AI for Oil & Gas — Wellhead Integrity, Gas Detection & Remote-Site Security

Challenges

Five fronts where integrity, gas, perimeter, equipment and compliance threats slip past on upstream, midstream and downstream sites, and why CCTV watched by people alone cannot keep up across wells, plants, terminals and remote pump stations.

A · Frontline PPE & access

FR PPE

A bare-headed worker without a hard hat among colleagues wearing helmets on a construction site

No FR coverall at the flare

Gas monitor A worker in plain clothes without a hi-vis vest standing near a moving wheel loader

No personal H2S monitor

At height

A worker at the unprotected edge of a high concrete slab without a fall-arrest harness

No harness on the tank roof

B · Integrity, gas & atmosphere

Flare

Early-stage fire with small flames and smoke beginning among stacked site materials

Flare anomaly & black smoke

H2S

An emergency exit doorway blocked by stacked boxes and debris

H2S release & vapour cloud

Spill

Hydrocarbon spill & sheen

C · Plant, vehicles & restricted zones

Proximity

A forklift operating close to a pedestrian worker inside a warehouse

Tanker–pedestrian proximity

Live line

An open excavation trench with no barrier or fence around it

Excavation next to live piping

Lifting

A worker walking directly underneath a heavy load suspended from a tower crane

Crane lifts over live process

D · The perimeter & remote-site gap

Coverage

A control room with one operator facing a large wall of many CCTV feeds

Many wells, one control room

Night

Night, sandstorms & dark flare fields

Lone operator A single worker isolated in a remote corner of a large industrial site at dusk

Lone well-pad & pump-station operators

E · Equipment, thermal & compliance

Thermal

Outdoor workers under harsh midday desert sun with visible heat haze

Pump & compressor hotspots

Reporting

A cluttered site safety office desk covered with paper incident forms and clipboards

Paper-based leak & incident logs

Access

A crowded site entrance at shift start with many workers entering at once

ANPR & PPE checks at the gate

Solutions

Every gap above has an answer below: how the AI sees, what it detects on wells, plants, terminals and remote sites, how alerts become action, the analytics you get, and a deployment that fits your existing cameras and Saudi data rules.

A · How the AI sees

Detection

Workers on a site each outlined by a translucent segmentation mask following their silhouette

Instance segmentation, not boxes

Pose

Pose & action recognition

PPE

A worker with the helmet and vest highlighted by separate segmentation masks for PPE detection

Per-worker PPE check

B · What it detects

A worker with helmet and vest highlighted by AI segmentation masks, unsafe-act detection

Integrity & Leak

Flame and smoke highlighted by an AI segmentation mask, unsafe-condition detection

Flare, Flame & Gas

Outdoor workers under harsh midday sun with a heat-stress overlay, poor-practice and compliance monitoring

PPE, Access & Compliance

C · From alert to action

Real-time

A site supervisor receiving a safety alert on a smartphone

Tiered, real-time alerts

Verified

Operators in a modern safety control room verifying alerts on a video wall

Operator-verified

Intervene

A public-address speaker on a pole at a site for live talk-down warnings

On-site intervention

D · See it & prove it

Dashboard

Live operations dashboard

Analytics

A screen showing a site map with colour-coded risk heat zones

Trends & heat maps

Reporting

A tablet showing KPI gauges and charts for a safety compliance report

ISO 45001 / 14001 reporting

E · Fits your site

Integration An existing CCTV camera on a building with a small edge-AI box beside it

Works on existing CCTV

Edge

Edge, hybrid or cloud

Residency

A secure on-premises server rack keeping data inside the Kingdom

KSA data residency

AI Technology

Our solution is built on data-driven video analytics, computer vision that watches live feeds and understands what it sees. The same AI runs across any input you bring at a wellhead, gathering plant, terminal or remote pump station: your existing CCTV, thermal and PTZ cameras, drones, autonomous robot dogs and smart helmets, all connected into one platform and one app, and processed on-site inside the Kingdom. We keep the engine proprietary; what follows is how it works for you.

