2ND INDIA OIL & GAS PIPELINE CONFERENCE
(APR’25-26, 2013)
VENUE: METROPOLITAN HOTEL, NEW DELHI
HANDLING OF PILFERAGE IN PIPELINES :
DIGITIZATION IN PIPELINE SURVEILLANCE &
SAFETY
BY
MANOJ JADHAW, RAGURAMAN IYER
1.SURVEILLANCE THROUGH LINE WALKER/MONITORING &
MEASURING END TO END ON DIGITAL MODE
2. SURVEILLANCE ENHANCEMENT THROUGH LIVE RECORDING ON
REAL TIME BASIS ALONG PIPELINE ROUTE
3. DIGITAL MAPPING OF ENTIRE ROU & INTEGRATING WITH
PIPELINE CONDITIONING MONITORING SYSTEM TO SEAMLESSLY
GENERATE SMS/VOICE CALL TO THE CONCERNED IN CASE OF ANY
VIOLATION FOR INSTANT ACTION
TRADITIONAL SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
CROSS COUNTRY PIPELINE
PIPELINE
POINT
A
PIPELINE
LINE
WALKER Z
LINE
WALKER Y
LINE
WALKER X
LINE
WALKER W
POINT B
PIPELINE
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POINT
C
PIPELINE
TRADITIONAL ROU MONITORING AND WAGE PAYMENT CYCLE
Supervisor submits monthly
attendance sheet to
Company ROU officer for
verification.
ROU Officer verifies and
certify for the payment to
security agency.
Supervisor collects the
attendance sheet & line
walking report on weekly
basis from SV station.
Maintain manual attendance
in muster at SV station
Salary gets disbursed to
surveillance personnel
through cheque or NEFT by
security agency.
Route walker
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GPS BASED ROU MONITORING
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KEY OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT
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Continuous monitoring of Route Monitoring Person (RMP),
Route Monitoring Supervisor (RMS)
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Criteria for the performance
- Distance, Speed, Detour/Deviation, Work Time
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Automatic generation of performance reports, monthly
attendance and payment based on performance
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Motivate for better performance
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Strengthening the Pipeline surveillance.
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Reduce third party interventions
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CORPORATION LIMITED
INSTRUMENTATION
GPS Based Route Monitoring
Live Tracking
Route Walker position
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CORPORATION LIMITED
MMBPL
GPS Based Route Monitoring
History Tracking
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Online Monitoring of Field Conditions
through Satellite Pictures
Field conditions can be viewed through satellite images.
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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA OF GPS BASED GRADES
GPS BASED GRADES
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Max speed – 6 Km/hr
Minimum Distance – 10 Km /hr
Minimum working hour – 7 hrs
Maximum Halt time – 30 minutes
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Max speed – 8 Km/hr
Minimum Distance – 10 Km /hr
Minimum working hour – 6 hrs
Maximum Halt time – 30 minutes
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Other than blue & green is Red. Red grade is not acceptable .
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Weekly Off.
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ONLINE PEFORMANCE REPORT OF RMP
The performance report of all the people working on the field can be viewed
with all the details like distance covered, Max Speed, date, etc..
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ONLINE PERFROMANCE ACCEPTANCE BY ROU
OFFICER
Blue : Excellent performance.
Green : Performance up to the mark.
Red : Performance below the mark.
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TRANSPERANCY IN WAGES
The daily attendance records are maintained as a result transparency in wages gets
maintained automatically by the officers authorization
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PROCESS FLOW
Automatic monthly performance
and attendance report generation
in the system .
On line access to security agency.
Online Evaluation and Acceptance
of RMP Performance
By BPCL ROU Officer.
Online system generated salary slips
of RMP gets transferred to the
payment gateway of security agency
Bank A/c of
Security Agency
Online System Grade
performance based on GPS input
Online Salary getting credited to each
RMP’s bank account by Security
Agency
Online Confirmation
back to BPCL
RMP with GPS Hand Set
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2. SURVEILLANCE ENHANCEMENT THROUGH LIVE
RECORDING ON REAL TIME BASIS ALONG PIPELINE
ROUTE
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HELMET CAMERA
HELMET
CAMERA
BATTERY
USB DONGLE
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HELMET CAMERA
HELMET CAMERA
SERVER
VIEWING FROM INTERNET
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HELMET CAMERA
BENEFITS:
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Quick technical support and guidance from HQ to Site
engineer/ Supervisor.
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It acts as a deterrent to encroachers developing infrastructure
near to pipeline.
