Planning and Control of Maintenance Work in the Oil & Gas Industry

Introduction:

The decline in oil and gas prices has highlighted the cost of equipment ownership within the maintenance management hierarchy. For the first time, maintenance managers are correlating the need for safety, reliability, and availability of equipment with the necessity of operating under budget constraints.

This oil and gas maintenance planning and work control training course presents a set of operational measures and tools that can be applied across organizations to lower equipment lifecycle costs.

Through various strategies, policies, tactics, and tools, this course implements safeguards and devices that prevent failures of physical assets throughout their lifecycle. Emphasis is placed on planning as a key principle in maintenance management.

Objectives:

At the end of this oil and gas maintenance planning and work control course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the modes of degradation of oil and gas assets.
• Identify the extent of work necessary to prolong asset life.
• Determine the appropriate maintenance strategy for each asset.
• Schedule work activities effectively.
• Maintain control over time, budgets, and scope during maintenance.
• Evaluate the performance of maintenance activities.

Training Methodology:

• Interactive lectures and discussions
• Case studies
• Group activities
• Role plays and simulations
• Q&A sessions
• Industry examples
• Field trips

Course Outline:

Unit 1: Types of Maintenance and Asset Heavy Pairing

• Definitions of Maintenance, Asset Management, and Reliability
• Material Failure and degradation processes
• Preventive and Predictive Maintenance
• Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and reliability-centered maintenance mathematics
• Lifecycle costs and maintenance planning

Unit 2: Planning: WBS-OBS

• Work Order System for Planning (WO)
• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS)
• Planning for materials
• Planning for human resources

Unit 3: Scheduling Principles

• Intervals for Programmed Preventive Maintenance
• Scheduling maintenance based on condition
• General Overhaul polishing aspects and maintenance periods throughout the plant lifecycle
• Critical Path Analysis (CPA)
• CPM – PERT tests

Unit 4: Time, Cost, and Quality of Work Management

• Tracking time with Gantt charts for planning
• Strategies to remain within budget
• Management reserves and contingencies
• Work scope acceptance and compliance with ISO/API limits

Unit 5: Maintenance Supervision and Work Control Performance Analysis

• Flow of information
• Streamlining indicators
• Work Performance Streamlining indicators
• Planning Streamlining indicators
• Effectiveness and Cost Performance indicators
• Maintenance records access and deposition
• Reporting

Conclusion:

In this maintenance planning and work control course for the oil and gas industry, participants will earn a certificate that enhances their credibility in the field. This accredited certification improves skill sets, inspires stakeholder confidence, and advances professionalism among maintenance handlers.