Any input, one platform

AI Video Analytics

The brain behind every source, computer vision analyses each frame in real time and flags corrosion, leaks, gas, PPE gaps and intrusion the moment they appear.

Existing fixed and PTZ CCTV cameras on an industrial building

Your Existing CCTV

Runs on the cameras you already have across wellheads and plants, fixed, PTZ and thermal, with no rip-and-replace in most sites.

A survey drone flying over a construction site

Drones & Aerial

Drones carry the same AI across long pipelines, flare fields and remote well pads, from above.

An autonomous quadruped robot dog patrolling an industrial site

Autonomous Robot Dog

A four-legged robot patrols flare fields, tank farms and remote well pads on its own, taking the AI where fixed cameras cannot reach.

Smart Safety Helmet

Worker-worn helmets with an on-board camera add a first-person view on tank roofs and at flare tips, with lone-worker protection on remote well pads.

On-Site Edge AI

All analysis runs on a secure unit at your wellhead, plant or terminal, so footage and data stay inside the Kingdom, in line with PDPL.

A unified safety app on a phone showing every connected camera and device

One Unified App, everything connected

Every camera, drone, robot and helmet feeds a single platform and one app, one place to watch the whole site, verify alerts and act. Add a new device and it simply appears in the same view.

Integration with Your Systems

We adapt to your setup across wells, plants, terminals and remote pump stations, you don't rebuild for us. The AI runs on the cameras and monitoring systems you already have: a small on-site unit pulls the video, your cameras and VMS keep running untouched, and in most sites nothing is replaced.

Works with what you have

A mix of existing fixed and PTZ CCTV cameras on an industrial building

No rip-and-replace

In 70–80% of sites your existing cameras are reused as they are. We connect over standard RTSP / ONVIF, compatible with virtually any IP camera.

A small edge-AI appliance plugged in beside an existing network switch

Plugs in alongside

A small on-site sidecar unit pulls the camera streams. Your cameras and current VMS keep running exactly as they do today, no disruption.

A technician surveying a CCTV camera with a tablet before deployment

Survey before spend

A pre-deployment camera survey (included) checks each camera's resolution, angle, thermal range and lighting across the wellhead or plant, so you know exactly what qualifies before buying anything.

Connects to your monitoring systems

Milestone XProtect Genetec Security Center Hikvision / HikCentral Dahua DSS Axis Camera Station

We integrate with the leading VMS platforms used in the Kingdom, pushing events and alerts straight into the system your control room already uses. Not on the list? The edge unit also runs fully standalone over direct RTSP, no VMS required.

Camera requirements

Parameter	Minimum	Recommended
Resolution	2 MP (1080p)	4 MP or higher
Frame rate	10 fps	15–25 fps
Low light	IR / night capable	True WDR
Detail on target	head ≥ 20 px	≥ 40 px for PPE
Compression	H.264	H.265 (½ the bandwidth)

Network & footprint

Light on bandwidth, a few Mbps per 1080p camera; H.265 halves it.
Only alerts leave the edge, short event clips and metadata, never full 24/7 video.
Processed on-site, a site VPN or private APN covers remote locations; data stays in the Kingdom.
No new software for your team, the dashboard is browser-based; nothing to install.

Use Cases

The same AI runs across upstream, midstream and downstream sites — wells, gathering manifolds, processing plants, tank farms, pipelines, terminals and remote pump stations. Wellhead corrosion, pipeline leaks, flare and gas detection, H2S and confined-space safety, vehicle and ANPR access, spills and equipment thermal hotspots are flagged on your existing cameras and drones with a pixel-precise segmentation mask.

