Saudi Aramco produces 8 million bbl. of oil daily through 5 refineries. It supports the whole of the Kingdom and 24 airports in addition to 24,000 km of pipelines, 51,000 employee’s from 66 countries across 6 business lines and 15 GIS units. The company operates health facilities, transportation networks, schools and covers just about every activity “except forestry because there are no forests in the desert.”
So RFID technologies have been introduced to Saudi Aramco in order to enhance supply chain manageme
nt business processes, improve access control and increase assets utilization and control.
Saudi Aramco RFID project required passive and activate RFID technologies to be deployed based on the business needs and operation requirement. The RFID design consist of middleware, passive RFID readers (Mobile & Fixed), passive tags and active tags at different frequencies.
The RFID established over the existing corporate network utilizing the wireless network. Additionally, the core business of Saudi Aramco such as matirale management, finance, human recourses run over SAP application that will ease the RFID system integration.
Project were under exestuation:
- Access control: Saudi Aramco deploys RFID system for car access control using active tag
Projects were under evaluations:
- Saudi Aramco is evaluating RFID UHF tags at warehouses using RFID for automating the business processes.
- Saudi Aramco is evaluating active tag to provide Real-Time at medical for assets management.
Potential Applications:
- The potential RFID application at Saudi Aramco can be classified to assets management and access control.
Asset Management: Saudi Aramco manages huge range of expansive and non-expansive assest across the company. These assets require continues maintenance and tracking that are mange with semi-automation by utilizing the SAP application for asset management and maintain data entry manual. RFID can be provided by passive tags, active tag or both together.
Access Control: Saudi Aramco has various types of access control, for instant, main gate and door access or company identification card.
