PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK FOR
SUSTAINABLE MAINTENANCE IN OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS
INDUSTRY
Research Proposal
Scholar (Prospective Student)
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RESEARCH PROPOSAL
1. Title
Performance assessment framework for sustainable maintenance in
offshore oil and gas industry.
2. Abstract
All business activities, including maintenance, must be linked to the long-term goals of
the company in order for them to be achieved. Maintenance goals at the operational level
will be linked to corporate priorities because important performance metrics have been
identified at each level. It was done to find out how common performance measures are
and whether or not they make a company more efficient. In this study, we'll look at how
organisational strategy, performance evaluation, and overall performance all work
together. The way the organization competes will have an impact on how well it can do.
The resource-based approach is based on the idea that more use of an organization's own
resources and skills can lead to better results. Organizations could get a lot out of putting
in a performance measurement system. In order to stay competitive, you need to have
important resources like performance metrics, for example. There will be a list of the
most important strategies and performance indicators that will come from this research.
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3. Introduction
Today's oil and gas production and drilling operations face a variety of obstacles,
including worldwide rivalry, market globalization, regulatory compliance, and the
complexity brought on by technical advancement. Because of increased rivalry in
petrochemical markets, as well as logistical and technical obstacles of production and
maintenance at offshore facilities, acute planning and strategic decision-making
procedures are necessary. Long-term benefits may be obtained while simultaneously
improving availability and productivity and meeting the needs of stakeholders and
regulatory agencies.
The problem of non-sustainability in oil and gas firms is worsened when maintenance
costs rise and failure rates rise, putting employees' safety at danger. It has been shown
that infrastructure development and maintenance require a large amount of energy.
Sustainability is closely related to the influence of maintenance on social value, energy
consumption, physical resource exploitation, and pollution. While oil spills caused by a
lack of maintenance have direct consequences on the environment, such as species
extinction, vegetation loss, and ozone layer depletion, they also have indirect
repercussions on the region's host populations. Because of the impact dependability and
environmental safety have on an industry's performance and competitiveness, a realistic
approach to sustainability and its integration into maintenance operations has become
critical.
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The goal of this research was to create a framework that included both sustainable
production and maintenance as a performance indicator. Maintaining an asset in a
sustainable way is a multi-step procedure that facilitates decision-making and
management while accounting for the impact on society's social, economic, and
environmental behavior. Maintaining a technological sector's long-term viability may
also be described as sustainable maintenance, which is an activity that minimizes
maintenance costs without jeopardizing environmental and social safety. According to
the definition, sustainable maintenance is a method that takes into account factors such as
the environment, economy, and society. However, activity at oil and gas facilities has the
potential to have serious environmental, social, and economic effects. To overcome these
issues, I'd want to investigate oil and gas long-term maintenance.
Sustainability performance (SP) is a key concern in the oil and gas business (O & GI).
The Oil and Gas Industry (O & GI) have significant environmental, health, and safety
implications because of their complexity and volume. Furthermore, the filters used by oil
and gas industries emit particles and volatile chemicals that cause a variety of health
concerns, including cancer and respiratory disorders, for both employees and the general
public. The most challenging aspect of the research is determining how to establish a
balance between economic, environmental, and social sustainability. Academics have
done little research and documentation on sustainable manufacturing practices so far
(SMPs). In addition, there is mounting evidence that SMPs contribute to long-term social
well-being, as well as environmental and economic stability.
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4. Historical Background
Experts in the oil and gas industry have paid a lot of attention to sustainability. But few
have looked at the idea of long-term maintenance. Research gaps were found in both I
study on sustainability in the oil and gas industry and (ii) themes linked to making
decisions about maintenance that are more environmentally friendly. To get around this,
this study looked at both. To start with, the authors said that oil and gas companies have
very strict ways to keep the environment safe.
These, on the other hand, could have health, safety, societal, and economic consequences,
among other things. The social part of total productive maintenance, where human capital
is the domain performance, was also talked about. People say accidents are a source of
hazard, risk, and places that aren't connected to the rest of the world. The authors said
that people must be consistent when they are in charge of on-board maintenance
operations. They also said that operating corporations should invest in systems that will
make the seas and the environment safer and more environmentally friendly. The authors
of said that maritime performance is based on safety and loss prevention management,
which means that the crew usually follows set rules.
