Facilities

Tüpras Refineries in Turkey Rely on Pelco
by Orhan Aksel, MGS Founder and Cheryl Spangler, Pelco International Marketing Manager, cspangler@pelco.com

Tüpras – Turkish Petroleum Refineries – is Turkey’s largest public company and has production and distribution facilities in four locations spread throughout Turkey. The largest of these is located in Kocaeli, where an August 1999 earthquake resulted in a destructive fire.

Diversity Key
Due to the size and critical nature of the Tüpras Kocaeli facility, management decided in 2001 to install a video security system for facility surveillance purposes. Sixteen prominent electronic security integrators were invited to bid on the project. And after a six-month technical consideration, that number was reduced to six. Finally, in April 2002, MGS – with 15 years in the electronic security industry – was awarded the project.

With a total of 55km of fiber-optic cable; 14 units of 17-meter high, earthquake-resistant (up to 8.0 on the Richter Scale) dome towers within the facility; 96 channels of video motion detection; and a complete Pelco system consisting of more than 100 fixed cameras and 14 Spectra III positioning systems, the project is the largest video security installation in Turkey, in terms of construction size and diversification.

The full Pelco configuration consists of 14 Spectra III positioning systems, more than 100 MC3651H-2 LowLight digital monochrome highresolution cameras, a CM9740 matrix switcher, CM9760-MDAs, CM9760- ALMs, CM9760-REL, and several DX7000 DVRs – all driven by the VMX200 Video Management System.

Currently there is one main control center, but the customer is planning on expanding the facility’s surveillance capabilities.

Completed Early
The customer established an installation deadline of 210 days. However, with the experience of MGS for heavy industrial projects and prompt delivery of Pelco products, MGS completed the project in 190 days, three weeks ahead of schedule.

The customer is extremely happy about the performance of MGS and Pelco. Spectra III performance on the 17-meter towers is unmatched and provides a constant helicopter-like surveillance on the refinery.

MGS – Merkezi Güvenlik Sistemleri, which translates to Central Security Systems – is the leading electronic security company in Turkey. Based in Istanbul, MGS has exclusively represented Pelco for more than 10 years in Turkey with its "no-matter-what customer satisfaction" philosophy, similar to Pelco’s. Recently, MGS has been awarded installations within some of the largest industries, and with its excellent reputation in the Turkish security industry, has a substantial market-share. MGS has increased its Pelco sales by 175-percent since 2001, demonstrating the growing presence of Pelco in this progressive and industrialized country.