You spent $20k to $50k per facility on SCADA years ago. That money is gone. It is a sunk cost. The question isn't what you paid. It's what your SCADA host invoice and the next sensor swap are costing you right now.
Built for producers running mature, declined wells. Not for Year-1 flush production where SCADA still pencils.
Labor costs are exploding. The workforce is aging. Your equipment is running harder for less oil.
Continuing to pay legacy SCADA maintenance on mature assets isn't "staying the course." It's negligence.
Most operators let the original remote monitoring purchase blind them to the loss they are paying today. This briefing is the audit they've been avoiding.
"We won't argue your SCADA was a bad call when you signed for it. It probably wasn't. The audit starts where the economics flipped: somewhere between Year 1 flush production and the declined, harder-running well you're operating today."
Why the SCADA economics that worked in Year 1 flush production are bankrupting you on the same wells today. The decline curve hits your telemetry bill harder than it hits your tank.
How to eliminate the SCADA maintenance burden entirely with a Hardware-as-a-Service model. Same remote monitoring. Same telemetry data. No service calls. No replacement parts on your tab. No key-person risk.
How to pivot from a $303k SCADA loss to profitability while keeping the real-time visibility your operation runs on. Wells stay on. Remote monitoring stays live. The telemetry maintenance drag goes away.