Measuring, managing and maximizing refinery performance
- Oil Systems, Inc., San Leandro, CA (United States)
Implementing continuous quality improvement is a confluence of total quality management, people empowerment, performance indicators and information engineering. Supporting information technologies allow a refiner to narrow the gap between management objectives and the process control level. Dynamic performance monitoring benefits come from production cost savings, improved communications and enhanced decision making. A refinery workgroup information flow model helps automate continuous improvement of processes, performance and the organization. The paper discusses the rethinking of refinery operations, dynamic performance monitoring, continuous process improvement, the knowledge coordinator and repository manager, an integrated plant operations workflow, and successful implementation.
- OSTI ID:
- 178362
- Journal Information:
- Hydrocarbon Processing, Journal Name: Hydrocarbon Processing Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 75; ISSN HYPRAX; ISSN 0018-8190
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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