Wellhead & Pipeline Integrity

AI segmentation mask highlighting external corrosion on a wellhead Christmas tree — Wellhead Corrosion

AI segmentation mask highlighting a vapor plume from a pipeline leak — Pipeline Leak Plume

AI segmentation mask highlighting a dripping flange on a process line — Flange Drip

AI segmentation mask highlighting a corroded riser on a gathering manifold — Riser Corrosion

AI segmentation mask highlighting surface pitting on a flowline — Flowline Pitting

AI segmentation mask highlighting a valve stem packing leak — Valve Packing Leak

Flare, Flame & Smoke

AI segmentation mask outlining the flame on a flare stack tip — Flare Stack Flame

AI segmentation mask highlighting a black smoke column from a flare — Black Smoke

AI segmentation mask highlighting a steam venting plume at a processing unit — Steam Vent Plume

AI segmentation mask highlighting a pilot light that has gone out — Pilot Light Out

AI segmentation mask highlighting a flare tip with visible damage — Flare Tip Damage

AI segmentation mask highlighting a flame on a process vessel relief line — Relief Flame

Gas Detection & Atmosphere

AI segmentation mask highlighting a visible H2S release plume at a wellhead — H2S Release

AI segmentation mask highlighting a methane vapor cloud from a compressor station — Methane Plume

AI segmentation mask highlighting a fixed LEL gas detector in alarm state — LEL Detector Alarm

AI segmentation mask highlighting a VOC vapor cloud at a tank farm — VOC Vapor Cloud

AI segmentation mask highlighting an ambient gas buildup inside a process building — Ambient Gas Buildup

AI segmentation mask highlighting a ventilation fan failure in a substation — Ventilation Failure

PPE & Worker Safety

AI segmentation mask flagging a worker without a flame-resistant coverall near a flare — No FR Coverall

AI segmentation mask flagging a worker with no personal H2S monitor — No H2S Monitor

AI segmentation mask flagging a worker without a full-face gas respirator — No Gas Respirator

AI segmentation mask flagging a worker entering a vessel without an SCBA — No SCBA on Entry

AI segmentation mask flagging a worker on a tank roof without a fall-arrest harness — No Harness on Tank

AI segmentation mask flagging a worker without a hard hat on a platform — No Hard Hat on Platform

Confined Space & Perimeter

AI segmentation mask highlighting a worker entering a confined space without a permit — Unauthorized Confined-Space Entry

AI segmentation mask highlighting a worker inside a separator vessel — Vessel Interior Work

AI segmentation mask highlighting a manhole left open and unattended on a tank farm — Open Manhole

AI segmentation mask highlighting a breach in a remote site perimeter fence — Perimeter Fence Breach

AI segmentation mask highlighting a person climbing a remote-site gate — Gate Climb

AI segmentation mask highlighting an unauthorized person inside a restricted well pad — Restricted-Pad Intrusion

Vehicle, Spill & Thermal

AI segmentation mask highlighting an ANPR camera reading a plate at a site gate — ANPR Gate Access

AI segmentation mask highlighting a tanker truck too close to a worker — Tanker Proximity

AI segmentation mask highlighting a vehicle stopped in a no-stopping zone at a loading bay — Unauthorized Stop

AI segmentation mask highlighting a hydrocarbon spill on process-area concrete — Hydrocarbon Spill

AI segmentation mask highlighting a thermal hotspot on a pump bearing — Pump Thermal Hotspot

AI segmentation mask highlighting a hot spot on a compressor housing — Compressor Overheat

Not limited to these These are our standard library, we also train custom detection classes for the hazards, equipment and processes specific to your site.

