Custody Transfer Oil: When transferring oil by pipe or truck from storage tanks the last thing the buyer is to be paying oil prices for water or sediment. Thermo provides instruments that analyze water and sediment content in oil that can be used for LACT lease automated custody transfer transactions.

Well Optimization: Water accumulates at the bottom of the well inhibiting gas flow. A plunger lift operation will pull out accumulated water in the well and free up the flow of natural gas or oil. Thermo provides well control with plunger lift (AutoLIFT) software that automates the plunger lift operation so personnel do not have to be dispatched.

Field and Corporate Office Efficiency: Many producers are in the dark concerning well status. Several days may go by before a well is checked for its pressure, flow rate and other critical parameters. Thermo provides a web-based solution (AutoVANTAGE) that allows real-time data on the status of a well to be viewed 24/7. The AutoVANTAGE package includes flow computing equipment so the production company can optimize cash flow and get real time data. This results in operation efficiencies that span upper management for estimating well cash flow and payback to field supervision for technician routing and well response.

SCADA Control (Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition): Large producers cannot wait even hours on manually obtaining data or controlling well operations by sending personnel out to the field. True SCADA allows two-way communications with the well where operations can be controlled from an IT center. Thermo provides enterprise SCADA control software to large producers (AutoSCAN) to optimize well production.