IoT development · Industrial IoT
Next Orbit delivers industrial IoT solutions oil and gas UAE operators, contractors and service companies use to monitor wells, pipelines, tanks and rotating equipment. Industrial IoT adds sensors, edge gateways and secure data paths to assets that SCADA does not cover. It also reaches assets that sit far from the control room. Readings reach engineers in a dashboard and a mobile app, and feed maintenance, production and project systems. Safety and cyber-security rules shape every design decision.
Quick answer
Industrial IoT solutions in oil and gas in the UAE connect wells, pipelines, tanks and rotating equipment to secure data platforms and dashboards. They sit alongside the existing SCADA and distributed control systems rather than replacing them. Next Orbit designs the sensor and edge layer with hazardous-area rated hardware and reads existing instruments over OPC UA and Modbus. Data is published over MQTT to historians, dashboards, alerts and the mobile apps that engineers use. Typical outcomes are remote well and tank monitoring, pipeline pressure and leak alerts, condition monitoring on pumps and compressors and emissions data. Work is delivered from Dubai for operators and contractors across the UAE and the GCC.
What we deliver
Pick a deliverable to see what it covers and the part of the stack behind it.
Deliverable 01
Sensors and edge gateways for wellheads, tank farms, pipelines, pumps, compressors and generators, chosen for hazardous-area zones, heat and dust. Edge devices buffer data when connectivity drops. They report over cellular, satellite or LoRaWAN where cabling is not possible, with secure device identity on every unit.
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Deliverable 02
Read-only connections to existing PLCs, RTUs and SCADA tags through OPC UA, Modbus TCP and serial. The reads are placed in a demilitarised zone with one-way data flow, so the control network is never exposed. Tags are mapped once, documented and version-controlled, and tested with your automation team before go-live.
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Deliverable 03
An MQTT broker and time-series store with a unified namespace that names every asset, site and measurement consistently. Data from SCADA, IoT sensors and manual rounds lands in one model, so dashboards and reports share one source. Hosting is SaaS or a dedicated deployment where your compliance rules require it.
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Deliverable 04
Operations dashboards by field, site and asset show pressure, flow, level, temperature, vibration and run-hour trends. Threshold and rate-of-change alerts reach control rooms and phones. Condition monitoring flags pumps and compressors for inspection before they fail. Dashboards are bilingual and designed by our UI and UX team.
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Deliverable 05
Arabic and English mobile apps for operators and technicians with live readings and alarm acknowledgement. They also take manual readings where no sensor exists, run inspection checklists with photos and sync offline on remote sites. Apps are built with Flutter or natively and share the platform APIs used by the dashboards.
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Deliverable 06
Installation and retrofit programmes are tracked with baselines, S-curves, progress and approvals on MeezanX, which Next Orbit offers, implements and supports. Readings and alerts also flow to maintenance systems and ERP through our systems integration team, so work orders and spares follow the data.
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Part of our IoT development service. The same architecture-first process, quality control and support apply; tell us the problem and one of our expert engineers will map it to a plan.
Discovery CallThe work is delivered from one office in Dubai, at Mai Tower in Al Nahda 1.
Clients are across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, the whole UAE and the GCC. As an IoT development company in the UAE we handle the full stack. That means hazardous-area rated sensors and gateways, OPC UA and Modbus connectivity, SCADA and historian connections, MQTT brokers, dashboards, alerts and mobile apps. Project controls for the installation programme can run on MeezanX, which Next Orbit offers, implements and supports.
Remote wells, tank farms, pipelines and standby equipment that SCADA does not cover or reaches only through manual rounds.
Also condition data that maintenance teams need to plan work before failures.
Hazardous-area rated devices, segregated networks and one-way data flows out of the control zone.
OPC UA and Modbus reads that never write to control systems, encrypted transport and audited access.
Site assessment, sensor and gateway selection, SCADA and historian connections, an MQTT platform, dashboards, alerts and mobile apps.
Also project controls and a support plan with documented runbooks.
Architecture-first
Before a line of production code is written we draw the system: the people who use it, the services behind it and the systems it must talk to. This reference architecture from our IoT development practice is the starting point we adapt to your operation.
Flow 01 Sensors & devices Gateways & connectivity Cloud platform
Flow 02 Retrofit add-ons Gateways & connectivity SCADA / historian
Flow 03 Sensors & devices Gateways & connectivity Dashboards, alerts, apps
Technology stack
Chosen per project from tools we run in production. Pick a category to see the part of the stack behind it.
How it runs
5 stages, each with a deliverable you can review and sign off before the next begins.
We review assets, existing SCADA tags, networks, hazardous-area zones and the questions operations want answered.
Sensor and gateway selection, network segregation, data model, alert rules, dashboards and apps agreed with your automation and HSE teams.
One site or asset group connected end to end, run until readings, alerts and security reviews are signed off.
Remaining sites connected, SCADA and historian connections completed, runbooks written and operators trained.
Device and firmware maintenance, new assets, new analytics and periodic security reviews with your team.
Who it is for
Remote well, tank and pipeline monitoring alongside existing SCADA and historians.
Condition data, progress reporting and handover documentation on retrofit programmes.
Monitoring of rental pumps, generators, compressors and tanks on client sites.
Level, temperature and leak monitoring with alerts and compliance reports.
Pressure, flow and cathodic protection readings from stations without staff.
Condition monitoring and emissions data for equipment outside the DCS scope.
Platforms we offer
e-trainia is our own platform; e-tijariX, MeezanX and AuthentiQ we implement and support. Each can be customised for your operation.
EPC project controls & governance
Plan, actual and forecast for EPC projects in one controlled system, not a stack of spreadsheets.
S-curves recalculated on every approval
Explore MeezanXQuestions, answered
Remote monitoring of wells, tanks, pipelines and rotating equipment, and condition monitoring for maintenance planning. Also emissions and flare data, contractor progress reporting and mobile apps for field staff. The platform sits alongside SCADA and the DCS, reads from them where permitted and adds sensors where they do not reach.
The IoT platform reads tags through OPC UA or Modbus from a server in a demilitarised zone. Data flows one way out of the control network, with no write path back. Access is audited and transport is encrypted. The design is reviewed with your automation and cyber-security teams before anything is connected.
Yes. Our engineers work from Dubai and deliver on sites in Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah and across the GCC. Site assessments, installation supervision and commissioning happen on location. The platform, dashboards and support are run from our Dubai office.
One that understands hazardous-area equipment, OPC UA and Modbus, network segregation and the approval processes of operators and EPC contractors. It should build the software layer as well as supply hardware. Our guide to oil and gas software in the UAE explains how we work with operators and contractors.
Yes. We build Arabic and English mobile apps with live readings, alarm acknowledgement, manual readings and inspection checklists with photos. They sync offline for remote sites. Apps share the platform APIs used by the dashboards, so an alarm acknowledged on a phone is visible in the control room view.
Yes. Condition alerts can raise work orders in your maintenance system. Consumption and run-hour data can post to the ERP for costing and spares planning. Project controls for the installation programme run on MeezanX, which Next Orbit offers, implements and supports. Request a demo on Next Orbit sample data.
Further reading
How an IoT development company in Dubai plans industrial IoT: sensors, connectivity, edge, security, UAE site conditions and a checklist for picking a partner.
How to choose system integrators in the UAE: integration types, patterns in plain words, questions to ask, how scoping works and a selection checklist.
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What happens next
A Discovery Call maps your operation to a plan: what to build first, what it connects to and how it goes live.
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