Refinery capacity utilisation has been rising steadily since the 1980’s from 75% to 87% in 2004. In the US this figure has now reached 95%. Any incident big or small has immediate consequences for the bottom line.
To improve capacity utilisation DNV focuses on improving plant-wide reliability. This enables investment decision making for design, reliability, maintenance/turnarounds, and operations to be quantified in terms of impact on gasoline production efficiency and the bottom line. This is particularly relevant in today’s capacity constrained environment where a 0.5% increase in gasoline production could mean $100 million per annum.
The management of Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE) issues are critical to both the well being of the workforce and integrity of the producing asset. Minimising the likelihood of an accident or preventing potential chronic illness from exposure to a product release must be integrated into the way a refinery operates. DNV identifies the sources of SHE risk, assess their scale and provide cost effective solutions in minimising and managing SHE issues.
Our unique mix of services has a direct impact on refinery performance by maximising the capacity utilisation and minimising the likelihood of an SHE event:
- Performance forecasting
- Plant-wide reliability
- Turnround risk management
- Connectivity between SHEQ and asset management
- Incident/accident investigations
- Emergency planning and response
- Integrated management systems development
- Due diligence services (mergers and acquisitions)
- Change management and process improvement
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