- Based in the UK, USA and Canada, Fotech is dedicated to providing distributed acoustic monitoring solutions to the energy and security sectors.
- Established in 2008 and backed by a consortium of major investors - Scottish Equity Partners, Energy Ventures and The Shoabi Group.
- Cutting-edge optical physics with unrivalled experience in commercial deployment of distributed fibre sensing
- Decades of experience from the energy sector, academic research and information technology.
- Bespoke monitoring solutions that are highly effective, simple to deploy, easy to use and proven to work in the field.
Fotech provides distributed acoustic data to the energy and security sectors. Based in the UK, USA and Canada, the venture-capital-funded company brings together talents from the energy sector, academic research and information technology. With decades of expertise within these core industries, Fotech has managed to clearly identify primary markets for acoustic fibre technology and deliver a solution, known simply as Helios, for perimeter/pipeline security and oil&gas production monitoring.
Oil & Gas Industry World Firsts Prove Effectiveness of Helios
Fotech have proven the effectiveness of their patented Helios interrogator in the demanding environment of the upstream Oil & Gas Industry and have a number of world firsts for successful deployments providing unprecedented detail in monitoring down-hole conditions in Coal Bed Methane, Tight Gas and Steam-Assisted-Gravity-Drained Oil Wells. Helios brings a new level of detail to Perimeter Security and Asset Integrity Assurance
The Helios system is also proven to provide unparalleled levels of accuracy and sensitivity in integrity assurance and perimeter security for pipelines, utilities, critic al national infrastructure and a variety of civil and military applications.
