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EXCHANGE OF BEST PRACTICES IN PLANT TURNAROUNDS December 13 - 15, 2017 - Viña del Mar, Chile

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INTRODUCTION

The oil industry in Latin America and the Caribbean, and particularly the refining industry, faces the challenge of

operating and maintaining its production units in an efficient manner to ensure the competitiveness of refineries.

The practice of the exchange of knowledge and experience among professionals from different companies is a

factor that contributes to this goal and is the mission entrusted to ARPEL by its member companies.

The cost of maintenance is one of the most important management variables when optimizing the economic

performance of an industry, not only because of the amounts of money involved, but mainly because of its great

influence on the operational availability of the process units.

OBJECTIVES OF THE WORKSHOP

• Exchange best practices and lessons learned as a result of the experience in the execution of major plant

turnarounds

• Exchange experiences on the use of management tools, contract models, staff training systems, integrity

management models, among others

• Share the management process to ensure safety of workers

• Analyze new management tools, experiences with new technologies and machinery that minimize times and

make field tasks safer

• Encourage and promote the ongoing exchange among specialists in plant turnarounds

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE?

Maintenance managers, operations managers, plant turnaround managers, turnaround planning engineers,

maintenance engineers, integrity engineers, safety engineers, training managers and supervisors of both employees

and contractors

Professionals from suppliers of technology and new tools

THEMATIC SCOPE

1. Keynote address on new maintenance trends in plant turnarounds

2. Case studies on planning of large turnarounds and results

3. Organization in work cells

4. Safety during large turnarounds

5. Plant turnaround, planning and ex post procedures

6. Relationship between maintenance-production-engineering, procurement, contracts, warehouses, safety in

the various stages of planning and execution of plant turnarounds, pre-turnaround tasks

7. Planning and executing minor works during turnaround

8. Work permits, authorized signature, period of validity, confined spaces, work at height, etc.

9. Certification of contractors

10. Action of the integrity department before and during turnaround

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11. Assurance of tightness in the reception of equipment and during start-up

12. Certification of maintenance operators, in-house and contracted

13. Safety during turnarounds, observation of unsafe acts, daily meetings for safety analysis

14. Rescue at height team, medical service close to the areas of activity, ambulance service

15. Alcohol and drug control

16. Preparation for the logistical aspects of plant turnarounds: transportation of personnel, services, food, etc.

REGISTRATION - LIMITED PLACES

The participation in the workshop is free for ARPEL Member Companies. The registration fee includes: access to materials, participation in all the activities of the program, coffee breaks and lunches.

For Non Member Companies, the registration fee is USD: 200 per participant. The registration fee includes: access to materials, participation in all the activities of the program, coffee breaks and lunches.

For more information on the workshop, please contact:

Technical Subjects: Ricardo Buyatti: rbuyatti@arpel.org.uy Logistics and registration: Gabriela Pritsch: gpritsch@arpel.org.uy