CapRock bags communication contract from Genting Oil

Houston-based remote environment communication firm CapRock Communications announced on Monday an agreement with Genting Oil Kasuri Pte. Ltd. (GOKPL) to provide satellite connectivity to support its Seismic and Drilling program in Kasuri Block, located onshore south of Bintuni Bay in West Papua province. GOKPL is the oil and gas division of Malaysian firm Genting Oil & Gas Limited (GOGL).

 

CapRock?s VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) solutions provide clients operating in locations where terrestrial infrastructure is either unavailable or unreliable with access to dependable communications. The satellite solutions provide an ?always-on? connection that is similar to that found in a corporate setting. ?Kasuri Block is located in a remote area of Papua where network accessibility is limited,? said CapRock Vice President and General Manager of Southeast Asia Ian Ford. ?With our solutions, GOKPL is able to provide network connectivity to its remote sites so that each site can operate as smoothly and efficiently as the GOKPL offices located in urban areas.?

 

As part of the award, CapRock will deploy its managed VSAT solutions that include equipment and installation, service and support to five sites within the drilling camp. The five sites include a construction location, seismic area, two field offices and a drilling site. GOKPL will use the satellite connectivity for VoIP (Voice over IP), corporate networking and direct communication between the remote sites and GOKPL?s head office in Jakarta, Indonesia. The solutions will leverage fixed C-band antennas and provide the sites with data rates from 128 Kbps to 512 Kbps using SCPC (Single Channel per Carrier) technology. (alex)