LONDON—Eni SpA on Sunday shut down some production in Nigeria's Niger Delta after a militant group claimed responsibility for a pipeline attack, adding to security challenges that a top politician in the country called intolerable. (Wall Street Journal 06/02/2012)

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Oil and Gas Pipeline protection is one of the most difficult problems within Asset Protection.  Most overland systems follow unpopulated and remote areas that provide ample opportunity for unhindered attack.

The majority of organisations use systems such as Acoustic Fibre Optic Intruder and Third Party Interface (TPI) detection, however without an integrated system and a dedicated regional Security response team, all the system can do is tell the consumer that their system has been compromised and/or destroyed.

TRM have found that an interlaced system that incorporates; remote cameras, Acoustic Fibre Optic Detectors, a dedicated propriety monitoring system, Mobile Protective Surveillance Patrols and a fully trained and centrally based Rapid Response Security Team; as the most effective method of Protecting the Pipeline from a variety of threats.

It would seem with ever increasing threats and higher demands for product the need for high levels of Asset Protection Services has never been higher.