Bentley Systems, a leading provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, said it has helped Oman Gas Company (OGC) improve its reliability growth at a significant rate of nine per cent in a year using the auto-alert and email notification features of Bentley’s AssetWise Asset Reliability.

OGC had adopted an advanced reliability and integrity programme that ensures production availability to meet its customer demands and achieve its goal of becoming “a world-class midstream gas value chain company."

 The organisation has digitised its reliability and maintenance program by implementing Bentley’s AssetWise Asset Reliability solution. To reduce human intervention and avoid human fault analysis, the system leverages the inherent capabilities of AssetWise Asset Reliability to automate several processes including:

•    Ensuring the reliability, availability, and maintainability of the facilities down to the equipment level
•    Bad-actor analysis
•    Alert and email notification of equipment condition
•    Follow up reminder of RCA recommendation
•    Approval route for bad actor, RCA, RCM, and RBI
•    Automatic analysis and notifications for operator routine duties using handheld devices

The software utilises these inputs to calculate reliability and availability of an individual asset based on an exponential reliability model, said a statement from Bentley.

The weekly calculations are based on series and parallel configurations, which were previously performed monthly by a dedicated reliability engineer using Excel spreadsheets.

The system introduces digital workflows using handheld devices for routine operator duties to bridge the disconnect between engineers and field operators by mapping trends, monitoring operational parameters, and providing necessary technical support remotely. It also ensures that operational key performance indicators (KPIs) are achieved by monitoring the compliance status regularly.

Bentley’s AssetWise Asset Reliability solution triggers an alert and email notification as soon as any value is out of range. With this technology, OGC has calculated a significant increase in reliability performance. This calculation is based on failure reduction against Mean Time to Repair and Cost of Lost Production Opportunity, which greatly impacts revenues and profits, said the statement.

Bentley Systems is the leading global provider of software solutions to engineers, architects, geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators for the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure. – TradeArabia News Service