This project will develop and trial a disruptive system for controlling land based oil and gas wells remotely. The system will deliver cost effective radio communications between a well and an operations centre or field service team, uploading instrumentation data and enabling the well to be shut in (sealed) from a safe distance. A pre-production prototype system will be designed, built, installed in the field and trialed. The project leverages our core competences and experience, and our existing customer relationships and routes to market. We have been approached by a number of potential customers requesting this control capability. In consultation with potential customers, a target specification will be defined. Electronic, mechanical, software and system development work will deliver the pre-production prototype. Development will focus on delivering the required system range and high reliability performance, whilst operating safely in an explosive gas environment. This project is both commercially and technically innovative. We believe this project will lead to the world’s first intrinsically safe radio system for controlling land wells remotely. There are significant technical challenges to overcome to design a radio link operating in an explosive gas environment. We filed a patent on this concept in 2011 and anticipate the project will lead to further patent applications. The project will deliver broad impact to a variety of stakeholders. During the project we expect to stimulate the local economy through creating employment and subcontracting work. The system will deliver economic benefits to oil companies through reducing lost production, safety benefits to field engineers through reducing operations in explosive areas and environmental benefits through providing additional protection against leaking wells. Following completion of the project we plan to outsource manufacture of system components, stimulating the wider UK economy.