Reliable monitoring of oil and gas pipelines using wireless sensor network (WSN) — REMONG

Development in the domain of embedded systems and communication technologies have created an industrial need to automate tasks and to render more control. Rapid advancement in data processing technologies, wireless communication, evolution of Micro-Electromechanical Systems, business intelligence, process planning and control has created a room for improvement in all areas of industrial practices related to oil and gas processing. Reliable monitoring whilst reporting to remote control rooms in a timely manner for oil and gas carrying pipelines creates a bigger challenge due to its lengthy span. In this paper, we investigate and propose an oil and gas pipeline monitoring solution based on wireless sensor networks with reliability focus on leakage sensing and wireless data communication. The system is developed indigenously and provides capability of reporting pipeline health related statistics stretched over large geographical areas.