O&G Distributed Fibre Optic Sensing

Alex Baird

Regional Director Security

Middle Eastand
& Africa
Infrastructure
Monitoring
March
2014
Dubai,13,
4th
5th March 2014

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AGENDA

Principles of DAS
Capabilities
References
Summary and Q&A

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How does Distributed Acoustic Sensing work?

Distributed Acoustic Sensing: The fiber is the sensor

Standard Single Mode optical fibre

ITU standards: G652, G654, G655
T1

T4,995

T4,996

T4,997

T2

T4,998

T3

One spare dark

fibre required

T4 .

T4,999

Linear Resolution: +/- 10 m

Perpendicular Detection Range: 5 to 20 m
Range: 40 to 50 km
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DAS: Acoustic Capability

Example: Hammering on Pipe

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OptaSense System Components

IU, PU, CU and Sensing Cable
Existing or newly-installed standard
Fiber Optic Cable

Interrogator Unit

Rayleigh backscatter

Sensing Fibre

Fiber cable termination unit

Probe pulse

Processing Unit
Selected Technical Data:

Control Unit with graphic

and acoustic Displays

Range of up to 50 km

Required Fiber type: ITU G.652, G.654 or G.655 (SM)

Recommended resolution configuration: 10 m

2,500Hz to 25,000 Hz sample rate

Laser Optical wave length: 1550 nm

Size: IU = 3U; PU = 1U; 19 rack

Power consumption: 60W (IU), 135W/ 180W (PU si/dual)

Operating Temperature: up to 50 degrees Celsius

Data: up to 160 Mbps (depending on applications)

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OptaSense DAS
A unique capability for pipeline monitoring

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OptaSense Security Applications

Early Third Party Activity Detection and Alerting into various platforms

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OptaSense Acoustic Capability

Automated Detection and Tracking of Vehicle and Personnel

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Automatic Acoustic Profile Classification

Sonar Technology applied to Fiber Optics

Gunfire

Digging

Driving

Walking

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Incident Prevention
OptaSense as Closed Circuit Audio

Alert here?

Digging

Alert here?

Walking

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Incident Prevention
OptaSense as Closed Circuit Audio

Concentration
of Alerts here
over time?

Time

Distance

Distance

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Incident Prevention vs. Incident Detection

Incident equals Damage equals Cost!

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Case Study
Baku-Tiblisi-Ceyhan Pipeline

OptaSense monitors 1090km of Oil pipeline in Eastern Europe.

Installed from 2010 to 2013 in 3 phases

OptaSense has successfully prevented multiple illegal hot tap events.

block valves station perimeter monitoring integrated with pipeline

security CCTV

09:30
Digging alert raised

11:14
Culprits flee

09:31
Police notified

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11:16
Police arrives

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A unique capability for pipeline monitoring

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Leak Detection
V 3.0 - Leak Detection in four Dimensions

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Differentiation in 4-mode Leak Detection

OptaSense

DTS

Mass-Flow
Balance

Acoustic
Point Sensors

Speed of detection
Localisation
Redundancy of detection
means
Multiphase product

TPI/security functionality
Complexity/ Cost of
installation
Whole life costs
Position insensitivity
PIG monitoring
Flow monitoring
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A unique capability for pipeline monitoring

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Operations Optimization: PIG Tracking

Pipeline Inspection Gauge Tracking on Oil & Gas Pipelines

Pipeline Inspection Gauge (PIG) Tracking

Real Time Location Data

Real Time Speed

Expected Time of Arrival (ETA)

Data Analysis over Time

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Data Integration & Access Routes

Putting the right data in the hands of those who need it

SMS
Email
Mobile Device AlertServer
OPC
Pelco Camera Systems
Dry Contacts
XML
3.0 Web Services
Smart Phone Applications
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Selected Security References

10,000 km Installation Base

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DAS: Distributed Acoustic Sensing

Perimeter Intrusion Detection

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Dual PIDS Installation: Fence & Ground

Early Detection of Intruders means Prevention

Ground
Installation

Fence
Installation

Stand-alone integrated
System

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Dual Layer PIDS Application

Up to 25 km
on fence

Fibre
Termination
Unit

Up to 25 km
in ground

Customized
Alert Output

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Dual Layer PIDS

Early Third Party Activity Detection & Alerting into various platforms

OptaSense detects activity before

the fence line giving you complete
situational awareness of your
perimeter and surrounding assets.

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Fence Climbing

Signal Intensity

Time

Distance

Climbing

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Fence Cutting - Snips

Signal Intensity

Time

Snip

Distance

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Fence Cutting - Hacksaw

Signal Intensity

Time

Distance

Hacksaw Noise

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Fence Climbing with Ladder

Signal Intensity

Time
Footsteps on
Ladder
Distance

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Summary and Q&A

OptaSense Perimeter Intrusion Detection System

Applicable for both ground and fence

installations/ dual layer system
Acoustic Pattern Analysis instead of
Threshold based Alert
Automatic Event Classification for
Ground Application
High Detection Rate @ minimal False
Alarm Rate
Integration with any security
management platform
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Thank you for your Time!

Infrastructure Security and Monitoring

March 13, 2014

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