SES and SageNet/Spacenet Ink New Capacity Deal to
Serve Oil and Gas Industry in the US
Global satellite operator SES announced at the
Oilcomm 2014 Conference today that it has signed a
new capacity agreement with SageNet/Spacenet to help
energy companies connect their mission-critical
operations across the region.
As part of the deal, Tulsa, Oklahoma-based SageNet/Spacenet
is using Ku-band capacity on the
SES-1 satellite to provide managed enterprise
communications solutions for drilling rigs and electric and
natural gas utilities. Employees aboard drilling rigs from
across the U.S. are relying on this additional bandwidth for
high-speed broadband and high-quality voice services to
communicate with their colleagues.
“As the U.S. leads the way in global energy production,
SageNet/Spacenet is ideally positioned to meet the needs of
energy market leaders across North America,” said John
Matlaga, Vice President of Enterprise and Mobility for SES
in North America. “SES has the resources and the satellite
coverage across our growing global fleet to help SageNet/Spacenet
deliver the fast, secure and reliable connectivity energy
companies require, everywhere and anywhere it’s needed,”
noted Matlaga.
The agreement is the latest development in a productive
and long-standing partnership between SageNet/Spacenet and
SES to meet the communications demands for the oil and gas
industry. SageNet/Spacenet utilises multiple satellites
across the SES fleet to serve a broad range of markets –
from retail to oil and gas exploration and production, as
well as state lottery operations throughout the U.S.
“SES is our largest provider of satellite capacity and
expertise, and we continue to elevate our energy focus with
SES by our side,” said Brad Wise, President of SageNet/Spacenet
and a pivotal architect behind the company’s Energy Group, a
specialised business unit devoted solely to the global
energy market. “We are serving many of the largest and most
innovative energy companies in the world right here in North
America, as evidenced by this agreement aimed at meeting the
communications needs of some of the most remote locations on
earth.”
The SageNet/Spacenet Energy Group provides end-to-end
managed network services for energy market exploration,
production and distribution operations. Hallmarks of the
Energy Group’s offerings include ultra, high-speed 6x2 Mbps
satellite communications, industry-leading Service Level
Agreements, geographically diverse dual hubs with actively
managed switchover, and SageNet/Spacenet’s Premium Customer
Support (PCS) programme.
