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Plant Shutdowns, Turnarounds & Outages Asia Sector Overview

• 5 ways to prevent plant turnaround failure
  Simply put if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Here are five ways that you can prevent failure during your plant turnaround.

Plant Shutdowns, Turnarounds & Outages Asia 2012 Speaker Insights

• Refurbish, retrofit or repair how to identifying the best fit for your plant
  Trinath Sahoo, Maintenance & Reliability Senior Manager for the Indian Oil Corporation, speaks to Bryan Camoens on how to go about identifying the best fit for your plant when it comes to refurbishing, retrofitting and repairing. He also gives his take on the current trends in plant shutdowns, turnarounds & outages management that will shape the future of the sector.
• Successful response management during sudden emergencies, incidents and accidents
  Steven Suykens, Project Coordinator of Shutdowns for a Belgian refining corporation explains how to keep within the shutdown duration to attain efficient machinery up-time to Bryan Camoens. He also talks about the challenges to recognizing that shutdowns are repeatable events that follow a lifecycle and can be optimally challenged and planned through formalized processes and systems.

Plant Shutdowns, Turnarounds & Outages Asia 2012 Articles

• An analysis of Shutdowns and Turnarounds in the Oil and Gas Industry
  Effective planning and execution of shutdowns and turnarounds is essential to maintain product levels and reduce loss of revenue for the oil and gas industry, particularly if improper maintenance leads to an unplanned shutdown.
  The effects of unplanned shutdowns or changes to schedules can have a profound impact not only on the company operating the facility but also on the wider economy.
• The unbelievable link between Climate Change Linked to Rising Risks of Unplanned Shutdowns
  Shutdowns and turnarounds are a massive undertaking for companies within the oil and gas industry, requiring large amounts of planning at a very high cost.
  Irving recently undertook a turnaround for scheduled maintenance at its Saint John Refinery, the largest facility of its type in Canada, which produces over 300,000 barrels of finished energy product each day.
• Shutdowns And Turnarounds – 8 Steps To Maximise Uptime And Minimise Downtime
  While preventative maintenance is a step forward from the traditional practice of reactive maintenance, it is by no means the most efficient or cost effective system for the current climate in the oil and gas industry.
  Companies should therefore move towards a system of reliability-centred maintenance, to ensure maintenance is carried out at the most opportune moment to ensure performance and reliability is maintained and they are spared from the burden on resources caused by unnecessary maintenance.

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