MONMOUTH JUNCTION,
NJ - February 10, 2011 - Infinova today announced that Rompetrol Rafinare 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
Rafinare 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."
"With
fiber optics, the refinery has no problems with electro-magnetic interference
(EMI), radio frequency interference (RFI), cross-talk or ground loops,"
emphasizes Liviu Vladulescu, technical director for Global Security System SA.
"Rompetrol Rafinare SA does not need to worry about short circuits, sparks
or fire hazards with fiber. In addition, the large signal carrying capacity
of optical fibers makes it possible to provide not only many more signals, but
also more sophisticated signals than could ever be handled by a comparable amount
of copper wire."
Vladulesco
also noted that, in working with Infinova on other large projects, he knew that
the Infinova technical support had the expertise his organization would need
with local pre-sale and post-sale engineering support.
According to
Rompetrol Rafinare's Sofron, "We have many other projects planned, including
putting in video systems at our retail outlets. We will be using an Infinova
solution there as well."
Infinova recently
announced that it has gone public, raising (US) $300 million, which it will
use to grow both organically and through acquisitions.
More information
on Infinova video systems is available by going to www.infinova.com.