Account for every person in hazardous areas.
For operators, EPCs and turnaround contractors across offshore platforms, refineries, terminals and petrochemical plants.
We design mustering and persons-on-board accountability, lone-worker safety, hot-work permit geofencing and turnaround workforce visibility — engineered for hazardous, regulated environments. Hardware-agnostic across ATEX/IECEx-certified UWB, BLE, active RFID and GPS.
Oil & gas: the use case, and the numbers it moves.
The right radio for each job — chosen, never sold — mapped to your use case. That is what makes the ROI fast.
1 · Account
Persons-on-board are tracked for full mustering accountability.
2 · Locate
ATEX/IECEx tags locate crews and assets across the field.
3 · Control
Hot-work geofencing and lone-worker duress alerts in real time.
UWB → zones · Active RFID → mustering · GNSS → field
What we keep seeing.
Mustering is too slow
In an emergency, paper or badge-swipe headcounts can take 30–45 minutes across a large site — and still leave doubt about who is actually accounted for.
Lone & remote workers are exposed
Technicians in confined spaces, tank farms and remote wellheads can go man-down with no reliable way to raise an alarm or be located.
Turnarounds are chaos to track
A shutdown brings thousands of contractors on site for weeks. Knowing who is qualified, where they are and whether hot-work permits are respected is a clipboard job.
The use cases that consistently pay back.
Mustering & POB accountability
Real-time persons-on-board counts and verified headcount at muster stations in under two minutes for emergency response and drills.
Lone-worker & man-down
Duress alarms, no-motion detection and precise location for workers in confined spaces, tank farms and remote sites.
Hot-work & exclusion geofencing
Permit-linked zones that alert when unauthorised personnel enter hot-work, simultaneous-operations (SIMOPS) or energised areas.
Turnaround & shutdown visibility
Live contractor register, competency/induction status, work-front progress and automatic gate reconciliation during TAR peaks.
Asset, tool & valve tracking
Locate test equipment, high-value tools, scaffolding and critical spares across plants, terminals and laydown yards.
Confined-space & gas-detection link
Entry/exit monitoring tied to permits, integrated with wearable gas detectors for a single safety picture.
Hardware & software ecosystem
ATEX/IECEx Zone 1 & 2 intrinsically-safe tags · UWB and BLE safety platforms · active-RFID mustering · GPS / satellite for remote and offshore · wearable gas-detection integration — selected for your safety case and environment, never by price book.
Where we plug in
SAP · IBM Maximo · permit-to-work & control-of-work systems · competency / contractor-management platforms · ERP and HSE reporting · SCADA-adjacent dashboards.
What good looks like.
What we design and document to
ATEX 2014/34/EU and IECEx (hazardous-area equipment) · IEC 62443 (OT security) · ISO 45001 (occupational health & safety) · NORSOK (offshore) · API recommended practices · lone-worker standards (e.g. BS 8484) · permit-to-work / control-of-work alignment.
On a major refinery turnaround we had roughly 1,800 contractors on site. Manual mustering was taking over 40 minutes — unacceptable if it were ever a real evacuation. With ATEX-rated tags and zone readers, verified headcount dropped to under 90 seconds and persons-on-board was accurate to the individual. It worked because TRACIO designed it around our permit-to-work process, not bolted on after.HSE Manager · downstream refinery turnaround · EMEAAnonymised at the client's request. Reference available on request.
Where the payback shows up.
Offshore platform mustering
Real-time persons-on-board and sub-two-minute verified mustering for a fixed-platform emergency-response programme.
Refinery turnaround control
Live contractor visibility, competency gating and hot-work geofencing across a multi-week shutdown with thousands of workers.
Lone-worker tank farm
Man-down and duress alerting with precise location for operators across remote tank farms and pipeline pump stations.
Solutions for this industry
Relevant case studies
Common use cases — what we keep seeing.
ATEX/IECEx-compliant personnel tracking
Problem: Oil and gas facilities have explosive-atmosphere zones (ATEX/IECEx); personnel tracking must use intrinsically-safe equipment.
Tech mix: ATEX-rated UWB or BLE tags on personnel, intrinsically-safe anchors, mustering and zone-access integration.
