Understanding Shutdowns and Turnarounds: Building Long-Term Resilience in Energy
Production continuity is the gold standard in oil and gas operations, but it’s not always the best path to long-term efficiency, safety, or profitability. At some point in the lifecycle of every industrial asset, stopping becomes necessary. Shutdowns and turnarounds are moments of strategic pause that allow for essential maintenance, inspections, upgrades, and planning for the future. Far from being interruptions, these events are critical for operational excellence. Why Shutdowns Happen Shutdowns are usually driven by the need to preserve asset integrity, meet regulatory requirements, or integrate improvements. Over time, even the most robust equipment wears down, and [...]
How Process Safety Strengthens Asset Integrity in the Energy Industry
In the energy industry, few things are as critical and as misunderstood as process safety. While personal safety focuses on preventing slips, trips, and falls, process safety is about ensuring the success of critical operational steps. In simple terms, process safety is the disciplined framework for preventing workflow disruptions that could lead to major incidents. These aren’t everyday events, but when they happen, the consequences are often devastating. That’s why process safety is so closely tied to Asset Integrity Management (AIM). If a facility is going to perform safely and operate as intended throughout its lifecycle, it must have strong, [...]
Benefits of Digital Twin in the process industry
A process industry is one that, from different raw materials, combines and transforms materials into new products. To carry out this process, thermal or chemical transformations usually occur, resulting in a final product that cannot be separated into its initial ingredients. For the finished product to be of high quality, the production process must be meticulously controlled step by step. Because of all the complexity in these industries, it is common to implement technologies that help control the operation, such as Digital Twin for exemple. In this article you will learn about the main problems that happen in the [...]
