To keep up with evolving risks and ensure continued safe and efficient operating practices, ENTP, part of Algeria’s state-owned oil company Sonatrach Group planned a major upgrade project, ENTP EYES, to modernise and expand video surveillance and take advantage of the latest advances in AI-powered video analytics.
To address these challenges and other priorities – including demanding project timelines and the need for minimal disruption and system downtime during implementation – specialist integration contractor EPE Retelem SPA was commissioned to carry out the work and they in turn recommended an end-to-end solution from Idis. Sonatrach’s operations are essential to the country’s energy security and are a key part of Algeria’s critical national infrastructure.
ENTP’s objectives included ensuring a fast, efficient response to incidents, improving preventative maintenance, and achieving the safest working conditions with near-incident detection. The project involved the delivery of an upgrade at almost 70 geographically dispersed wells and drilling facilities, as well as at ENTP’s headquarters.
An upgraded solution was needed to leverage the latest IP video functionalities – including AI analytics and more powerful VMS – and ensure long-lasting, optimum camera performance and image quality even in harsh operating environments. As part of the upgrade, ENTP also wanted to significantly expand coverage, remove surveillance blind spots, and improve resilience with failover to protect against a range of fault conditions.
With extra coverage and higher image quality, ENTP also knew it needed to increase and optimise video data storage capacity but wanted to do this without significantly increasing costs.
The solution centred around the Idis plug-and-play Direct IP technology which minimised installation time and further reduced costs, with assured instant and seamless operability of all devices and video management software. The scalable Idis Solution Suite VMS is designed for easy use, with remote diagnostics which has eliminated the maintenance burden and ongoing annual license fees associated with conventional video solutions to ensure a low total cost of ownership.
Idis centralised management allows remote access including live-view, playback, footage retrieval and camera configuration, while the Idis Mobile Plus app puts Idis’s enterprise-class VMS at remote workers’ fingertips to ensure real-time security and safety management while on the move.
In addition, Idis advanced AI-powered analytics now support security staff with accurate 24/7 alerts and notifications to ensure detection and a rapid response every time a potential risk event occurs.
”Our Idis video solution, delivered by EPE Retelem SPA, assures us of complete domain awareness across our operations. It has further enhanced our response capabilities with advanced, automated detection and the latest highly accurate AI analytics functions,” commented Mustapha Mehessim, ENTP.
