R G U Opportunities for condition- based maintenance in the Offshore industry using on- line techniques Dr. Neil Arthur, Senior Research Fellow, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland
R G U Overview of presentation Maintenance and Oil and Gas Condition Based Maintenance Online and offline data Opportunities for improvement Summary Questions
R G U Maintenance and Oil and Gas Some brief history s – planned maintenance 1980s – introduction of CBM 1990s – explosion of CBM 2000s – stagnation
R G U Maintenance and Oil and Gas Key drivers Increased production Reduced downtime No accidents Which translates into Reduced POB Reduced / shared flights Campaign maintenance
R G U Condition Based Maintenance Typically consists of... IDActivityInterval (months) 1Vibration analysis0.25 – Rotor bar analysis6 – 12 3Partial Discharge monitoring12 – 24 4Lubricant analysis1 – 3 5Thermographic analysis12 – 36 6Performance monitoring1 – 12 7Watchkeeping0.03 – 0.25
Offshore R G U Online and offline data Critical plant Non-critical plant Online vibration data Offline vibration data Online process data Control systemVibration database Watchkeeping database Offline process data Manual data collection Data transfer Onshore Key:-
R G U Online and offline data OnlineOfflineOnlineOffline VibrationProcess Data source Platform control system Manual vibration database Watchkeeping database Which leads to duplication...
R G U Opportunities for improvement Reduce duplication Increase intervals Reduce manual scope Adoption of new technology OnlineOfflineOnlineOffline VibrationProcess Data source Platform control system Manual vibration database Watchkeeping database
R G U Summary Maintenance and Oil and Gas Condition Based Maintenance Online and offline data Opportunities for improvement Summary Questions
R G U Questions...? Dr. Neil Arthur
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