A remote terminal unit - of whatever color - is more than a black box

摘要

The RTU has been a workhorse of the petroleum industry for more than 20 years - a thoroughly domesticated animal often seen as just one more element, more or less, of the post-industrial landscape. The last several years, however, while hardly qualifying as a disruptive technology, RTUs have evolved to become a base node for the intelligent oil and gas field.