Oil, Gas, Mining: On-demand, reliable data communications with and between remote operations and crews is critical to competitive, efficient and safe operations in the extraction industries. High-speed mobile data services enable, for example, exploration and drilling crews to communicate with home or regional offices by voice or data, while simultaneously enabling companies to monitor sites and collect exploration data (e.g. geophysical scan results) – no matter how remote the location. Exploration teams can transmit geo-magnetic and seismic surveys, drilling, mud logging, production testing and other data from the field for real time analysis and communications with the field to direct the on-site crews. Operating in this fashion is significantly more cost effective and efficient than flying engineers to and from to various sites.

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries: Forestry companies frequently operate beyond the reach of land-based data services. Modern forestry practices, either in selective logging or clear-cutting, require real-time analyses of conditions in the field. Environmental stewardship requirements add further to this need as issues including stream crossings, endangered wildlife, cut-size and re-seeding may require expert input. In addition real-time datacoms with field operations allows more management control and ensures better, more efficient use of people and resources. As with forestry, large or highly distributed agricultural operations, official / legal / environmental monitoring and international coordination all require communications that can only be provided by satellite. The problems facing fisheries are of a similar nature -- again there is a requirement for data to be delivered in real-time to shifting locations, coordination between various production, monitoring, regulatory and environmental assets, and promotion of efficient resource usage. Rogue or over-quota fishing must also be detected and addressed.

The OverHorizon system can support any application where you need to extend your reach and requires high data speeds, thereby enabling remote monitoring and control of more complex deployed assets and minimizing on-site visits.