Driving Remote Asset Visibility and Reducing Field Costs with Ignition Edge & MQTT
An oil and gas producer with remote field assets relied on frequent site visits to check equipment. ITHENA deployed Ignition Edge and MQTT for edge data collection, real-time alerts and predictive maintenance.
- Client
- Oil and gas producer with remote field assets
- Industry
- Oil and gas
- Solution
- ITHENA IIoT with Ignition Edge and MQTT
- Scope
- Edge data acquisition, MQTT communication, real-time alerts, predictive maintenance
- Headline result
- 35% lower travel costs
Three numbers the field moved.
Results after Ignition Edge and MQTT connected the client's field assets.
Reduction in travel costs
Remote monitoring replaced routine site visits.
Boost in asset uptime
Predictive maintenance kept more assets running.
Faster issue resolution
Real-time alerts sent teams to the right site sooner.
Meet the organization and understand the context behind the transformation.
A prominent oil and gas producer managing operations across remote and often challenging geographies. The company needed a scalable, secure, and real-time solution to monitor field assets without relying on frequent manual checks. With ITHENA’s implementation of Ignition Edge and MQTT, they achieved significant cost savings, improved responsiveness, and laid the groundwork for enterprise-wide IIoT scalability.
Partnering with ITHENA and deploying Ignition Edge with MQTT has been a game-changer for our remote operations. We’ve drastically reduced our dependency on manual site visits, improved safety, and now have real-time visibility into our field assets like never before. It’s helping us operate smarter, faster, and more proactively.
Director of Field Operations
Assets too far to check often.
Remote assets needed manual inspections, and failures were found late.
- Difficulty in monitoring geographically dispersed assets
- High travel costs and time-consuming manual site inspections
- Delayed response to equipment failures and production anomalies
How ITHENA closed the gaps.
The client partnered with ITHENA and implemented an IIoT solution using Ignition Edge and MQTT:
Edge Data Acquisition
Installed Ignition Edge gateways at remote sites to collect and buffer critical asset data
Scalable Communication
Deployed MQTT to securely transmit data in real time from field assets to central control systems
Real-Time Alerts & Notifications
Delivered immediate alerts of any failures to field operators and maintenance teams
Predictive Maintenance
Enabled real-time monitoring of equipment, including all remote assets, for proactive maintenance