HGH’s Vigiscan to perform maritime surveillance for Shell on FNLG Prelude
 
HGH’s Vigiscan to perform maritime surveillance for Shell on FNLG Prelude

Shell wants to revolutionize the production of natural gas with the construction of the world’s first floating liquefied natural gas facility, the Prelude FLNG. This major innovation assists in unlocking new energy resources offshore, with limited environmental and cost effects. A Technip Samsung Consortium will proceed with the construction of the largest floating structure ever built. It will be able to store a volume of liquefied gas equivalent to 175 Olympic swimming pools!

 
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HGH’s Vigiscan to perform maritime surveillance for Shell on FNLG Prelude
 
Shell wants to revolutionize the production of natural gas with the construction of the world’s first floating liquefied natural gas facility, the Prelude FLNG. This major innovation assists in unlocking new energy resources offshore, with limited environmental and cost effects. A Technip Samsung Consortium will proceed with the construction of the largest floating structure ever built. It will be able to store a volume of liquefied gas equivalent to 175 Olympic swimming pools!
     
HGH’s Vigiscan to perform maritime surveillance for Shell on FNLG Prelude
Shell's FNLG (floating liquefied natural gas) Prelude
(Picture: HGH)

     
There are many challenges this project presents. Security is one of them. Alcatel-Lucent, supplier of the advanced communication system, chose SeaOwl VizIR, from Scrome, to operate maritime surveillance. This system integrates two of the infrared panoramic camera VIGISCAN, by HGH, to detect and track any intrusions, day or night, on 360 degrees, over several kilometers.
     
HGH’s Vigiscan to perform maritime surveillance for Shell on FNLG Prelude
Example of intrusion detection by HGH's Vigiscan
(Picture: HGH)

     
Vigiscan proved its efficiency as a wide area persistent surveillance system, specializing in the fight against asymmetric threats. Vigiscan surpasses conventional radars because of the added detection, tracking and identification of small skiffs and rubber boats, no matter the fog and precipitation levels, or sea clutter. Based on these performances, French Navy chose to embark this sensor on frigates engaged in the fight against piracy in the Gulf of Aden. Vigiscan also won successes in port surveillance applications, as it can display and monitor the full coast, on a single screen in the control room. On the FNLG Prelude, Vigiscan will detect and discriminate any intrusion, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

About HGH Infrared Systems: HGH celebrates its 30th birthday this year. Since 1982, HGH designs, develops, assembles and sells complete optronic systems for security, industrial and civil applications. HGH established itself as an international reference for infrared technology innovation through the development of its award-winning real-time 360degree infrared camera, the Vigiscan (2008 Product of the year from Photonics Tech Briefs, 2010 Innovation Prize from the EuroNaval Committee, 2011 Kummerman award from the French Academy of Marine, 2012 GovSec Platinum Award).

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