The recent news from Nigeria, where the nation’s pipelines might be losing up to 300,000 barrels of oil a day, highlights the security threats to critical national infrastructure and the profound consequences when they are realised.
There are literally hundreds of security solutions on the market that claim they can help secure CNI (Critical National Infrastructure) assets, but the majority are only really suitable for the protection of accessible locations with power and communications on hand, and road or rail infrastructure to enable a timely response.
In practice the real world is rarely this accommodating. Many critical assets, such as oil and gas pipelines, are located in remote and hostile environments with significant or escalating security threats.
Oil and gas consumption continues to rise, driving exploration, extraction and processing into ever more such hostile and remote locations. However, identifying and recovering valuable oil and gas reserves means nothing without the security of supply. For the full article click here
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