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March 26th, 2015

ConocoPhillips O&G Operations Go With SpeedCast SATCOM Services


[SatNews] SpeedCast International Limited (SpeedCast) has been awarded a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract for delivery of satellite communications services by ConocoPhillips, the world’s largest independent exploration and production company.

With this latest contract, SpeedCast will significantly increase the primary satellite communications services to the ConocoPhillips operated asset located in the Bayu-Undan field in the Timor Sea between Darwin and Timor-Leste. The SpeedCast service will provide high speed connectivity between ConocoPhillip’s offshore production facilities in the Bayu-Undan field in the Timor Sea and their regional headquarters in Perth, Australia.  With this latest contract, the size of the link will increase to 60Mbps in both directions, representing one of the largest point-to-point links for commercial purposes in the Australian region. The high-performance IP connectivity will be used for operational and social communications, including data and voice, as well as crew welfare applications.
 
SpeedCast has been providing satellite communications services to ConocoPhillips for over 10 years, for a variety of different applications, including offshore vessels and platforms, using a wide range of satellite technologies to meet ConocoPhillips’ evolving requirements. This announcement follows SpeedCast’s announced acquisitions of Hermes Datacomms in March and Geolink Satellite Services in February, which will further enhance SpeedCast’s products and services tailored for the energy and maritime sectors.