FRAMEWORK OF WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSN) FOR OIL AND GAS INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION WITH EMPHASIS ON NIGER DELTA REGION OF NIGERIA

Summary

This paper studied and highlights the security and technical challenges facing the deployment and utilization of IEEE
802.15.4 based Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) devices used to facilitate remote oil and gas field monitoring in the
Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The underlining crises were also highlighted and a solution framework was proffered.
The framework includes suggestion for amicable resolutions between parties, putting in place a proactive WSN
structure for monitoring infrastructure to facilitate easy and fast detection and reporting of vandalized oil and gas
facilities. A designed data encryption algorithm to secure the validity of information using symmetric encryption was
also presented. This paper also presents an overview of sensor devices, the advantages of WSN over the wired
monitoring system for pipeline monitoring and application environment. Overview of conflicts and security challenges
in oil and gas exploration fields in the Niger Delta region are also discussed. Encryption as a standard method for
protecting WSN data from possible attacks, advantages and disadvantages of the two classes of encryption methods
and the System’s framework for the monitoring the infrastructure and designed encryption algorithm of the system are
presented.

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