Oil India deploys Industrial IOT solution on its production wells in push to digitise oilfield operations

Oil India Limited has activated a large-scale digital monitoring network across its upstream production assets, with the deployment of enterprise technology firm Kellton’s Optima Digital Oilfield Platform to bring real-time visibility to 77 wells spread across 46 plinths in India's northeast region.

The digitisation contract was signed in December 2024 and valued at approximately $2.5 million.Claimed to have been completed within six months, this rollout’s technology stack is based on Emerson field instrumentation and Amazon Web Services cloud infrastructure. It connects 482 field devices, which includes 390 wireless and wired sensors, gauges, secure telemetry gateways, and solar-powered instruments.

Together, these devices are configured to form a unified edge-to-cloud environment, allowing Oil India to access operational data in real-time.

Earlier, data capture was manual and across remote field locations, resulting in data silos.For India’s second-largest national oil and gas company, this initiative marks a significant step in a longer digital transformation programme for next-generation oilfield operations.

The Optima platform goes beyond monitoring, with its ability to provide AI-driven production analytics, predictive maintenance insights, intelligent workflow automation capabilities, integrated asset lifecycle management, and digital twin environments.

These benefits are expected to translate into production efficiency, accelerated decision-making, and a scalable foundation for the future of its intelligent oilfield operations.Kellton, an AI-led digital transformation and enterprise technology consulting firm, has deployed Optima in several energy operations across India, the United States, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Iraq, Peru, and Ecuador, among other markets.