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In an industry where unplanned downtime costs $38 million per year per offshore platform, power reliability is a production issue.

The Stakes

Oil and gas operations depend on reliable electrical power for production, processing, and safety systems. Unplanned electrical outages don't just disrupt operations — they halt production, create safety risks, and trigger cascading losses.

Research indicates that offshore platforms experience an average of 27 days of unplanned downtime annually, costing approximately $38 million per platform in lost production. Organizations with the worst-performing maintenance programs see financial impacts exceeding $88 million annually. Unplanned outages cost the typical industrial business approximately $125,000 per hour — yet 21% of businesses still rely on run-to-failure maintenance for critical equipment.

The cable connections powering equipment in remote, harsh, and hazardous environments are particularly vulnerable to degradation — and particularly difficult to inspect or replace. Reactive maintenance in these environments is not just expensive; it's often dangerous.

$38 million per platform annually

Average cost of 27 days of unplanned downtime per offshore platform in lost production

Source: Kimberlite / MaxGrip
$125,000 per hour

Typical industrial unplanned outage cost, with worst-performing programs exceeding $88M annually

Source: ABB 2023 Survey

How We Help

Designed for hazardous-location deployments

Engineered to meet Class I Div 2 / ATEX / IECEx requirements — built from the ground up for the demanding electrical safety environments common across upstream and midstream operations.

Built for remote pad and unmanned facility installations

Self-powered sensors with cellular / satellite uplinks designed to operate at remote wellpads and platforms with no fixed communications infrastructure.

Engineered to integrate with existing SCADA and historians

Built to feed condition data into the control and historian systems O&G operators already trust — PI, ABB, and other industrial platforms — so monitoring becomes part of existing workflows.

Tied to production-downtime economics

Continuous visibility into cable connection health helps avoid the $38M-per-platform unplanned-downtime cost that drags on annual production targets.

Interested in exploring how continuous monitoring fits your oil & gas operations?