Although RFID is relatively new to the oil and gas industry, XERAFY and partners are collaborating to provide custom solutions for the oil industry with pipe tracking, quality control, and supply chain management. XERAFY has designed the Microx EPC Gen2 RFID tag to track large assets such as oil drill bits, pipe fitting, pumps and even platform supports for the oil and gas industry. The Xerafy Microx fits very well into the oil and gas equation with its long-range performance and ruggedized encapsulation to survive the abrasion, impact, salt spray, chemicals high temperatures and pressure common to the oil and gas environment. The Microx tag is currently being tested for asset tracking on oil equipment to ensure inventory management and quality control over order fulfillment to make sure the right equipment is installed properly. In addition, the XERAFY embedded RFID tag provides further durability over a tag merely attached externally to an asset. A secure and permanently mounted RFID tag is the most secure and effective means of real-time tracking.
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