Case Study

Focus : Fleet Performance & Employee/Contractor Safety

Sector: Energy | Fleet Size: 750+

Highlights

Organization

Canadian Natural is one of the largest

independent crude oil and natural gas
producers in the world.

Real-time performance monitoring of

light duty vehicles
Real-time alert notification for driver
safety compliance
Manage security, reducing exposure
to theft of ATV fleet
Maintain compliance and visibility for
work alone legislation
Transition/re-direct 600+ devices
from a rudimentary application to the
Storm Telematics enterprise platform
Replace CDMA modems with HSPA
modems

Hardware
Operating Voltage
12 and 24 volt vehicle system

Natural Gas
Second largest independent natural gas producer in Canada.
Controls the largest undeveloped land base in the relatively undeveloped, natural
gas prone areas of Northeast British Columbia and Northwest Alberta.
North American Crude Oil and NGLs
Largest heavy oil producer in Canada.
Diverse portfolio of light, primary heavy, in situ oil sands, light synthetic upgraded oil
sands mining, Pelican Lake oil and natural gas liquids.
Horizon Oil Sands
World class opportunity for oil sands mining with six billion barrels of resource
potential.
Supports 232,000 250,000 barrels per day of light, sweet, crude oil production for
over 40 years, with no production declines.
International Crude Oil
Significant exploitation opportunities in the North Sea core region.
Exploration and exploitation opportunities offshore Cte dIvoire and development
project offshore Gabon.

GPS
50 channel GPS
2.0 meter CEP (with SBAS) Location
Accuracy
162dBm Tracking Sensitivity
AGPS Capable

Application

Power Consumption
6-32 VDC
3mA@ 12V (deep sleep)
10mA@ 12V (sleep on network with SMS)
20mA@12V (sleep on network with GPRS)
70mA@ 12V (active tracking)

T ransition its 600+ vehicles (from 10 different operating districts) off of its then fleet
management software system (BSM Wireless), seamlessly redirecting all data to the Storm
Telematics platform;

 s part of the transition, Storm Telematics had to replace all legacy CDMA modems with
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new HSPA modems as the CDMA network is in the process of being discontinued;

 anadian Natural has also deployed satellite tracking devices onto the ATV fleet in order to
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reduce exposure to theft;

 anadian Natural wish to take a proactive approach to reducing exposure to Safety

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incidents by curbing speeding infractions;

 btain Diagnostic Trouble Codes from the vehicle onboard vehicle computer reporting
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on various metrics, including seatbelt usage.

Form Factor
90x54x20mm
74g (external), 85g (internal) weight
Temperature
-30 to +75 C (operating)
-40 to +85 C (storage)
Humidity
95%RH@ 50C non-condensing

Canadian Natural engaged Storm Telematics to:

Case Study
Focus : Fleet Performance & Employee/Contractor Safety
Sector: Energy | Fleet Size: 750+

Solution Suite
SMART-vu Pro Platform TS Series
(Onboard hardware)
A rugged, smart device/ modem that
includes a GPS receiver, firmware and
a radio for either HSPA cellular, iridium
& globalstar satellite communications
or dual mode capabilities. Additional
peripherals can be added, such as Driver
ID, temperature/fuel sensors, in-cab
Garmin Navigation, OBDII modules.
SMART-vu Pro
(Enterprise fleet optimization software)
A powerful web-based fleet software
application that provides advanced
mapping features, a comprehensive
alerting engine, and extensive reporting
that drives efficiency and cost savings
that are measurable throughout the
engagement.
SMART-vu Analytics
(Customized reporting platform)
Allows you to access real time data from
all of your data sources allowing you to
react quickly and have your finger on the
pulse of your business by providing very
detailed, integrated reporting.
Implementation & Oversight Services
(Data Analysis)
Our professional services offering
empowers your organization to drive
process improvements and business
innovation to reduce cost, enhance
workforce safety/ driver behavior,
equipment utilization, maximizing
efficiencies.

Canadian Office
4964-98 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada, T6B 2Y7
Toll Free
Canadian Office
Email
Website

866-377-8354
780-644-9207
info@stormgps.com
www.stormgps.com

Offering
Storm Telematics SMART-vu Pro solution has delivered Canadian Natural a scalable
platform that provides greater ease of use, much more advanced mapping features
including integrated Patchmaps, in addition to detailed and comprehensive reporting.
Canadian Natural is now able to obtain critical fleet performance data within 3 clicks,
which provides for a more pleasant user experience.
Storm Telematics provides Canadian Natural a dedicated Implementation Specialist that
assists all 10 districts in optimizing their fleet assets, which includes unlimited training
and support by way of configuring scheduled reports for various Canadian Natural
stakeholders and setting up the escalation procedures using the highly flexible alerting
engine. Segmentation of assets by using the Grouping or the proprietary Hierarchy Engine
simplifies the administrative time in managing a large fleet amongst multiple divisions.

Recommendation
The TS272 device for light duty vehicles provides for an internal back up battery with the
V-Pod dongle attached which provides detail DTCs (Diagnostic Trouble Codes). The SX1 was
deployed on the ATV fleet using the Globalstar satellite network for ubiquitous coverage.

Benefits
Storm Telematics has enabled Canadian Natural to:

 egin measuring reliably specific metrics such as speeding, idling and off hour usage
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of fleet assets. Within the first Quarter of deployment, one of the divisions was able to
determine that $4,179 in fuel was used as a result directly associated with excessive
speeding (29 assets) and 3,850 Litres of fuel was used during 2,485 hours of idling
(based upon 30+ mins) a solid baseline being established for ongoing trending
analysis;

T he first division deployment achieved a 24% return on investment in year 1 and a 152%
return on investment in year 2;

Increase safety over Canadian Natural employee & contractor workforce by providing
visibility over driver behavior.

ABOUT S TO R M TE LE M ATI C S
Storm Telematics specializes in providing advanced fleet optimization services for
securing, monitoring and tracking of mobile assets.
We deliver the tools to support internal safety programs, reducing fleet operating
costs, thus maximizing the return on investment. Through innovative programs and
strategies, Storm Telematics will assist its clients meet their business objectives,
improving operational efficiencies. Storm Telematics is committed to quantifying
value throughout the engagement by measuring fleet metrics, providing
benchmarking and trending analysis. The value that is delivered is never in question.