Oil and Gas
Rewriting a Legacy SCADA Platform with AI
Endurance Lift had acquired a decades-old SCADA product and new AI pump-controller technology. SEQTEK made them work together, then rebuilt the old software to run on Linux with a modern interface.
The problem
Endurance Lift purchased a SCADA software product that monitors remote oil and gas production sites, integrating with rod pumps, electrical submersible pumps, and gas lift wells. The software had been written in Visual Basic over a couple of decades and deployed on Windows boxes, so much of it was old and hard to maintain.
Endurance Lift had also purchased new AI pump-controller technology, and it had to work with the older pump control systems before it could run in production.
To keep selling the product and serving customers well, the technology needed to look relevant again and be enhanced to handle what customers were asking for. Endurance Lift needed a partner who could modernize it without losing what already worked.
The solution
SEQTEK took on two problems. The first was integration: getting the new AI pump-controller technology working with the older pump control systems so it could run in production. The second was the software itself: rewriting it to run on lightweight Linux instead of Windows, with a modern interface that works at the well or on an iPad in the truck.
To understand the codebase quickly, even though much of the software was older, SEQTEK used Claude AI to analyze the product. With that understanding in hand, SEQTEK made the case that the older technology could be converted into a new version that looked relevant and could be extended as needed.
Once the initial analysis was done, the same AI tooling helped build out a feature-for-feature replacement as the minimum viable product, getting the software up and running as a straight replacement for the current system as fast as possible. That base became the platform for enhancements.
AI proved to be a strong multiplier of effectiveness, but the work depended on careful human direction. SEQTEK set the development context, methods, strategies, and conventions so that what the AI wrote followed proper, sound design. Customer feedback then drove an enhancement plan and a release schedule that extended the software with new features for Endurance Lift's clients.
The impact
SEQTEK delivered an effective replacement very quickly, giving Endurance Lift a usable product and a team that understood both the product and the customer.
The AI pump controllers now run in production alongside the older control systems, and software that once needed a Windows box runs on lightweight Linux, usable at the well or from an iPad in the truck.
From there, SEQTEK worked with Endurance Lift and their customers to understand what enhancements were needed and to build and deliver them on a steady release schedule. Releases are now automated and repeatable instead of hand-deployed, so updates ship faster and more safely. The result is a modern, maintainable platform that can keep growing with the business.
Technologies
- Claude AI
- SCADA
- Linux
- Automated deployment pipelines