Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)

Indian gas company deploys

Livedarshan Solution at 1,000 stations

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) is a state-controlled oil and gas company headquartered in Mumbai, India. Among the world's largest corporations, the company was ranked #272 in the Fortune Global 500 listing for 2011

Background

Recently, BPCL embarked on a BPCL sells petrol, diesel and

surveillance project as part of compressed natural gas to

the organization's initiative to consumers at these stations. The

restructure the internal company hoped to take

surveillance system. Prior to the advantage of top quality video

structure reform, the old cameras primarily to not only

surveillance system was not monitor the customer

centralized. As the headquarters experience for quality control

would like to gain better purposes but also to enhance

understanding of the operation the level safety for customers

at each branch location in order and employees. A process of

to improve the business and competitive bidding resulted in

communication between the VIVOTEK cameras being selected

headquarters and each station, a for the project, with System

new surveillance system was Integrator Livedarshan

proposed - installation of a total developing the deployment, the

of 5000 high-performance typology and the engineering

surveillance cameras at 1000 aspect of the implementation.

petrol stations throughout India.

Ip8362

With WDR Enhanced

Without WDR Enhanced

QNAP Viostor 2008 Pro based on Intel® Atom™ processor

CHALLENGEeven under challenging lighting

To create a safer and more secure conditions. In addition to

environment for customers and satisfying the fundamental

station employeesBPCL required requirement for the BPCL project,

very high-quality video, as it the IP8362 also offered a number

needed to be able to identify the of other important advantages

license plate of a vehicle, an towards the solution deployed.

employee and a potential Designed for demanding outdoor

criminal — all to ensure that surveillance applications, the

customers were to the best IP8632 not only includes a

possible services. In addition, to removable IR-cut filter and built-

simplify administration, BPCL in IR illuminators for daytime and

hoped to use as few cameras as night time monitoring, but it also

possible at each location.adds robust WDR (wide dynamic range) enhancement to ensure that clear, properly exposed video

SOLUTION can be obtained no matter the time of day—even when The combination of these two particularly challenging high-basic requirements — for clear, contrast lighting detailed image footage and a conditions—where bright and relatively low number of cameras dark areas are present in the field to be installed to cover the entire of view prevail.premises of each petrol station — Video from the cameras already meant that cameras with very installed is recorded 24 hours a exceptional resolutions were day at Full HD resolution, while to absolutely mandatory. As a best-conserve bandwidth, VGA-quality in-class 1080p outdoor bullet streams are monitored at BPCL camera designed for diverse headquarters in Mumbai.outdoor applications, VIVOTEK

IP8362 is equipped with a 2-Megapixel CMOS sensor, temper detection and a vari-focal, auto-iris lens. WDR Enhancement technology and removable IR-cut filter are also available for Day & Night function, so the image quality remains uncompromised

The Vivotek Camera and QNAP NVR is robust and scalable, provides an HDMI output,supports multiple streams from an IP camera, and is ONVIF* compliant for interoperability. The Vivotek Camera and NVR was an obvious choice for us when we were implementing the BPCL retail petrol pump project. — Vivek Bagri CEO, Livedarshan