Case study
Keeping marginal wells profitable at low oil prices: The first automation solution purpose built for PDP
Location: Oklahoma & Texas
Partner: Siena Natural Resources
Siena Natural Resources operates 1,000+ wells across Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas. With legacy pump-off controllers failing and replacement costs climbing, profitability on low-rate rod pump wells was increasingly at risk.
This oilfield automation deployment brought well optimization and field automation to marginal producers where it was previously unaffordable — directly reducing LOE across the asset base.
Amplified's well controller brought pump-by-exception automation and real-time visibility to 75%+ of their lower-producing wells — at a fraction of the cost of traditional solutions.
The impact on workovers, electricity usage, and time-between-failures was significant. Read the full case study to see how Siena turned end-of-life marginal wells into profitable, low-rate assets.
Lack of affordable automation and telemetry leads to excessive failures and inefficiencies Siena Natural Resources, LLC ("Siena") is a privately owned oil & gas company operating 1000+ wells across Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas. The majority of these wells are marginal producers (below 15 BOEPD) presenting a structural challenge: sustaining economically viable operations with a high well count but low daily production per well. Historically, these assets were managed using a mix of basic timers and a limited number of legacy pump-off controllers (POCs). Over time, POC coverage further declined due to insufficient remote visibility, high repair costs (averaging about \$2,500-\$3,000 each), and the prohibitive cost of replacing legacy devices with new units.