Oil & Gas

Integrated security

For large areas that require high-level security protection, VF&T’s Oil & Gas Solution enables users to keep track of critical infrastructure around the clock. Thanks to our visual and thermal technologies, security management can be easier than ever with clear and accurate remote imaging – even in low-light environments.

Operational management

Our solution helps keep critical operations up and running with cutting-edge AI and thermographic products and technologies. It also facilitates managers’ work when supervision becomes smarter and more effective. And our explosion-proof cameras do double-duty in both security and safe operational monitoring.

HSE management

VF&T’s Solution for the Oil & Gas Industry focuses on the health and safety of personnel, and meets the evolving needs of companies to identify, manage, and mitigate current and hidden safety risks. Integrating a VF&T solution into your operations means you will also minimize your environmental impact with regulatory compliance.

Centralized management

Our solution for the Oil & Gas Industry also features an all-inclusive dashboard to present perceived data in an intuitive, visualized way.

The dashboard equips operations teams with a bird’s eye view and multidimensional analytics, displaying on-going site operations and real-time inspection status with detailed information and data indexing, which aids decision-making.

Arm perimeters at oil fields, chemical plants and tank farms

VF&T’s solution helps detect all kinds of vehicles and personnel approaching restricted areas and identifies vandalism and suspicious activity – such as breaching a perimeter – in real time. It can stop intruders in their tracks or alert personnel of their presence before the risks become disasters.

Protect long-distance pipelines and critical zones

Users will enjoy a wide-range of protections with timely alarms triggered even in darkness by applying AI-powered thermal cameras. These advantages enable the prevention of damage to pipelines and critical zones, especially at remote sites. Security staff can visually verify the nature of every incident remotely and respond efficiently.

Fire risks prevention and temperature measurement – Before disaster strikes

VF&T’s Thermography Cameras have been used widely in detecting temperature anomalies before a fire starts, finding hot spots in warehouses, production areas, machinery, and more. Actions can be taken early to prevent a fire before the worst happens.

These cameras feature: 

• 24/7 monitoring in any weather
• Early warning enabled by temperature anomaly algorithms
• High accuracy rate as it leverages both thermal and optical smoke detection technologies
• Wide spatial coverage with thermal speed domes or positioning systems

Entrance & Exit Control

VF&T offers convenient and efficient entrance & exit control for oil and gas facilities, tank farms, petrol stations, and so on, with or without a security booth at the gate.

Under Vehicle Surveillance System

VF&T offers clear underside imaging of vehicles entering an industrial plant, enabling under-vehicle security checks to reduce threats and risks.

On-Site Driving Regulations and Management

Vehicle regulation and management is especially critical because vehicles often carry hazardous materials that require special training licenses, specific protocols, and extreme caution. With VF&T’s specially-design traffic management products, the solution effectively prevents dangerous behaviors such as driving over the speed limit or illegal parking in prohibited areas.

Process monitoring

High-value explosion-proof and anti-corrosion cameras are used widely in the oil and gas industry for operational monitoring, as well as covering the upstream, midstream and downstream processes throughout the value chain:

• Safeguarding operations in onshore oil fields
• Protecting operations on offshore platforms
• Ensuring smooth transportation of marine vessels
• Monitoring leaks and other disruptions in processing plants

Temperature monitoring

VF&T equipment monitors temperatures of critical equipment every hour of every day. Our solution helps detect the corrosion of pipelines, tanks, and other storage equipment before oil or gas leaks occur. Users can make timely repairs before overheating to prevent damage and downtime. Liquid level detection measures the levels of oil & gas from afar in tank farms and oil tankers to guard against overflows or leakage.

Flare monitoring

Hazardous gases generated from hydro-carbon processing needs to be disposed of through flaring. Continuous temperature monitoring with thermal imaging perfectly suits this process. Alarms will be raised if a flame burns hotter or cooler than expected, or even stops altogether, thus mitigating the risk of explosion or other negative environmental impact.

Real-time truck GPS tracking and monitoring

VF&T’s solution brings more standardization to the entire transportation process. Companies can create schedules and assignments for drivers in advance with defined routes and delivery times, as well as keep track of the whole operation in real time through GPS and video monitoring. Post-event video recording serves as valuable evidence of incidents such as traffic accidents.

Comprehensive driver protection & assistance

The intelligent ADAS system helps identify the risk of collision with another vehicle, pedestrians in the roadways, and more, by triggering audio warnings. It also helps cover blind spots and detects dangerous activity of a driver – such as fatigued driving, smoking while driving, and making phone calls – facilitating prompt intervention when needed.

Improved decision-making with diverse data & reports

A variety of potent, user-friendly report models are presented to transportation companies, providing critical information such as mileage, online hours, events & alarms, on-time arrivals and more, helping them handle emergencies and make smarter decisions.

PPE detection

Requirements for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) – the protective-wear that ensures worker safety – is a must in these industries. But enforcement can be a challenge across the worksite. Remote PPE checks intelligently use video imaging to help managers ensure employees are wearing helmets and other PPE, which could mean the difference between life and death in hazardous environments.

Safe distance management

Safe distance warning alerts notify supervisors when their employees get too close to dangerous or restricted areas, or when someone breaches the HSE rules.

Abnormal activity monitoring

Abnormal activity monitoring detects and responds fast to emergencies and hazardous events that may threaten worker safety, such as falling down, running, unauthorized gathering, and more.

Field operation supervision

Field Operation Supervision plays a critical role in high risk operations such as maintenance, repairs, and all the various labor-intensive processes.

Our solution offers a powerful, efficient alternative to real-time monitoring realized by on-site VF&T cameras for particular spots and Portable PTZ or Body-Worn Cameras for on-going operations. These cameras with AI-powered analytics help identify non-compliant practices, thus building a closed-loop management system covering accurate warning alerts, tasks dispatching and handling before closing the review requests. This streamlines the whole safety supervision process and ensures operational safety and compliance.