Second, according to current research on sustainable maintenance and performance
measures, the economic factor is more important than the environmental and social
aspects, which are more important. We think it's important to look at all the factors that
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affect sustainability in a fair and honest way, based on specific facts. Third, because
sustainable maintenance is a new idea in the oil and gas business, it needs to be looked at
in a variety of ways to see how efficient and effective offshore production and drilling
platform maintenance procedures are. Researchers said that businesses should have a
maintenance plan to look at their performance and that they should use a Triple Bottom
Line (TBL) assessment to look at total equipment effectiveness.
When you read about sustainable manufacturing, you can use that as a guide. As a result,
a number of things were looked at, but not enough attention was paid to long-term
maintenance performance from a product lifecycle (PLC) standpoint. The authors of said
that it was important to treat the whole maintenance process as a separate topic.
Other academics have suggested that maintenance management's organisational structure
and functional performance be changed to make use of dimensional analysis. As a result,
this study looks at maintenance decisions at the strategic, tactical, and functional levels. It
shows how technical, environmental, economic, and social factors affect the use of
sustainable practices in offshore contexts.
5. Technical Objective
As far as technical objectives are concerned, our aim is to gather and identify
publications that are relevant to the oil and gas industry's long-term performance
assessment and maintenance management practices, which is why we are doing this
inquiry in the first place. Also shown is how oil and gas platforms are kept in top
operating condition. Following that, a framework for assessing the long-term viability of
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maintenance operations in the oil and gas industry is proposed, which is followed by a
series of practical recommendations.
It is anticipated that as a result of this investigation, a set of key performance indicators
for oil and gas platforms will be produced and made available to the general public.
Ultimately, the project's ultimate goal is to reach a conclusion and construct a list of
potential research subjects for the future, which is the project's ultimate goal and the
project's final purpose.
6. Technical Approach (Statement of Work)
It is intended to develop a strategy for assessing long-term viability in the oil and gas
sector in order to characterize the performance of the industry's maintenance staff in
particular. When formulating these suggestions, a number of factors will be taken into
consideration, including technological, economic, environmental, and social viability.
Some of the more notable ones are as follows: According to the suggested organisational
structure, a set of key performance indicators (KPIs) would be produced for the purpose
of assessing the performance of the company.
When this technique is adopted, assessing the performance of a plant becomes time-
consuming and inefficient since a maintenance decision-making method is applied to the
whole performance of the plant when it is performed in this manner. However, the study
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will begin with a particular set of goals in mind, and it will leverage a range of impact
components to help in the accomplishment of overall process balance.
7. Research Methodology
Regarding the Research Methodology inquiry, it will be necessary for me to wait.
Performance metrics are separated into two categories: quantitative functions and
qualitative functions. Quantitative functions are the most often used. When it comes to
quantitative functions, they are concerned with regions that can be measured numerically,
but qualitative measurements are concerned with areas that can't be quantified
quantitatively. Quality metrics include things like customer happiness, suppliers'
performance, effective risk management, information flow integration, and adaptability,
to name a few examples.
A second contrast between quantitative and qualitative performance assessments is that
the former can be assessed in numerical form, whilst the latter cannot be quantified in
numerical form, as previously mentioned. Quantitative metrics may be divided into two
categories: objectives that are directly based on cost and profit, and goals that are based
on some measure of consumer reaction, or a mix of the two. Cost and profit goals are the
most straightforward to categorize. The Performance Measurement Network will be built
by me as well, and it will include the development of a performance measurement
framework, the deployment of that framework, and the assessment of that network.
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8. Research Implications
One of the techniques for accomplishing this goal is to monitor and improve
performance. There will be a number of issues covered in this research, including the
prevalence of performance measures throughout the industry, determining factors in the
selection of performance measures, and obstacles to implementing performance
management systems and procedures. Additionally, the presentation of a relationship
between strategy alterations, performance measure selections, and overall organisational
performance is expected to be shown (or effectiveness). Because of this, I predict that the
results of this study will point to specific aspects of performance assessment that oil and
gas businesses should take into consideration when developing a framework for assisting
them in enhancing their own performance.
9. Time Frame of Study
My objective is to complete this project in two years (24 months), but if the results are as
expected, I expect to finish it in 20 months, with at least three publications/Research
Articles published within that time period.
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