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It is cost saving as visit by an ROU/Maintenance/HQ team to
site is reduced.
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MECHANICS IN PILFERAGE - THIEF PSYCHOLOGY
Level Zer0:
(Preparation)
Level One:
(Approach to
pipeline)
Level Two:
(Connecting,
Tapping,
Transporting)
A)Vicious Circle Movement in the area
B) Gathering Intelligence
C)Conducive area analysis for tapping
D) Local Network Building…
A) Readiness preparation for
Tapping
B) Excavation to reach Pipeline
C) Tunnel making/Road making
D) Team planning …
A)Clamp fixing (or)
Connecting the pipeline
B)Tapping
C)Stealing Product
D)Transportation…
DIGITAL ROU EYEALL IN ONE
INFORMATION CUM
APPLICATION TOOL
A)PERFORMANCE BASED
WAGE PYMT
B)QUALITATIVE
MONITORING USING
HELMET CAMERA/MOBILE
PHONES
A)CHAKRAVYUG PLAN- EPP
AUTOMATION
B)DECISION MAKING
USING DIGITAL TECH…
DATA AT CLICK OF MOUSE
The “ALL IN ONE” PACK
Terrain
- Terrain type-every
km photos
- Asset details
- Crossing details
- Vulnerable area
details
- All sections
- Terrain specific
narration – say
NOC/
Encroachment/
other relevant
details
- Photo
Technical
- Alignment sheet
details
- Emergency plan
- GPS Survey details
- SV/IP Location
details
- Self audits
- Approach routes
ROU Acquisition
- Village/tehsil details
- Land owner details
- Survey no. Details
- Area acquired
details
- Chainage details
ALL IN ONE – OVERVIEW
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ALL IN ONE – OVERVIEW
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Creating the “DIGITAL ROU EYE”
SMART APP FEATURES
DIGITAL ROU EYE : (Salient Features)
- A Public Domain Portal to Create Pipeline Safety Awareness.
(1st in India/ Future Plan: Common Ground Alliance, Eg: “Call 111”)
- A Powerful Information Cum Application Portal
- Terrain Topography Dynamic
- Helps as “ROU EYE” to understand terrain better & in no time
- Features : Section Summary details/ Layers: Map specific details
- Emergency Call/Alert Call/ GPS Deviation Call Automation
- Dynamic uploading by user of Value Networks all along the pipeline made
possible.
- User Friendly Data upload feature in Excel (gets converted to html)
- Scale/Elevation/ Multimedia features
- The software has been designed to be compatible with any smart phone
- Very effective in Day to Day decision making & MUCH MORE…
Challenges & Benefits
DIGITAL ROU EYE –
THE ALL IN ONE PORTAL
Challenges Faced :
- Identifying/Designing/Customizing to our needs
- Managing 65768 coordinates data of MMPL/BKPL pipeline
- Efficient search engine design/Making all Logics/one click call
- Robustness in Design- took lot of Concentrated time/effort
- Huge GBs of Data management.
- Competency for this Job- another Big challenge.
Benefits :
- Huge Cost Benefits( In terms of Manpower, Mobility time, Emergency
costs)
- Process improvement & High Value enrichment
- Authorized Person can access the data in no time & take Right, Quick
Decisions
- DYNAMIC SCALE FEATURES
- VALUE NETWORKS
EPP AUTOMATION- CHAKRAVYUG
FUTURE PLAN – INTEGRATING WITH PCMS
1.COMMISSIONING 300KM OF PIPELINE CONDITIONING MONITORING
SYSTEM FROM KOTA TO MATHURA THROUGH USE OF OFC .
2. THE OUTPUT OF INTRUDER :
DIGGING BY MANUAL , BY MACHINE
OR BY ANY OTHER FORM GETS INTEGRATED WITH DIGITAL DATA
BASE OF ROU & AUTOMATICALLY GENERATES SMS/ CAUTIONING
ADVICE TO THE CONCERNED ROU OFFICER/SECURITY AGENCY &
SUBSEQUENTLY TO THE POLICE STATION.
THE SYSTEM WILL OPERATE AUTOMATICALLY WITHOUT ANY
INTERVENTION & BRING THE CONCERNED FOR ACTION .
ACHIEVING TAPPING/PILFERAGE FREE
PIPELINE USING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES…
RESULTS & BENEFITS :
“BPCL 2600 KM PIPELINE HAD NO TAPPING/PILFERAGE
INCIDENTS FOR THE PAST 15 MONTHS”.