VuWall has provided hardware and software for the control room of a government natural gas utility organisation in Greece. The VuWall system at DESFA, which was installed by integration firm Avidex, includes video wall controllers and advanced management software in order to streamline, control and visualise the incoming flow of…
Oil and gas
Daktronics provides LED display for oil firm’s control room
Daktronics has teamed teamed up with AV integrator AG Tech Kazakhstan to deliver a wall-covering LED display in oil and gas company KazMunayGas's new control and analysis centre in Astana, Kazakhstan. The installation features a single digital platform to cover the full upstream-midstream-downstream cycle, allowing the control centre to monitor,…
Gas company KVM install benefits control room
A major European gas transit operator has chosen Matrox Extio 3 KVM extenders for new dispatching and monitoring systems. The Extio 3 IP KVM extenders allow Belgium-based Fluxys to centralise noise and heat-emitting computers to a secure data centre and improve dispatcher productivity. In Belgium, Fluxys is responsible for the…
Profitable data insights visualised with UniSee
One of the UK’s leading providers of data science and predictive analytics to the oil and gas sector, has installed a Barco UniSee video wall as the centrepiece of its new head office in Aberdeen. The OPEX Group, which has grown rapidly over the past four years, is now one…
AV over IP option serves oil and gas sector well
Offshore oil platform operators may be separated from multiple mainland partners by hundreds of miles, so it is crucially important that platforms have a simple, reliable and secure digital infrastructure that enables clear and instant communications with their various collaborators. In Norway, the technology integration firm Option has blazed a…
Oiling the wheels of a vital industry sector
Oil and gas is an industry where people and machines are tested to the limit, so it’s an ideal proving ground for AV systems and the companies that supply them. “The oil and gas sector has long been an early adopter of emerging AV technologies,” says Haroutioun Ohannessian, MEA director…
Screen supreme on the high-tech trading floor
In the fast-paced world of oil and energy trading, access to the most up-to-date and clearly displayed information is a deal-breaker. The busy trading space of a US energy giant such as Exelon Corporation, which is in use up to 12 hours a day, relies upon screens that offer long…
AV drills health and safety into energy sector minds
According to Gareth Gray, regional manager for Scotland and head of energy at display vendor NEC, AV touches almost every part of the oil and gas sector. Visual collaboration and telepresence enable teams to work together across time zones and continents. Incident management and crisis rooms provide critical information to…
BP at London 2012: Fuelling the future
As official London 2012 oil and gas partner, BP wanted to communicate a number of memorable sustainability messages to the public by creating Fuelling the Future – an AV showcase housed within a temporary building inside the Olympic Village. “Our ambition for the showcase was to create an extraordinary AV…