Posts Tagged ‘process plants’
4 Phases of Plant Shutdowns
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Plant shutdown and start-up is an important aspect of plant maintenance that helps improve the life expectancy of assets. Effective planning and execution of shutdowns and turnarounds is essential to maintain inventory levels and reduce loss of revenue for the oil and gas industry, particularly if improper maintenance leads…
Read MoreUnderstanding Preventive and Predictive Maintenance Strategy
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Within a reliability-centered maintenance approach, preventive and predictive maintenance are top 2 most popular proactive methods of conducting maintenance. This prevents sudden issues or breakdowns from happening on your assets. Sudden breakdowns largely affect production, failure to achieve production target, the lack of personnel, unprepared spare parts and more.…
Read MoreUnderstanding A Contractor’s Capabilities and Readiness to Perform
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Refineries, petrochemical plants and power plants are all major investments. Ongoing care and maintenance of the assets can involve up to 50% of the initial capital investment over the life of the plant. Increasing use of process plants by contractors is used to so support the maintenance and turnarounds…
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