Day One
8:00 am - 8:45 am REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS
8:45 am - 9:00 am CHAIRMAN’S WELCOME
9:00 am - 9:20 am INTERACTIVE ICEBREAKER SESSION: WHAT ARE YOUR CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES?
To boost networking and interactivity, the conference will begin with an opportunity for everybody to get to know one another. Attendees will then have 15 minutes to discuss their key objectives for attending the conference, which will be collated and used to influence tomorrow’s Mystery Roundtable Discussions.
9:20 am - 10:00 am OPTIMISING COST CONTROL PRACTICES TO ENSURE SUCCESSFUL OUTAGE MANAGEMENT
- Conforming to more rigid budget constraints
- More competitive contractor bidding
- Post outage billing delays
- Material returns and timing
- Comprehensive work scope improvement
10:00 am - 10:30 am RESERVED FOR ORACLE - TOPIC TBC
10:30 am - 11:00 am MORNING BREAK & NETWORKING
11:00 am - 11:40 am BALANCING COST EFFECTIVENESS WITH PERFORMANCE IN A ROLLING REHABILIATION PROGRAM
- The challenges of a mature asset: Integrity vs. extended operating life
- A rehabilitation project: The Gulf of Suez Petroleum company cost effectiveness case study covering:
1. Building a local capability for major projects in Egypt
2. Utilising existing GUPCO resources for execution
3. Challenges, successes and lessons learnt
11:40 am - 12:40 pm ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: IMPROVING PLANT RELIABILITY AND EQUIPMENT AVAILABILITY WITH AN EFFECTIVE STO STRATEGY
- How an effective STO strategy affects reliability and increases profitability
- Inspection, repair, replacement improvement activities and restart of the asset / restoration to expected performance levels
- Understanding the main challenges in managing STOs effectively and ways to overcome those challenges
12:40 pm - 1:00 pm DATA AND MATERIAL MANAGEMENT PREPARATION FOR SHUTDOWNS
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm NETWORKING LUNCH
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP: EVALUATING AND JUSTIFYING ALTERNATIVE SHUTDOWN TIMINGS OR INTERVALS
- A detailed look at breakthrough methods for analysis of competing priorities
- R&D collaboration: The results of a 5-year international programme
- Live case study demonstrations including examples demonstrating interval extensions of 30-100%
- Learn how to bridge the gaps between technical arguments, risk/integrity and financial/resourcing impact
3:00 pm - 3:40 pm BALANCING COST EFFECTIVENESS WITH PERFORMANCE
- Understanding the critical risks–failure modes, actions, and consequences of failure associated with a system
- Mathematical and statistical concepts required for data-driven model construction
- How to align model output with strategic priorities such as maintenance costs, spare holding levels, and risk of unplanned system downtime
Adeel Younus Memon
Senior Contracts AdministratorChina Petroleum Engg. & Const. Corporation
3:40 pm - 4:10 pm AFTERNOON & NETWORKING
4:10 pm - 4:50 pm UTILISING LEAN TOOLS IN PREPARING AND MANAGING EFFECTIVE SHUTDOWNS AND TURNAROUNDS
- The importance of lean shutdown preparation and management concepts for creating flow, eliminating waste and optimising resources
- What works best? An in-depth look at the lean tools that can be used to preserve success and minimising wastage
- Case study examples of practical application and how they have performed
4:50 pm - 5:30 pm LEVERAGING LESSONS LEARNED FROM PREVIOUS STOs
- Process improvement methodology
- Process standardisation guidelines
- Project documentation
- Feedback solicitation
- Culture change, buy-in and ownership
