Market Insight December 2017

Maintenance backlog improves, continuing the long-term downward trend All three types of recorded maintenance backlog (deferred, corrective and preventative) have fallen in 2017, compared with last year. The longer-term trend has been downward since the start of 2015 despite the brief upturn in 2016. Oil & Gas UK continues to work with its members to improve the quality and consistency of the data it receives on maintenance.

Figure 11: Maintenance Backlog

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Deferred Maintenance Corrective Maintenance Preventative Maintenance Annual Rolling Average - Total Safety Critical Maintenance

3,000

2,500

2,000

1,500

1,000

500

0

Average Number of Man-Hours in Backlog per Installation

Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Source: OIl & Gas UK

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