OptaSense®: Protecting the world’s linear assets from damage

Using distributed fibre sensing to provide value-enhancing information to multiple industries

Distributed optic fibre sensing is enabling customers to cost effectively monitor their strategic assets and in some cases measure the unmeasurable.

OptaSense® is leading commercial change in multiple industries through the application of distributed fibre optic sensing (DxS) to gather information from large or complex linear assets. At the heart of its success is the ability to convert existing fibre optic assets into thousands of sensors and then apply advanced signal processing algorithm to disseminate this data in real time. This dual approach enables customers to leverage an existing asset and receive important and timely information, which in turn enables value enhancing business decisions to be made, whether to change a well completions process or dispatch security to prevent theft from an oil pipeline.

OptaSense® delivers value in multiple business markets from the Oil and Gas industry through to Defence & Security, Transport and many others. These markets require a truly global business focus and this year has seen OptaSense® open offices in Houston and Calgary as well as delivering projects in new geographical locations such as India and Nigeria to name a few.

Current OptaSense Activities

Oil & Gas Industry

We are looking at two core applications. The first is downhole monitoring with Shell where we are seeking to use the information gathered by the OptaSense® system to improve the production processes and reduce overall cost of recovery. The second is to provide security and monitoring to distribution pipeline networks like the BTC (Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan) Pipeline in Turkey or the Mangala Development Pipeline in India.

Defence and Security Industry

We are providing a cost effective method of securing high value and complex critical national infrastructure such as nuclear power stations and supporting the MoD and DoD with operational solutions.

Transport Industry

We are providing perimeter intruder detection of unauthorised personnel on the railways whether this is for theft, graffiti or terrorism and real time condition monitoring of the track asset and rolling stock.

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