Define the scope and boundaries of equipment life and replacement planning so that responsibility for it is unambiguous.
Managing Equipment Life Records and Planning Optimal Replacement
Develop the judgement and the documentation needed to run equipment life and replacement planning properly.
📍 Tunis🗓️ 5 training days📚 4 modules🎓 Accredited certificate
5intensive training days
4scientific modules
8training sessions
32detailed points
Course Overview
Regulators and insurers increasingly want documented evidence of how equipment life and replacement planning is controlled. In energy operations the cost of getting replacement planning wrong is measured in downtime, and sometimes in lives. Ambition around this aspect of energy and hydrocarbon operations outruns capacity unless the sequencing is deliberate. Post-incident reviews keep identifying weaknesses in equipment life and replacement planning that were visible long before the incident. The course leaves participants able to diagnose weaknesses in the energy and hydrocarbon operations discipline before they become incidents. The programme uses small-group work so that each participant's treatment of replacement planning is examined, not just described. Participants leave with a method for equipment life and replacement planning, not a set of opinions about it. It is designed for mixed groups, so that replacement planning is examined from more than one functional angle. The programme closes with an action plan for this strand of energy and hydrocarbon operations that each participant writes for their own organisation.
Expected Learning Outcomes
Design a training and briefing approach that sustains competence in replacement planning.
Define the escalation path for abnormal conditions detected in equipment life and replacement planning.
Design permit and isolation controls covering the work involved in replacement planning.
Quantify the production impact of decisions taken on equipment life and replacement planning.
Assess the technical and commercial risk attaching to replacement planning across the asset life cycle.
Review contracts and agreements for the obligations they create around equipment life and replacement planning.
Who Should Attend
Commercial and planning analysts modelling equipment life and replacement planning.
Contract and procurement staff supporting replacement planning.
Members of committees that take decisions affecting equipment life and replacement planning.
Consultants and advisers supporting clients on replacement planning.
Environmental and regulatory compliance officers covering equipment life and replacement planning.
Operations and production engineers responsible for replacement planning.
Course Modules
Equipment life and replacement planning: integrity, inspection and condition assessment
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Moving equipment life and replacement planning from approval to execution
- Distinguish symptoms from causes when equipment life and replacement planning underperforms.
- Define the safe operating envelope for replacement planning and how deviations are detected.
- Test the procedure for equipment life and replacement planning against a realistic scenario.
- Remove steps in replacement planning that add effort without adding assurance.
Session 2Spares, logistics and single points of failure in replacement planning
- Prepare the response for the most likely failure in equipment life and replacement planning.
- Build the competence framework that supports replacement planning.
- Rank the weaknesses in equipment life and replacement planning by consequence rather than by ease of fixing.
- Plan the replacement planning scope so it fits the available shutdown window.
Replacement planning: technical fundamentals and operating envelope
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1The operating limits on replacement planning and what happens beyond them
- Collect evidence on the present handling of equipment life and replacement planning before proposing changes.
- Confirm handover documentation for replacement planning is complete and current.
- Agree the indicators that will show whether equipment life and replacement planning is improving.
- Set the trigger for a life-extension versus replacement study on replacement planning.
Session 2The permit and isolation regime that replacement planning actually requires
- Identify single points of dependency in equipment life and replacement planning and reduce them.
- Identify the failure modes of replacement planning with the highest consequence.
- Confirm that lessons from equipment life and replacement planning are shared beyond the team that learned them.
- Set the review interval for replacement planning and who attends.
Replacement planning: planning, shutdowns and execution windows
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1The decisions in replacement planning that cannot be delegated
- Record the technical rationale for the chosen approach to equipment life and replacement planning.
- Agree what will be standardised in replacement planning and what will not.
- Review incident and near-miss history involving equipment life and replacement planning.
- Record the rationale for each significant choice made about replacement planning.
Session 2Competence and handover on equipment life and replacement planning when experienced staff leave
- Verify isolation points for equipment life and replacement planning are proven and documented.
- Establish the alarm philosophy applying to replacement planning and remove nuisance alarms.
- Estimate the production loss associated with unplanned downtime of equipment life and replacement planning.
- Review whether replacement planning is aligned with the objectives of the operating asset.
Replacement planning: incidents, lessons and continual improvement
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Building the method for replacement planning step by step
- Verify emergency response arrangements cover the scenarios equipment life and replacement planning can create.
- Confirm contractor competence records for anyone working on replacement planning.
- Assess the emissions and discharge attributable to equipment life and replacement planning.
- Identify critical spares for replacement planning and confirm lead times.
Session 2The environmental exposure created by replacement planning
- Rehearse the briefing on equipment life and replacement planning that would follow an incident.
- Confirm that contractual obligations around replacement planning are understood.
- Model the economics of equipment life and replacement planning at low, base and high price cases.
- Arrange the handover of replacement planning so capability survives staff changes.
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USD1,250
- Workshop or Program Participation
- Airport Transfers
- Customized Badge
- Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
- Supervision & Secretarial Services
- Accredited Certificate of Participation
- Complete Training Kit
- Coffee Break
- Closing Ceremony
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At least 3 people
USD1,850
- 5-night stay in a 5-star hotel
- Workshop or Program Participation
- Airport Transfers
- Customized Badge
- Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
- Supervision & Secretarial Services
- Accredited Certificate of Participation
- Complete Training Kit
- Coffee Break
- Closing Ceremony
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