43. Normal event
Quick fixing based on
symptoms & no RCA
Fast repair , Quick
production back &
staff get recognition
Attending the next
problem and then next
& next
Develop
- reactive staff
- reactive role models
Prone to
Catastrophes
Several refineries in the Middle East and Asia have shut down in the past week due to fires and other technical problems, leading to a jump in profit margins for facilities still operating. Operators that had to shut fire-hit or other units include the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and Russia's Rosneft, as well as India's Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd and Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd.
Ageing management is cradle to grave life cycle process in the entire journey of asset / facility from it’s design to decommissioning.
A plant which is no longer considered fully fit for purpose due to age related deterioration in it’s integrity or functional performance called ageing plant. Some facility are born sick during it’s initial operation itself. Some facility failed before it’s design life due to abuse in design , construction, start up and operation stage called premature ageing. Some facility performs satisfactory till it’s design without fail called as normal ageing and may have further life after expiry. Ageing of the facility depends upon “how it is being designed, constructed , operated and maintained “