Integrity, HSE & Maintenance
Gas pipeline integrity, oil pipeline integrity, overall asset integrity, health safety and environment (HSE) concerns and the challenges posed by maintenance are more important today than ever before. As the oil price has fluctuated far below break-even prices for many of the world’s mature arenas, the pressure has been on those in the asset integrity fold to do more with less.The majority of assets in the industry have surpassed their original design-life, presenting the oil and gas sector with a continuous and growing challenge up to the point of decommissioning. Given the fact that a facility may have been in operation for a number of decades, critical information may be incompatible or outdated and this information will most likely be scattered in unofficial storage locations or lost due to key employee attrition.The human side of the HSE in oil and gas story will always be of paramount importance, especially after high-profile disasters like the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Although HSE in oil and gas is an amalgam of facility and personnel management, asset integrity management pricing is of little importance when the wellbeing of staff is involved. Oil & Gas IQ is proud to have pioneered information exchange in this space for many years and has built this resource centre to continue the essential management of the oil and gas industry’s critical infrastructure.
Five ways IT is changing the future of oil and gas
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North Sea wells in need of decommissioning
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The four most common failures when implementing EAM software
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Why your asset management system is not just a piece of software
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Four ways asset management can be a massive victory for IT
August 30 by John WoodhouseIT has become the backbone of most modern enterprise, facilitating the entire business journey. In this article, John Woodhouse illustrates four areas in which IT can be a key enabler for asset-heavy...
“From lust to dust”: A new vision of the asset life cycle
August 23 by John WoodhouseIn the final part in his series on asset management, John Woodhouse proposes a new way of thinking about the asset journey and the realities to confront along the wayA popular metaphor in asset manage...
Decommissioning - five complications in the asset valuation relationship
August 14 by Iain PooleDecommissioning in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) is going to be an expensive and uncertain businessAccording to The Decommissioning Company, operators in Europe are forecast to spend over £6...
Optimise asset management by defining assets as systems, not components
August 08 by John WoodhouseIn the third part of John Woodhouse's series on asset management, we find out how a change of mindset is a crucial component in the journey towards business excellence Asset management can make a sign...
Scotland’s biggest newspaper runs with Oil & Gas IQ decommissioning story
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Oil, gas and the two faces of asset management
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Four reasons why asset management must be this year’s obsession for CEOs
July 26 by John WoodhouseIn this first part of John Woodhouse's walk-through of the benefits of asset management, we take a look at four separate issues that could be solved by this emerging science.CEOs are the agenda se...
By the numbers - Asset Integrity
July 20 by Tim HaïdarClick on the image below to see the full resolution of our first installment of the By the numb3rs infographic series.