![]() WiMAX is a wireless communication technology for delivering high-speed Internet service to large geographic areas. Since August 2011, these oil field networks are being upgraded from insecure radio modems to the WiMAX standard, short for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access. ![]() There always exists the threat of malfeasance, malware, malcontents and mischief - whether by homegrown or foreign terrorists, competitor states, countries or companies, for purposes of sabotage, espionage or extortion. Like the Alaskan pipeline, many Russian pipelines run long distances aboveground through remote areas. Pipelines need to be monitored and maintained. Fuel distribution is vital to the economy. The Russians face the same potential risks to their critical hydrocarbon infrastructure as we do here. Anyone with an antenna can monitor radio signals. This methodology suffers from slow communication speed and lack of security. The Russian subsidiary’s method for centrally monitoring flow, pressure, temperature, viscosity, composition, water content and other sampling data from the gathering fields, and SCADA systems responsible for command and control of valves, pumps and compressors, has been via radio communications. The parent company is far more vertically integrated than its American counterparts, in that it controls exploration, construction, production, transportation, processing and distribution all the way to the retail level, including 1,500 filling stations. The once sleepy town of Nizhnevartovsk is now one of the wealthiest cities in Russia. Think Houston or Tulsa, the oil boomtowns of the early 1900s. Production exceeds 22 million tons of hydrocarbons, and transportation of 5 billion cubic meters of natural gas. In this area, a subsidiary of one of the top ten privately owned oil companies in the world operates 8,300 production wells and 2,700 injection wells fitted with the latest equipment, spread over an area of 1,750 square kilometers of the field, with 1,100 kilometers of oil pipeline, 1,200 kilometers of water pipelines and 2,100 kilometers of surfaced roads. It lies in Western Siberia where temperatures can range from -58☏ in winter to 95☏ in summer. It is the largest oil and gas field in the country. Located In the heart of Russia, the rich Samotlor hydrocarbon field was discovered in the 1960s. By Frank Dickman, Piping Design ConsultantsĪ simple industrial network security solution is readily available and being deployed to protect oil fields and transportation in Russia.
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