Surveillance firm secures Mexican refinery project

Advanced security and surveillance business, Synectics, has been awarded a contract by Samsung Engineering worth approximately £1.0 million for the Dos Bocas refinery in south-eastern Mexico.

COEX 4K Camera Station range

The Sheffield-based business which last month announced its revenues were down for the first half of the financial year but that operating results had improved will provide safety monitoring and surveillance equipment for the Dos Bocas refinery in south-eastern Mexico, being constructed for the Mexican state-owned oil company, PEMEX (Petróleos Mexicanos). The project, based on Synectics’ recently-released COEX C3000 4K camera stations, with delivery commencing later this year.

Paul Webb

Designed for hazardous-area applications and able to withstand operating temperatures up to 70 degrees Celsius, this latest range integrates seamlessly with existing video management systems, including Synectics’ Synergy platform, and provides advanced analytics and video streaming options.

Darren Alder, divisional director for oil and gas at Synectics explained that the latest COEX 4K camera stations enable the delivery exceptional image quality, which “means users can zoom much further into an area of interest” and “providing sharp image quality for critical monitoring”.

Paul Webb, chief executive of Synectics, added: “This award reflects our commitment to meet customer requirements with camera solutions that deliver exceptional image quality, technological innovation, and the specification flexibility we know the market demands.”

The Dos Bocas refinery project is being developed as part of Mexico’s National Refining Plan that aims at reducing its reliance on fuel imports from the US. The £7.5bn ($10bn) refinery project is scheduled to commence commercial production in 2023.

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