The Best Way to Conduct a Successful Turnaround? Contract with Management Services

When part of your refinery needs to be upgraded, repaired, inspected, or go through some sort of maintenance, it goes through a turnaround process that knocks that section of the refinery out of commission. The whole turnaround process is complicated and can easily encounter a delay, making the partial-closure situation worse. Giving the turnaround the best chance of succeeding starts with having a separate management service oversee the whole thing.

The Longer the Machinery Is Offline, the More Money You'll Lose

A refinery turnaround requires taking part of the refinery offline, meaning it can't be used for anything until the turnaround is complete. If the machinery in that part of the refinery is critical to your company's ability to make money, then the longer it's offline, the more you'll lose. This is why turnarounds have such full schedules; they need to allow you to get that machinery back online as soon as possible, given all the repairs and testing you'll have to do. This is not a process where problems and delays are totally OK. This is a process that needs to proceed as smoothly as possible, and a dedicated management team can make that happen.

If Turnaround Problems Are Common, Why Take a Chance?

Refinery turnarounds are, like many large projects, known for being prone to problems if you don't manage them carefully. Given that reputation, why would you want to take a chance with any turnarounds your company needs to complete? If there are problems that delay the completion of the turnaround, the section of the refinery that is involved will have to be offline for a longer time, costing you more money. That extra cost will likely be larger than any fee charged by a turnaround management service. Ensure that turnaround has as few problems as possible by having it managed from the start.

Coordinating a Turnaround Is a Full-Time Job

Refinery turnarounds are so complicated and have to be done with such precision that managing them becomes a full-time job. Here's the problem: You already have a full-time job. And anyone else at the refinery who could handle this work also has a full-time job. You're not going to be able to split your attention very easily. Hiring a turnaround management service to oversee the whole process gives the turnaround a much better chance of succeeding because there is a team dedicated to the project, rather than one frazzled employee.

Refinery turnarounds don't have much planning time and need to be done as quickly as possible while still allowing everyone to remain safe. A refinery turnaround management service can help you accomplish this goal.

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