Infinova cameras are spread over wide area are connected by fiber optics to provide high performance transmission.

Solution: Infinova high-speed dome cameras and fiber optics

Rompetrol Refinare SA, Romania's second largest oil company, is using an Infinova fiber-optics video system to watch over its multiple facilities inside the 480 hectares (1,186 acres) Rompetrol Rafinare Refinery (formerly called the Petromidia Refinery) in Navodari. Using Infinova outdoor cameras, placed throughout the facility, many with an IP66 rating to protect against the maritime environment, refinery and oil terminal security operations staff can view what is going on within the refinery at all times plus refer to a record of any incidences using Infinova DVRs.

The system also features an Infinova V2010 video matrix switcher system which lets ten refinery security operations personnel view ten monitors while operating ten keyboards simultaneously. The system is used by Rompetrol Rafinare SA operators but administered by the integrator, Global Security System SA (Bucharest).

"We refine over 14,000 tons of crude oil per day so it is very important that we can monitor activities throughout our refinery. However, it is quite difficult to provide high performance video in such a large area, especially one with all the electrical interference found in a refinery," explains Laurentiu Sofron, Rompetrol Refinare SA project manager. "Not only could Infinova supply us with the whole range of video products, from cameras to DVRs, they also could provide the fiber optics equipment. We felt that having all products in our system under one brand name would be a tremendous advantage for us."