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Managed Services for Critical Oil & Gas Communications

As new applications transform the digital oilfield, the right satellite service is an essential long-term investment for making offshore communications and operations more efficient to maintain a competitive edge.

OIL & GAS

Customers in the offshore oil and gas business depend on a global satellite connectivity solution to manage essential business communications, monitor and maintain their highly complex operations, and stand up digital crew welfare programs.

ITC Global provides end-to-end satellite communications solutions customized for the unique requirements of companies in oil and gas exploration and production. We deliver a variety of solutions for offshore operations and crew welfare, including:

  • Drill ships
  • Semi-submersibles
  • Jack-up rigs
  • Production platforms
  • FPSO vessels

Managed Services – Taking a Smart, Consultative Approach

At ITC Global, we consider our customer relationships to be long-term partnerships – an investment made by both parties – to define and engineer tailor-made networking solutions that support the customer’s unique challenges.

Oil and gas companies need custom communications solutions that meet the highest levels of network security and reliability for day-to-day business communications, operations and crew welfare. With our first-hand industry knowledge, we deliver solutions that scale to fit operations as they expand in scope and duration. Customizations include:

  • Allocating bandwidth so traffic prioritization meets operating needs across the entire network
  • Segmenting capacity to avoid extra costs without jeopardizing performance
  • Selecting components for the specific needs at each location
  • Monitoring, managing and optimizing the network around the clock

Read more about ITC Global managed services solutions.

The Panasonic Network – Comprehensive Broadband for Business Today, Scalable for Future Opportunities

The Panasonic Network integrates satellites, ground stations and points-of-presence to provide customers advanced communications capability at remote offshore locations.

Benefits:

  • Connectivity in multiple frequency bands, seamlessly delivering service best suited to customer needs while accommodating any existing antennas and network equipment
  • Bandwidth coverage concentrated in high-demand offshore areas, supplying capacity where it’s needed and scaling down in low-use regions
  • 10 times more capacity with new high-throughput satellites (HTS), supporting the growing requirements for site monitoring and enhanced business processes of energy operations

Read more about the Panasonic Network.

Crew Welfare & Entertainment – Reliable Connectivity for a Remote Workforce

Crew LIVE (Live TV, Internet, Video and E-Learning) is our comprehensive solution for the entertainment and welfare of your remote workforce leveraging Panasonic’s leading in-flight platform. Crew LIVE offers:

  • A better remote-site experience with best-in-class programming and connectivity, ensuring speed, quality and reliability
  • Extra security with a stand-alone platform that can be deployed separately from the corporate network – keeping corporate data protected, avoiding competing network priorities and offering a redundant backup
  • Easy set-up and deployment via our online customer portal and a separate dashboard for monitoring and network reporting

Read more about crew welfare and ITC Crew LIVE.  

Operational Efficiency - Taking Advantage of Comprehensive Connectivity

Continual improvements in systems that monitor and automate machinery can help reduce offshore operating costs and make operations more efficient. Our consultative approach takes advantage of oilfield and network technology, integrating these solutions to fit the needs of each area of an offshore operation.

Value-Added Services

ITC Global’s portfolio of value-added services is designed to deliver additional capability and enhanced connectivity in the outmost locations. Customers benefit from industry-leading Panasonic innovations adapted and made available for energy markets.

  • Weather monitoring
  • Security applications
  • New entertainment services
  • Data analytics and storage

"ITC Global worked closely with us to shape a solution that addressed our key business needs. They provided a fit-for purpose solution driven by cost-efficient ways of operating to help us get the most from our VSAT communications network."

-IT Director, International Shallow Water Drilling Company

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