Operation and Maintenance

A. Operation

Operation is the performance of a practical work, or a state of working or being able to

work, or a way or process that parts of a machine, system, or plant work together
smoothly and safely to produce goods in accordance with the procedures.

Plant Operation is to operate and control of the plant ensuring efficient, safety, and
reliable process operation.

Operation Readiness is the process of preparing the custodians of an asset under

construction organisation to the client operation organisation, at the point of delivery and
handover facilities, the client is fully prepared to assume ownership of the asset,
accepts responsibility for performing the safe and efficient operation of that asset. The
Operation Readiness is the management practices for performing pre-start-up reviews
of new processes or processes that have been shut down for modification, and
processes that have been administratively shut down for other reasons. These practices
verify the operational readiness of a process and help to ensure that the process is safe
to restart. Identifies organisational tasks, roles and responsibilities, assists with start-up
and operations and maintenance, focuses on high priority risks, and analyses
opportunities.

Operability is an ability that the process has the capacity and flexibility to achieve a
range of operating conditions safely, reliably, profitably and with good dynamic
performance and product quality. The Operability ensures to keep an equipment, a
system or a unit and plant in a safe and reliable functioning condition, according to pre-
defined operational requirements.

Commissioning Sequences are 1) a Critical Utility Systems (e.g. control systems

(DCS, SIS, F&G, electrical, air system and water system, etc.) will be pre-commissioned
and commissioned early and ready for service for the other facility commissioning
activities, and then 2) Non-critical Utility Systems (e.g. fuel, steam, demi water, etc.) will
be placed into service as required to process facilities commissioning activities such as
heater dry outs, proving hot oil circulation loop, amine loop proving, etc. These are
completed prior to RFSU (Ready for Start-up), and 3) the process systems are the last
to be commissioned as they are typically commissioned, tightness tested and made
ready for introducing hydrocarbon for the initial start-up.

B. Maintenance

Maintenance is the activities that performs equipment or facilities to minimize the

possibility of damage or the lowering of performance quality because of corrosion,
contamination, or deterioration for the continuous operation.

Maintenance Readiness is a maintenance programmes that covers the maintenance

planning and implementation for start-up and ongoing operations.

Maintainability is the ease and speed of the system restoring to the normal operational
status, to prevent unexpected working condition, to maximise a product's useful life, and
to maximise efficiency, reliability, and safety operations. The Maintainability is the
probability of performing a successful repair or replace using the prescribed practices
and procedures for serviceability and reparability. This is similar to system reliability
analysis except that the random variable of interest in maintainability analysis is time-to-
repair rather than time-to-failure.

C. Turnaround

Turnaround is 1) a process of making something (such as a plant) ready for use again
or financial recovery of a company that has been performing poorly; 2) a scheduled
shutdown period when planned inspection, testing, and preventive maintenance, as well
as corrective maintenance such as modifications, replacements, or repairs is performed.