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AGIP Selects S3 ID Personnel Safety Solution Based on Ubisense for the World's Largest Geographic Deployment of a Real-time Personnel Location and Mustering System in Kazakhstan
CAMBRIDGE, England, August 30, 2012/PRNewswire/ --
Ubisense, a market leader in location-based smart technology, today announces that S3
ID, its partner in the oil and gas industry, has entered into an agreement with AGIP to
deploy an integrated personnel security system at its facility in Kazakhstan. The
solution, which uses unique technology from Ubisense, will play an important role in
creating and maintaining the safety and security of personnel at the facility.
In all cases of a major incident in a hazardous environment, it is crucial for the
emergency response service to know exactly who was present on the facility at the time of
the incident and exactly who is accounted for after the incident, usually at muster
points, so that any persons unaccounted for may be searched for and rescued. The system
being selected by AGIP will enable this information to be available instantaneously at
multiple locations on and off site, ensuring enhanced personnel safety and security.
S3 ID, working with the unique Ultra Wide-Band (UWB) solutions from Ubisense, works
with organisations that have personnel working in hazardous environments to provide
real-time personnel location awareness, mustering and access control of safety and
security solutions. Whilst the primary function of the technology is to enhance safety, it
can also be used for access control and security purposes, managing personnel logistics
and automatically recording time and attendance on-site.
By using the UWB tags from Ubisense, the system can also provide a more accurate,
contactless monitoring solution. Users will wear a small battery powered tag that, when
read by sensors, can provide precise three-dimensional location information to an accuracy
of better than half a metre at ranges of up to 200m. As the tag reading is contactless,
reading is performed automatically, which is crucial in rapid mustering scenarios.
Richard Green, CEO of Ubisense, said: "We are delighted to be working with S3 ID on
this critically important project for AGIP in Kazakhstan. The ability of our UWB solutions
to provide accurate, precise and three-dimensional location information is increasingly
important to a number of manufacturing industries and also for the people working in those
more hazardous environments."
Doug Woodbridge, Sales and Marketing VP S3 ID, commented: "Selection by AGIP is
recognition of the unique position of S3 ID in the provision of location-aware safety and
mustering systems to the oil and gas industry."
The S3 ID system is commonly used to know where personnel are, for example to control
the maximum "Personnel on Board" in a specified environment. However, tags can also be
used for rapid electronic mustering, access control and security purposes. Tags can even
be used to control permits to work and electronically validate "permissions" allowing only
authorised personnel to use specific control systems by automatically granting (or
denying) them access subject to permissions allocated on the central database. Even time
and attendance at a given location can be recorded if required. Beyond these more common
uses, knowing the location and disposition of all personnel in a crisis can also enable
pro-active management of the situation (crisis management).
About S3ID
S3 ID is an international company providing world-class, cutting-edge "location
awareness" solutions and is the manufacturer of the acclaimed S3 range of products
spanning everything from personnel and asset tracking, personnel on board or on site
(POB/POS), mustering, access control, safety and security to travel logistics management,
shift rotation planning and bed management.
About Ubisense
Ubisense is a market leader of location-based smart technology which enables companies
to optimise their business processes. By keeping track of key assets, Ubisense solutions
bring clarity to complex operations in industries while also improving quality and
reliability. Ubisense uses a unique combination of advanced industry knowledge and an
experienced team to deliver effective and superior solutions that offer unprecedented
visibility, control and accuracy, delivering time and cost savings. Ubisense solutions are
easy to implement and flexible to a particular businesses needs, no matter which area of
the globe they operate in.
Ubisense offers two location-oriented products; RTLS (Real-time Location Solutions)
and Geospatial Systems, and operates in a number of industries ranging from manufacturing
and utilities to telecommunications and is used by a number of blue chip customers across
the world, such as BMW, Airbus, Aston Martin, Caterpillar and Deutsche Telekom.