Outcome: Personnel tracked in real time in hazardous zones, ATEX-compliance, mustering time reduced.
Mustering and POB (personnel on board)
Problem: Offshore platforms and refineries need real-time POB counts and mustering compliance — manual roll-call is slow in an emergency.
Tech mix: BLE or UWB tags on every person, gateway coverage at muster stations, integration with safety-management system.
Outcome: Muster compliance verified in <60 sec, POB accuracy real-time, regulator/insurance-audit ready.
Lone-worker safety with man-down detection
Problem: Maintenance, inspection and security personnel work alone in remote, hazardous areas — falls, gas exposure or incapacitation require auto-detection.
Tech mix: UWB or LoRaWAN tag with motion sensor, escalation through control-room dashboard, integration with security/EMS.
Outcome: Lone-worker incidents detected in <2 min, OSHA / regulator compliance evidence, insurance premiums reduced.
Permit-to-work zone enforcement
Problem: Permit-to-work systems control access to specific areas for specific tasks — manual enforcement is error-prone.
Tech mix: BLE-AoA on permits and people, zone-access readers, integration with safety-management.
Outcome: Permit-violations eliminated, hot-work and confined-space safety improved, audit-ready evidence.
Pipeline pig-tracking and inspection
Problem: Pipeline pigs (cleaning, inspection, gel) must be tracked through pipeline runs — lost pigs cause major delays and pipeline damage risk.
Tech mix: Acoustic, magnetic or RF pig-locators, AGM (above-ground markers), GNSS for marker location, integration with pipeline-operations.
Outcome: Pig-tracking confirmed, inspection completeness verified, pipeline-integrity reporting improved.
Tubular and OCTG asset tracking
Problem: Oil-country tubular goods (drill pipe, casing, tubing) are high-value rotating assets — losing track creates capital and re-rental costs.
Tech mix: Passive RFID or marking-on-pipe identification, yard-portal readers, integration with rotable-asset management.
Outcome: OCTG loss reduced 50%+, capital tied up in rotable assets freed, rental utilisation improved.
Turnaround/shutdown workflow
Problem: Refinery and platform shutdowns are €100M+ events with thousands of work cards and hundreds of contractors converging.
Tech mix: BLE-AoA on contractors, Passive RFID on critical-tools and parts, real-time turnaround dashboard.
Outcome: Turnaround duration reduced 5-15%, work-card status real-time, contractor compliance improved.
Critical asset health monitoring
Problem: Pumps, compressors and turbines are single points of failure; unplanned downtime costs hundreds of thousands per hour.
Tech mix: Vibration, temperature and acoustic sensors via LoRaWAN, integration with CMMS and PdM platform.
Outcome: Unplanned downtime reduced 25-40%, asset-availability improved, maintenance cost per barrel reduced.
Drilling-rig material flow
Problem: Drilling-rig operations move thousands of items per well; mis-routed material causes drilling delays.
Tech mix: Passive RFID on every batch and tool, rig-floor and storage fixed readers, integration with drilling-operations software.
Outcome: Rig-floor material-search time reduced, drilling NPT (non-productive time) reduced, well-cost per metre improved.
HSE incident reporting and investigation
Problem: HSE incidents must be investigated with full context — what happened, who was nearby, what equipment was operational.
Tech mix: RTLS data on personnel and equipment archived for investigation, integration with HSE management system.
Outcome: Investigation time reduced 50%+, root-cause attribution improved, lessons-learned implementation accelerated.
Frequently asked questions
How does RTLS account for people in hazardous areas?
Real-time location, mustering and POB counts - designed for hazardous and offshore environments - mean everyone is accounted for in seconds during an emergency.
Is the hardware suitable for hazardous (ATEX/IECEx) areas?
Yes - intrinsically-safe, certified tags and infrastructure are available for explosive atmospheres; we scope certification to your zones.
Does it support lone-worker and zone safety?
Yes - man-down, panic and restricted-zone alerts protect workers in remote and high-risk areas, with a coordinated response.
What else can it track?
High-value tools, mobile assets and the condition of critical equipment - combining safety with asset integrity and uptime.
How does it integrate with our systems?
Mustering, safety and asset data feed your control-room, access-control and EAM systems, with auditable records for compliance.