BP Chooses iPlan for Shutdown and Routine Maintenance

Phil Black - PII Editor 31/01/2014

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BP has used iPlan to help them plan and manage their Shutdown events at Saltend since 2004. iPlan has been used for their Routine Maintenance and Capital Projects since 2010.

BACKGROUND

The Saltend site is located in Humberside, Northern England and is recognised as one of the leading Chemical sites in Europe with ‘best in class’ maintenance practices in many areas. The site is the biggest Acetic acid manufacturing facility in the world.

THE PROBLEM

Before BP had started using iPlan, they had invested significant time and resource in developing an effective maintenance workflow. They were frustrated by the standard of shutdown management systems available to support this workflow.

These systems;

• Were commonly incompatible with existing site systems.
• Had to be operated by specialist Planners provided by the Maintenance or QS Contractor.
• They were based around a system developed in the 1980’s which had not been improved since the original prototype. As a consequence the system was inflexible and difficult to modify.
• All of the data within them was effectively locked in and only accessible by the supplier’s personnel.

This represented a significant risk to the sites ability to effectively retain control of the planned workflow.

THE SOLUTION – iPlan

iPlan provided BP with an all-inclusive management system which not only raises the standard of planning, but can be accessed by BP and their Contractors at the same time, thus enhancing collaboration between both parties.

iPlan is utilised by Saltend for all maintenance activity from delivering individual job tasks such as replacing a flange through to the management of multi-million dollar shutdowns.

Underpinned by information check points iPlan prevents losing control of maintenance events, reducing the chance of minor problems becoming costly mistakes.

BP’s Alex Curry comments: “Managing maintenance is all about managing information well. If you can’t access all of your data or you can’t manipulate it effectively then you are likely to miss things, which in turn become significant risks. As a consequence BP decided to move to iPlan, selected for its high level of control coupled with transparency for both BP and its maintenance partners.”

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