How We Do It

01

Existing CCTV cameras on a pole overlooking an active construction site

Ingest

We pull live video from your existing CCTV over RTSP and ONVIF, no new cameras in most sites

02

A compact edge GPU appliance processing video on site

Edge AI

Inference runs on a small on-site GPU appliance, so video and data stay inside the Kingdom

03

A monitor showing workers segmented by AI masks on a live site feed

Detect

A three-stage cascade segments wellheads, pipelines, flares, gas plumes, PPE and people on every frame, across a broad library of categories

04

A control-room screen showing an AI reasoning check on a flagged event

Validate

A vision-language model reasons over context to confirm or suppress each alert, killing false alarms

05

Alert

Tiered alerts reach the control room, supervisors' phones and WhatsApp within seconds

06

Confirm

For non-critical events an operator confirms with a clip and scene description before anyone is dispatched

07

Dashboard

Every well, pipeline, plant and live alert appears on one dashboard, on a control-room screen or a phone

08

An automatically generated safety report with charts and an audit trail

Report & audit

Shift, daily and per-well reports, KPIs and an immutable audit trail are generated automatically for ISO 45001 / 14001 and PDPL

The Monitoring Platform

One console for the oil & gas operations team. Overview, events, cameras, wells, zones, reports and live AI inspection, all in a single app. Every alert traces back to the camera that raised it, the wellhead or zone it sits in, the moment it happened, and the confidence the AI gave it. Live today at viewkeepersa.com/VisualDefectDemo/hse.

HSE app overview: safety score, hazard breakdown, hottest zones and 3D zone map

HSE Monitoring · Overview

Live AI detection: wellhead corrosion, pipeline leak, flare & gas, H2S, confined space, ANPR, thermal hotspots
your PTZ, fixed and thermal cameras across wells, plants and terminals on one live wall
Per-camera health and link status
Operator verify, dispatch, and false-alarm workflow
Owner-ready daily, monthly, and incident-evidence reports
Runs in the on-site control room, no foreign cloud

Platform Walkthrough — Page by Page

07 · A

Seven pages, live in our operations app today. The images below come straight from the running build. These are the same screens your operations and HSE teams will open on day one, configured for wells, plants, terminals and remote sites.

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01 · Overview

The whole site, one screen

The operations landing page. A live integrity score, leak and gas compliance, open violations and critical incidents run across the top, next to cameras online and mean response time. Below sits a 24-hour hazard breakdown, the hottest wells and zones ranked, and a 3D map of the wellheads, plants and terminals you operate.

Safety ScoreHazard BreakdownHottest Zones3D Zones Map

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02 · Events

Every violation, triaged

The working queue of operations events. Each one tagged by type — corrosion, leak, gas, flare anomaly, intrusion, spill, thermal — with the wellhead, camera and zone that caught it, a severity, a confidence score and a status. An officer verifies, assigns or closes, and the response clock keeps the team honest.

24 Event TypesSeverity RoutingEvidence SnapshotResponse Clock

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03 · Cameras

The fleet, at a glance

Every connected camera by wellhead, plant and zone, with live thumbnails, online status and the detections it raised. A technician sees what needs attention before the morning round.

Live ThumbnailsPer-ZoneOnline StatusLast Event

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04 · Workers

KSA workforce rules, watched

Workforce safety built for the Kingdom's field operators: FR coverall and H2S monitor compliance per crew, gas-respirator checks at confined-space entries, lone-operator flags on remote well pads, and the summer midday-work ban window, so the rules MHRSD audits are kept automatically.

Heat StressMidday BanCrew PPELone Worker

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05 · Zones

Danger zones, drawn and enforced

Operations zones drawn on the site plan and the 3D model: flare radii, hydrocarbon storage, restricted well pads, tank farms and gas-processing units. Each zone carries its own rules, and any intrusion shows up in Events with the wellhead or zone attached.

Zone Rules3D ModelCrane RadiiIntrusion Link

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06 · Reports

Ready for the audit

Shift, daily and per-well summaries, leak and gas compliance exports and incident evidence packs, generated automatically and exportable for ISO 45001 / 14001 reviews. One click, and the record is in your inbox.

Shift SummaryPPE ExportEvidence PackISO 45001

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07 · Inspect

Point the AI at anything

A live AI scan page: drop in footage or pick a camera, and the engine outlines people, PPE and hazards on the spot. The fastest way to see the detection quality on your own scenes.

Live ScanAny FootageInstant MasksYour Scenes