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<p>The safety of operations is vital in any process in the oil and gas sector, especially given that increasingly more hydrocarbon reserves are discovered in non-conventional remote and Arctic locations. Safety systems are designed as a part of a complex IT system for process control. The design of these systems is conducted in the form of an engineering project. This research presents a decision-making framework to facilitate formulating clear and comprehensive recommendations for the requirements specification developed for the safety systems. The contribution of this research to the strategic planning area of IT solutions for hazardous industrial facilities is integrating the problems of designing a safety system, planning its maintenance, and scheduling the employees to conduct the required maintenance. With this joint decision-making, it is possible to explore trade-offs between investments into the systems’ complexity and workforce-related expenditures throughout the solution’s lifecycle. The reliability modelling is conducted with the help of Markov analysis. The multi-objective decision-making framework is employed to deduce straightforward requirements to the safety system design, maintenance strategy, and workforce organisation. This research is relevant to managing the petroleum sector engineering projects with regard to the design of technological solutions.</p>
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The safety of operations is vital in any process in the oil and gas sector, especially given that increasingly more hydrocarbon reserves are discovered in non-conventional remote and Arctic locations. Safety systems are designed as a part of a complex IT system for process control. The design of these systems is conducted in the form of an engineering project. This research presents a decision-making framework to facilitate formulating clear and comprehensive recommendations for the requirements specification developed for the safety systems. The contribution of this research to the strategic planning area of IT solutions for hazardous industrial facilities is integrating the problems of designing a safety system, planning its maintenance, and scheduling the employees to conduct the required maintenance. With this joint decision-making, it is possible to explore trade-offs between investments into the systems’ complexity and workforce-related expenditures throughout the solution’s lifecycle. The reliability modelling is conducted with the help of Markov analysis. The multi-objective decision-making framework is employed to deduce straightforward requirements to the safety system design, maintenance strategy, and workforce organisation. This research is relevant to managing the petroleum sector engineering projects with regard to the design of technological solutions.

Employee scheduling and maintenance planning for safety systems at the remotely located oil and gas industrial facilities

Engineering Management in Production and Services

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The safety of operations is vital in any process in the oil and gas sector, especially given that increasingly more hydrocarbon reserves are discovered in...

Employee scheduling and maintenance planning for safety systems at the remotely located oil and gas industrial facilities

Publié en ligne: 19 janv. 2023

Pages: 1 - 21

Reçu: 10 sept. 2022

Accepté: 10 déc. 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/emj-2022-0028

Mots clés
employee scheduling, engineering project management, maintenance planning in the oil and gas industry, remote and arctic location, requirements specification, safety systems

© 2022 Yury Redutskiy et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Employee scheduling and maintenance planning for safety systems at the remotely located oil and gas industrial facilities

Publié en ligne: 19 janv. 2023

Pages: 1 - 21

Reçu: 10 sept. 2022

Accepté: 10 déc. 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/emj-2022-0028

Mots clésemployee scheduling, engineering project management, maintenance planning in the oil and gas industry, remote and arctic location, requirements specification, safety systems

© 2022 Yury Redutskiy et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
employee scheduling, engineering project management, maintenance planning in the oil and gas industry, remote and arctic location, requirements specification, safety systems