Harmonic Footprinting Provides Oil Rig Monitoring during Hurricane Ike

Harmonic Footprinting, LLC. with its new science Harmonic Footprinting, allows oil rig monitoring even during Hurricane Ike. Oil rig monitoring provides operators the ability to detect rig metal fatigue early that may occur at any location on the rig or barge.

Harmonic Footprinting LLC. along with founder, Frank Masyada, have released the process Harmonic Footprinting and Thermal Cycling to monitor oil rigs and barges, even in the middle of a hurricane such as Hurricane Ike, or any similar tropical storm. For more detailed information, see: http://www.harmonicfootprinting.com/oil_and_gas

Gulf Coast refineries and oil rigs and barges that do not have Harmonic Footprinting closed down during Hurricane Ike. More than 1.56 million barrels per day of oil production equal to almost 9.8 percent of the U.S. total domestic oil production have been shutdown without monitoring during Hurricane Ike.

The majority of the employees on these barges and rigs in the Gulf were evacuated, The U.S. Minerals Management Service (MMS) disclosed that about 1.25 million barrels per day of oil, and 6.09 billion cubic feet of gas are closed. This totals over 96% of offshore oil output and 82% of gas production. The Gulf of Mexico delivers over 26% of all U.S. oil production and 14% of all natural-gas output. The Gulf harvests 1.3 million barrels of oil every day with 7.4 billion cubic feet, this according to the U.S. Department of the Interior.

How can Harmonic Footprinting help during Hurricane Ike?

Harmonic Footprinting LLC. and Frank Masyada, its founder, have developed Smart Sensors with sensor software that continuously transmit the condition of the oil rigs and barges now at risk of performance failure due to Metal Fatigue from Hurricane Ike.

All rig metals have a molecular structure that when experiencing environmental stimulants ( such as hurricane Ike, wind, rain), create a dominant resonant Frequency, a number of minor resonant Frequencies and Amplitude that can be graphically catalogued. These Frequencies and Amplitudes are dependent on a number of elements like forming process, heat treatment and quench, machining, elemental exposure and other environmental factors.

Harmonic Footprinting SmartSensors are located throughout the oil rig at critical performance locations. When the locations are struck by heavy wind or rain, the resulting Amplitude is transmitted by the SmartSensor to the resident software database. This transmission gives a unique Harmonic Footprint for that particular location.

Once an entire set of Harmonic Footprints is cataloged, the oil rig can then be monitored 24/7, with new Footprints constantly being transmitted. Should new Footprints no longer match the cataloged Footprint (within a given range), an alarm is sent by the software displaying the exact location of the oil rig for manual inspection.

Oil Rig Monitoring Assistant: How could Harmonic Footprinting offer assistance to refineries during Hurricane Ike? Harmonic Footprints would be available before, during, and immediately after Hurricane Ike. Instead of waiting until the storm passed by to physically inspect the refinery prior to placing it back online, oil rig operators would be able to know precisely what required inspection and/or replacing, even before the hurricane Ike ended.

Keywords:: Frank Masyada, oil rigs and Hurricane Ike, oil rig monitoring, Harmonic Footprinting

Name:: Barbara Cohen

Email:: harmonicsupport@harmonicfootprinting.com

Contact Information::

Barbara Cohen
Director of Marketing
Harmonic Footprinting, LLC.
7500 Ulmerton Rd.
Suite 27
Largo, Florida 33758
telephone: (727) 532-4755
website: http://www.harmonicfootprinting.com

Website: http://www.harmonicfootprinting.com