Organize to manage reliability
- Solomon Associates, Inc., Dallas, TX (United States)
An analysis of maintenance costs in hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) plants has revealed that attitudes and practices of personnel are the major single bottom line factor. In reaching this conclusion, Solomon Associates examined comparative analysis of plant records over the past decade. The authors learned that there was a wide range of performance independent of refinery age, capacity, processing complexity, and location. Facilities of all extremes in these attributes are included in both high-cost and low-cost categories. Those in the lowest quartile of performance posted twice the resource consumption as the best quartile. Furthermore, there was almost no similarity between refineries within a single company. The paper discusses cost versus availability, maintenance spending, two organizational approaches used (repair focused and reliability focused), and organizational style and structure.
- OSTI ID:
- 6702549
- Journal Information:
- Hydrocarbon Processing; (United States), Vol. 73:12; ISSN 0018-8190
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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PETROLEUM REFINERIES
MAINTENANCE
OPERATING COST
COMPILED DATA
COMPRESSORS
CORRELATIONS
HEAT EXCHANGERS
MANAGEMENT
ORGANIZATIONAL MODELS
PRESSURE VESSELS
PUMPS
RELIEF VALVES
CONTAINERS
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
COST
DATA
EQUIPMENT
FLOW REGULATORS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
INFORMATION
NUMERICAL DATA
VALVES
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