This paper introduces the main features of the Well Intelligent Supervisory System, WISS/sup TM/, which is the result of the current efforts bring conducted by Intevep S.A. In response to the increasing demands by the Venezuelan Oil Industry, specially, Maraven S.A., a subsidiary of Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A., PDVSA, in attaining a reliable, efficient, and affordable system for supervising and controlling their day-by-day oil field operation. The system integrates our own as well as commercially available field sensors, a highly reliable communications system, and the state of the art of microcomputer technology. Preliminary results of the first field tests demonstrate a high degree of system availability.
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