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Refining & petrochemicalsA refinery outfall

Oil on the water spotted by the cameras already pointed at it.

The environmental team wants two things: to know the moment oil shows on the water, and a weekly report of what was seen against what was in the tanks.

Illustrative video, generated for this page. An outfall seen from a fixed camera. Not the site.
In numbers
0
internet connection needed
Everything stays on the plant's own network.
Seen on site
Weekly
report of what was seen against the tank records
The trial is judged on this report.
Planned
Every frame
of the marked water checked for oil
The rest of the picture is ignored.
Planned
ROI

Where it saves money.

Not measured yet. The savings come from catching oil early: a smaller clean-up and a quicker, cleaner report to the regulator. We will publish the number after the trial.

$0
spent on new cameras or network work
It uses the cameras already pointed at the water.
Seen on site
What they had before

Spotted by eye, after the fact.

The cameras were there for security, not for watching the water. The camera network has no internet, on purpose.

What we set up

A digital twin first. Then watch the water.

01
Digital twin first

We rebuilt the outfall in 3D from the plant drawings and marked the area of water to watch, checked against the plant's own camera frames.

02
Mark

An area of water is marked in each camera's view.

03
Watch

Each frame of that area is checked for an oil sheen. If one shows, a message goes out with the picture.

04
Compare

Every alert is set against the tank records in a weekly report.

05
Judge

Pass or fail on the weekly report, agreed before we start.

How the check works
OUTFALL 02 · WATCHED WATER · OIL LIKELY ILLUSTRATIVE · NOT SITE FOOTAGE
Illustrative. A marked area of water, checked for an oil sheen. Not site footage.
What they hold now

A record the environmental team can show.

A message with the picture the moment oil shows. A weekly page: what was seen, what was in the tanks, and which alerts were right.

Judged on the report, not on the number of alerts.

On site

How it runs on site.

Where it runsOn a small Zapdos box on the plant's camera network, with no internet.
VideoOnly the marked water is checked. The rest is ignored.
What leavesThe alert picture, over the plant's own network. No video leaves.
If the network dropsThere is no outside link to lose. Alerts wait and the weekly report stays complete.

See your own site in this view.

Tell us the check in one sentence. We set it up on the cameras you already have. You judge it on the record.