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What makes oil and gas perimeters different?

Three things separate an energy site from a normal industrial fence. Distance: a refinery or tank farm perimeter is measured in kilometers, and pipeline corridors in tens of kilometers. Hazardous area classification: large parts of the site restrict what powered electronics can be installed. And consequence: theft, vandalism and activist incursions at an energy facility carry process safety and downtime costs far beyond the loss itself.

Which standards drive security decisions?

API Standard 780 defines the security risk assessment methodology the industry uses to justify and document measures. Waterfront refineries and terminals fall under MTSA, 33 CFR Part 105, with a Coast Guard approved Facility Security Plan. The CFATS program lapsed in July 2023 and remains unauthorized, though CISA encourages voluntary adherence and many operators still run to their existing site security plans. TSA pipeline security guidelines and insurer loss prevention audits round out the picture. All of them expect a documented, risk based detection layer.

How does fiber sensing fit hazardous areas?

The sensing element of RaySense AI DAS is optical fiber: glass, with no electricity in the field. The active electronics sit in the control room, kilometers away from the classified zone, which makes the architecture a natural fit where powered field devices are a problem. One unit monitors long perimeter runs and locates events along the fiber, so the fence beside the flare and the fence at the truck gate are separate zones with separate tuning.

What about pipelines and third party digging?

RaySense LGDS buries the fiber along the right of way and detects walking, vehicles and digging near the line, while RaySense TPI is tuned specifically for third party interference: the excavator that shows up next to the pipeline is reported while it digs, not after the strike.

Which RBtec products fit oil, gas and petrochemical sites?

• RaySense AI DAS. Long perimeter fence sensing with all electronics outside the hazardous zone.
• RaySense LGDS. Buried detection along pipeline corridors and open approaches.
• RaySense TPI. Third party interference and digging detection along the right of way.

How does a deployment run?

Sector by sector along the fence or right of way, engineered with RBtec design support and installed by the site contractor. The passive field architecture means no hot work permits for powered devices along the line and very little to maintain once commissioned.