Petro Canada (now Suncor), an integrated energy company based in Ontario, Canada, was in the market for a CCTV system. The company needed the surveillance system to monitor its valves, which open and close gas flow (EH&S). The system also needed to provide general fence line and gate security.
A significant challenge was that the site spanned 380 acres with piping and buildings that could block line-of-site transmission. A dock at the water front approximately two miles away also required monitoring from its control center. In addition, the site had rail lines that needed to be monitored while filling the tanker rail cars. Cabling the site for camera transmission would have been cost prohibitive.