International Journal of Informatics and Communication Technology (IJ-ICT) Vol.10, No.1, April 2021, pp. 65~74 ISSN: 2252-8776, DOI: 10.11591/ijict.v10i1.pp65-74  65 Journal homepage: http://ijict.iaescore.com Design and implementation of an integrated pipeline security system with optmized scheduling U. K. Okpeki, A. O. Oyubu Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Delta State University, Abraka, Delta State, Nigeria Article Info ABSTRACT Article history: Received Nov 4, 2020 Revised Jan 22, 2021 Accepted Feb 8, 2021 Offshore equipment and facilities are some of the most capital intensive and strategically located assets that require millions to billions of dollars to setup. Thus, it is important to put in place a stout security and surveillance system to ultimately protect these assets from vandalisation and theft. Monitoring of intruders/ unfamiliar objects within and outside the offshore platform requires a round-the-clock observation through provided security personnel who are stationed so as to quickly respond to any threat within a safe distance in the event of any physical intrusion but this measure is fraught with some challenges. Some of these challenges include fatigue, error in human judgement, and the limited vision of humans to mention but a few. To remedy these weaknesses and ensure a robust protection, the design and implementation/ setting up of a surveillance system to detect and track real time security concerns with a much wider and effective coverage area to enable the control unit make a well informed decision appropriately is an imperative. The system presented in this paper is designed to operate in harsh (sea waves, and fog) and unprotected (extreme heat, cold precipitation) environment. Keywords: Coverage Design Microcontroller Offshore Processor Security Surveillance This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA license. Corresponding Author: U. K. Okpeki Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Delta State University P.M.B. 1, Abraka Delta State, Nigeria Email: akposweet@yahoo.com 1. INTRODUCTION Since offshore equipment and facilities are about the most capital intensive and strategically located assets that require a colossal amount of capital ranging from millions to billions of dollars to setup, it is absolutely necessary to put in place a robust security and surveillance system to ultimately protect these capital intensive investment. This is not only due to their vital economic importance to our country, Nigeria, but also due to their high rate of vulnerability to both internal and external threat which could result to a potential nightmare to lives and property on board the various offshore platforms. Over the years, many technologies have evolved in the area of security and surveillance. Video surveillance, closed-circuit TV, IP Camera system, Digital or Network Video recorder (DVR/NVR) among other systems have become so ubiquitous and have become almost absolutely necessary to business organisations, homes, and ind ustries’ security and safety [1]. As of date, Video Surveillance System, (VSS) has become indispensable to virtually every sphere of human endeavour in this century. Monitoring of unfamiliar objects within and outside the platform requires a round-the-clock observation by the provided security agents, who in the event of any physical intrusion, quickly respond within a safe distance; however, this measure is fraught with some challenges. Some of these challenges