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“We believe that Hifi has the potential to help the energy industry’s future
and our goal of 100% safety.” —Enbridge
By Anna Guy
I
t’s one of the most transforma-
tive technologies in the oil and
gas sector: fiber optic sensing
and monitoring technology for well-
bores, pipelines and critical infrastruc-
ture, and it’s led by Alberta-based Hifi
Engineering.
Hifi set its sights high since its incep-
tion in 2007—to be the new standard
in pipeline safety and accuracy as it
relates to preventative leak detection.
John Hull, P. Eng, CTO and Founder,
saw that specialized fiber optics could
possess significantly higher perfor-
mance and data quality compared to
