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IndigoVision’s IP video technology is providing end-to-end surveillance for one of the largest integrated oil and gas projects. Sakhalin-2 was built from scratch in the harsh subarctic environment of Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East. Phase 1 involved oil production from an offshore platform installed at the Piltun-Astokhskoye field in 1999. Phase 2 included the installation of two further platforms, 300-kilometer offshore pipelines connecting all three platforms to the shore, more than 800-kilometer onshore oil and gas pipelines, an onshore processing facility, an oil export terminal and the construction of Russia’s first liquefied natural gas plant. Sakhalin-2 has standardized on IndigoVision’s solution, with more than 600 cameras providing remote monitoring for the entire infrastructure in what is believed to be the largest wide-area IP video surveillance system.
IndigoVision IP Surveillance Weathers Storms at Russian Gas Plant
Date: 2011/05/05
Source: IndigoVision
IndigoVision's IP alarm panels are used throughout the system to interface to remote hardware alarms from process systems and ancillary equipment. These are then monitored using the alarm handling capability, automatically alerting operators to potential operational and security problems. Each IP alarm panel has 32 optoisolated binary inputs and eight relay outputs.
Sakalin-2 uses real-time analytics running in IndigoVision's encoders and network cameras to automatically alert operators to potential problems. Functions such as virtual tripwire will automatically trigger an alarm if a person or vehicle enters a restricted area. With so many cameras to monitor, real-time analytics can play an important role in helping to improve operator efficiency and incident response.
The improved remote surveillance capability has allowed the security of 104 important Block Valve Stations (BVS) to be monitored from a central location as well as local satellite control rooms. This completely replaces the manned guarding operation at each BVS that was necessary with the old system, significantly reducing travel and staffing costs.