WIRELINE Issue 37 - Autumn 2016

MAINTENANCE OPTIMISATION

SAFETY

An onshore teammanages the large-scale review of TAQA’s total maintenance commitment, drawing on technical expertise on and offshore We’re no longer working as separate entities, with the production team responsible for the operation of equipment and the maintenance team responsible for its upkeep. “ ” He adds: “Having a better

SAFETY-CRITICAL MAINTENANCE BACKLOG Oil & Gas UK’s Health & Safety Report (see p5 for details) provides a high level snapshot of overall industry performance with regards to safety-critical maintenance backlog. It reveals that man-hours in backlog increased significantly from mid-2013 to the end of 2014 and prompted increased cross-sector focus to reverse this trend. Operators carried out structured reviews of their maintenance practices to improve equipment reliability. This effort was supported by an increase in the number of core maintenance crew working offshore by 125 workers over the first five months of 2016 compared with the same period in 2014. Year-on- year reductions are now being reported across all three categories of planned, corrective and deferred backlog. In December 2015, Oil & Gas UK formed a work group to bring together technical specialists in the fields of maintenance and asset integrity. The work group has produced a document on Maintenance Optimisation Reviews – Sharing Experience and Learning to help make sure maintenance regimes are fit for purpose.

understanding of the production side of the business also helps to deliver better process uptimes, increased equipment availability and improved data quality.” Stuart certainly believes that the company is in a stronger place. “Maintenance is now up there as one of the pivotal drivers for the business. By implementing TAQA’s maintenance improvement plan, the business is maximising safety, efficiency, reliability and value, reducing costs and ultimately extending field life.”

TAQA’s maintenance review features in Oil &Gas UK’s latest publication on Maintenance Optimisation Reviews – Sharing Experience and Learning, which is available to download at http://bit.ly/maintenanceoptimisation.

The publication is available to download at http://bit.ly/maintenanceoptimisation.

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