A major oilfield technology company adopted EMQX to build a unified IoT platform, enabling real-time data collection and remote management across oil and gas fields, slashing operational costs, and accelerating innovation.
The Challenge: Outdated Infrastructure & Soaring Costs
Our client, a leading provider of IT solutions for the petrochemical industry, understood the industry's most pressing pain points. Their customers faced a critical bottleneck to growth and efficiency due to legacy data systems.
- High Costs: Aging equipment and outdated software led to continuously increasing maintenance and operational costs.
- Operational Blind Spots: Disconnected data silos across different sites prevented centralized monitoring and a unified view of field operations.
- Performance Gaps: Legacy systems could not handle the high-frequency, real-time data needed for modern applications.
The Solution: A Cloud-Edge IoT Platform Powered by EMQX
To overcome these challenges, the company implemented a cloud-edge industrial data collection solution powered by EMQX. The solution was designed to create a unified, scalable, and lightweight IoT platform.
- Unified Data & Device Access: The EMQX cloud-edge solution seamlessly connected to various industrial devices—including RTUs and PLCs—to report data in real-time, achieving unified access and centralized storage.
- Real-Time Data Processing: EMQX provides a powerful rule engine that efficiently bridges massive data streams to backend systems like databases and message queues, ensuring high-performance, real-time data processing and storage.
- Simplified Remote Management: EMQX's cloud-edge collaboration features enabled remote configuration and command issuance through the data center, providing a single management channel for all field devices on site.
The Results: A Unified Platform that Drives Tangible Value
By leveraging EMQX's real-time data collection and management system, the client achieved a new level of operational excellence with clear, quantifiable results:
- Significant Cost Reduction: The new architecture simplified on-site systems, leading to a substantial decrease in operational and maintenance costs for their clients.
- Accelerated Innovation: The unified data platform provided a flexible interface, enabling the client to simplify system integration, reduce R&D costs, and significantly improve development efficiency.
- Enhanced Market Competitiveness: The EMQX solution has been successfully deployed in multiple projects for major clients like China Crude Oil Field and CNOOC, solidifying the client's position as a market leader.