview with Mr. Rosado, please contact Terri Douglas at Catapult PR-IR (303) 581-7760, ext. 18 or tdouglas@catapultpr-ir.com

Catapult Public Relations

FREEWAVE TECHNOLOGIES’ ROY ROSADO TO PRESENT REMOTE WIRELESS MONITORING AND CATHODIC PROTECTION AT RIO OIL AND GAS CONFERENCE