The project for the comprehensive security & surveillance system was won as a turnkey project by Majees Technical Services LLC - a turnkey solutions provider based in Oman who specializes in the areas of Fire & Security, Telecoms, Oil & Gas, Vehicle Tracking and Civil Contracting. Majees already had an impressive track record of delivering turnkey security solutions within the Oil & Gas industry.

The security & surveillance project benefited greatly from the advice and guidance of the Royal Oman Police and has introduced systems for securing the LNG complex and providing 24x7 monitoring and surveillance for the protection of people and assets. From a modern control room the company now enjoys a comprehensive overview of activities around the facilities, which enables early intervention and maximum safety.

General manager of the Fire & Security Division at Majees Technical Services LLC Mr. Sekhar Subramonian explains, "One of the key requirements for the project was to design and develop a complete integrated security solution for the coastal and perimeter surveillance with long and medium range PTZ cameras and fence mounted PIDS. All gates in and around the plant were required to be latest technology high speed gates with high end access control systems. The alarm management and control room were further to be fitted with state of the art systems with complete redundancy in both the physical as well as in all the equipment layers".

"AMG designed the dual redundant loops using their unique 3700 series. We implemented single channel video insert equipment with various interfaces and contact closures in dual redundant configuration using single fibre cores. This allowed us to provide a complete dual redundant solution which is future proof and caters for easy future expansion. AMG's transmission solution provides us with industry grade devices capable of withstanding the tough environmental standards on the site whilst delivering excellent transmission quality. As there is no compression, everything is real-time and we could easily separate different protocols without any compatibility issues".

The CCTV solution at the Oman LNG Plant currently includes 40 PTZ cameras working in tandem with 5 dual redundant loops mixing different protocols. Additionally the solution has 12 PTZ cameras in star connectivity. The AMG transmission solution is further used for transmission of the PIDS and gate alarms, taking them to the control room for centralized alarm management. The solution operates a central control room which handles the central alarm management as well as several partitioned remote control rooms. All the control rooms receive all their signals via the uncompressed digital AMG transmission solution.

According to Sekhar Subramonian; "When considering the integrated security systems for applications like oil and gas plants, it is very important to find the right products and suppliers. In working with suppliers such as AMG who deliver state of the art technology, Majees successfully added great value to the client requirements in supplying the most reliable and advanced products. This has without doubt ensured the highest level of security, meeting current - and future - demands".

The OMAN LNG Security & Surveillance project was commenced in August 2007, with the full support of the Omani Government, and the completed solution was formally inaugurated on the 7th of July 2009 under the patronage of Lieutenant-General Malik bin Suleiman Al Ma'amari, inspector- general of police and customs.