The Need for Better Connectivity to the Oilfield
Today, a convergence of new technologies and business applications is changing the landscape of the oil and gas industry. High-speed broadband networks owned or utilized by ERF Wireless, and utilized by its wholly owned subsidiary Energy Broadband, are enabling advanced applications to revolutionize the way oil and companies do business, while simultaneously cutting operating expenses and increasing revenue in a highly-competitive market.

Finally, "the Digital Oilfield" is being realized and, with bandwidth no longer an issue, oil and gas companies and their suppliers are now in a position to deploy a variety of real-time applications. Information that was previously captured in dozens of reports, multiple departments, and in multiple geographies, taking days or weeks to access and analyze, can now be quickly viewed and acted on in real-time, enabling faster and more cost effective decision making.

Why Energy Broadband?
Until recently, oil and gas companies have had few options concerning communications between their operations centers and their drilling and production sites, forcing them to use expensive satellite circuits with high latency and limited bandwidth.

Today, the North American oil and gas industry has a second option – high-speed, wireless broadband connectivity through Energy Broadband. This ERF Wireless subsidiary provides oil and gas drilling and production companies, as well as oilfield service companies, a variety of products and services that deliver real-time, low latency, cost-effective data and voice communications.

By combining increased bandwidth, lower latency, increased speed of deployment, mobility, and competitive pricing, Energy Broadband can provide private networks that deliver:

• Real-time, low latency data transfer and management
• 3D and 4D data remote processing and collaboration
• Data collaboration over several layers of subcontractors
• Field optimization scenario planning
• True integration of data, knowledge and disciplines
• Visualization systems, techniques and immersive technology
• Traditional services of network and voice

Working closely with our strategic partners, Energy Broadband is developing cutting-edge Digital Oilfield networks that combine exceptional value with reliability and security to replace high latency expensive satellite VPN circuitry. For less than the cost of “renting” expensive satellite circuits, enterprise customers can now choose to have for their use their own static and remote ultra-high-speed network system that is reliable, easy to maintain and accommodates real-time applications.

And, every product and service solution that’s provided comes complete with full civil engineering, RF engineering and spectrum analysis, as well as testing and integration by experienced engineers, technical specialists and capable project managers.

One of the Largest Wireless Broadband Networks
These products and services take full advantage of the fact that ERF Wireless owns and operates one of the largest wireless broadband networks in the U.S., covering a substantial percentage of the oil and gas production regions in Texas, Louisiana and parts of New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas and Wyoming. Through its strategic partnerships, ERF Wireless and Energy Broadband also have access to hundreds of communication towers in these production areas where the company does not currently have operational wireless networks. This business strategy makes expansion fast and affordable. Finally, many of the wireless bank networks that support ERF Wireless’ BranchNet, US-BankNet and WiNet services are available to the company and cover significant oil and gas production areas.

Advanced Security
To overcome any security concerns, ERF Wireless couples its proprietary CryptoVue® network security appliance with monitoring services at the company’s world-class Network Operations Center. Our patent-pending, encrypted wireless technology device ensures that the enterprise’s data is safe and secure while meeting all regulatory compliance requirements.

Business Continuity
Energy Broadband has the ability to quickly relocate a company’s communications system from site to site, as well as recover from service disruptions caused by natural disasters. With high-speed wireless broadband and satellite fail-over facilities, your telecommunications network will be back in play long before that of your competitors.

Auxiliary Services
In addition to its proprietary broadband products and high-speed Internet connectivity, ERF Wireless also provides:

• Remote Network Monitoring
• Emergency Network Maintenance
• Tower Construction
• WiFi Hotspots (Public Access)

Staffed with experienced wireless professionals who have knowledge of the oil and gas industry as well as related technologies, Energy Broadband can deploy highly-skilled wireless support teams to anywhere in the world.

Energy Broadband Direct Line: (888) 770-7052