Source: Ubisense
FTI Consulting, Sebastian Mathews / Jon Snowball, Tel: +44(0)20-7831-3113
AGIP Selects S3 ID Personnel Safety Solution Based on Ubisense for the World's Largest Geographic Deployment of a Real-time Personnel Location and Mustering System in Kazakhstan
CAMBRIDGE, England, August 30, 2012/PRNewswire/ --
Ubisense, a market leader in location-based smart technology, today announces that S3
ID, its partner in the oil and gas industry, has entered into an agreement with AGIP to
deploy an integrated personnel security system at its facility in Kazakhstan. The
solution, which uses unique technology from Ubisense, will play an important role in
creating and maintaining the safety and security of personnel at the facility.
In all cases of a major incident in a hazardous environment, it is crucial for the
emergency response service to know exactly who was present on the facility at the time of
the incident and exactly who is accounted for after the incident, usually at muster
points, so that any persons unaccounted for may be searched for and rescued. The system
being selected by AGIP will enable this information to be available instantaneously at
multiple locations on and off site, ensuring enhanced personnel safety and security.
S3 ID, working with the unique Ultra Wide-Band (UWB) solutions from Ubisense, works
with organisations that have personnel working in hazardous environments to provide
real-time personnel location awareness, mustering and access control of safety and
security solutions. Whilst the primary function of the technology is to enhance safety, it
can also be used for access control and security purposes, managing personnel logistics
and automatically recording time and attendance on-site.
By using the UWB tags from Ubisense, the system can also provide a more accurate,
contactless monitoring solution. Users will wear a small battery powered tag that, when
read by sensors, can provide precise three-dimensional location information to an accuracy
of better than half a metre at ranges of up to 200m. As the tag reading is contactless,
reading is performed automatically, which is crucial in rapid mustering scenarios.
Richard Green, CEO of Ubisense, said: "We are delighted to be working with S3 ID on
this critically important project for AGIP in Kazakhstan. The ability of our UWB solutions
to provide accurate, precise and three-dimensional location information is increasingly
important to a number of manufacturing industries and also for the people working in those
more hazardous environments."
Doug Woodbridge, Sales and Marketing VP S3 ID, commented: "Selection by AGIP is
recognition of the unique position of S3 ID in the provision of location-aware safety and
mustering systems to the oil and gas industry."
The S3 ID system is commonly used to know where personnel are, for example to control
the maximum "Personnel on Board" in a specified environment. However, tags can also be
used for rapid electronic mustering, access control and security purposes. Tags can even
be used to control permits to work and electronically validate "permissions" allowing only
authorised personnel to use specific control systems by automatically granting (or
denying) them access subject to permissions allocated on the central database. Even time
and attendance at a given location can be recorded if required. Beyond these more common
uses, knowing the location and disposition of all personnel in a crisis can also enable
pro-active management of the situation (crisis management).
About S3ID
S3 ID is an international company providing world-class, cutting-edge "location
awareness" solutions and is the manufacturer of the acclaimed S3 range of products
spanning everything from personnel and asset tracking, personnel on board or on site
(POB/POS), mustering, access control, safety and security to travel logistics management,
shift rotation planning and bed management.
About Ubisense
Ubisense is a market leader of location-based smart technology which enables companies
to optimise their business processes. By keeping track of key assets, Ubisense solutions
bring clarity to complex operations in industries while also improving quality and
reliability. Ubisense uses a unique combination of advanced industry knowledge and an
experienced team to deliver effective and superior solutions that offer unprecedented
visibility, control and accuracy, delivering time and cost savings. Ubisense solutions are
easy to implement and flexible to a particular businesses needs, no matter which area of
the globe they operate in.
Ubisense offers two location-oriented products; RTLS (Real-time Location Solutions)
and Geospatial Systems, and operates in a number of industries ranging from manufacturing
and utilities to telecommunications and is used by a number of blue chip customers across
the world, such as BMW, Airbus, Aston Martin, Caterpillar and Deutsche Telekom.
Source: Ubisense
FTI Consulting, Sebastian Mathews / Jon Snowball, Tel: +44(0)20-7831-3113