Definition Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition SCADA information in the energy sector is typically used for near real time decision making for well, pipeline or compressor station operation. It is also key information for displaying to SCADA screens for providing visual acuity in a concentrated view of the operation, such as a tank levels for a field, manage plunger systems, view alarms for an area, monitor communications and much more. You can visualize any aspect of a business from well, pipeline, communications performance, data storage, network performance, system performance and much more. Think about the data used to urgent decisions and what data it requires, this fits the general SCADA description profile.