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1. NORTH AMERICA
Main Conference: September 18-19, 2012
Scope Management Focus Day: September 17, 2012
Hyatt Regency New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Optimize your planning methods and Turnaround Experts sharing their insights include:
execution strategies for efficient Mike Grabill, Turnaround Specialist, BP
Haije Stigter, Team Lead Operations Support, Shell
turnaround management Dave Lowry, Central Maintenance Lead, Shell
Steven Suykens, Operational Turnaround and
Join us at Shutdowns and Turnarounds North American - the Project Manager Independent Belgian Refinery NV
leading TAR conference and 11th edition in a global series - Dan Sawyer, Turnaround Professional
focused on the full life-cycle of shutdowns and turnarounds, from Tom McCusker, Regional Director, Plant Asset
initial planning through to restart. By learning from some of the Management, Petrofac
most challenging shutdown and turnaround case studies, you can John A. McLay, President, JMC Consulting
maximize efficiency, minimize downtime and reduce risks for your Paul Komperda, Global Technical Director, Zyme
next TAR project. Flow Decon Technology
Clarence P Monteiro, Principle, TeamWork Group
.
Key areas of discussion for 2012 include: Peter Haar, CEO, Peter Haar Consulting
Craig Pindell, Reliability and Planning Specialist,
• HSE: Learn the latest safety assurance techniques through a Craig Pindell Consulting
“
special safety focus section – and implement them into your next
turnaround
• Managing Contractors: Perform inductions that communicate the
‘Very valuable from a
standards expected and assure the competence of all personnel
• Quality Control: Assessing different operator measures to ensure knowledge and lessons
quality assurance learnt perspective’
• Scope Management: Aligning your management strategy to ensure Mekriban Kaziyeva, BP (Caspian Sea)
that your TAR reaches completion in your projected time-frame and Exploration Ltd
does not increase in scope or complexity
• Decontamination: Learn about the latest technologies and ‘A very good conference.
techniques to save time, money, and improve HSE Very good to share issues
and solutions’
Scope Management Focus Day: September 17, 2012 William Cochill, Petrofac
An interactive workshop environment exploring the practical steps you
can take to manage the scope of your turnaround planning
Led by John A. McLay, President, JMC Consulting
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2. SCOPE MANAGEMENT FOCUS DAY:
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
08:30 Registration and Refreshments 12.30 Networking Coffee Break
08:45 Chairman’s Opening Remarks 13.30 Turnaround WorkScope Development in Practice: A
Practical Guide
Turnaround success is aligned closely with the development
09:00 Turnaround Work Scope Development: A full procedure of an optimized workscope. If your workscope is not
clearly defined, it can have a critical impact on your
To maximize the available planning time it is important turnaround performance, and lead to costly overruns.
to understand when the work scope starts, how the work This session explains the critical considerations when
scope is generated, what information is required to develop putting together a scope optimization plan and highlights
the work package and where that information can be which have the largest impact on your turnaround success.
sourced. Armed with this information the schedule, initial
budget, detailed budget, control budget and work list cut-off • Learn the factors which have the biggest impact on your
date will have increased accuracy and provide realistic scope optimization process
targets. • Develop a risk based methodology to learn where
your exposure is, and produce actions to limit it
Objective: • Work with your steering committee to develop and
• The main objective is to provide the participant a logical execute a scope optimization plan – and drastically
and progressive pattern of Work Scope Development for improve your next turnaround
the both plant assets and work scope support systems.
• To define the origins of the master technical file for both 17.00 End of Focus Day
the plant assets and support systems – they start in the
construction design stage but how and why
• True or False: 80% of the known work for the next START YOUR
turnaround is available 90 days after the last one?
• Why must the full turnaround team or designate be
LEARNING
involved in the review of each work package: plant asset EXPERIENCE NOW:
and support plan
• How to make a plan to set the work list cut-off date and Visit our Online
then follow the plan Download Center
• What is a checklist, how does it work, when should it be
applied and why must each one be plant specific; but
where do you start.
Start your learning experience early at
Key ingredient: the full turnaround team and steering www.ShutdownsAndTurnarounds.us.
committee must understand the process and therefore will You can also Online Resource Center to get your
benefit from this training. hands on exclusive material from the speakers
and other industry experts with resources such as
Each participant will be provided a series of worksheets and presentations, white papers and podcasts. Check
be encouraged to participate in the interactive discussions. back regularly because new material will be added
Bring your problems and pet peeves – we want them.
frequently in the run up to the event.
sample Scotland’s finest whiskies.
John A. McLay, President, JMC Consulting and acclaimed
author of “Practical Management for Plant Turnarounds”
www.ShutdownsAndTurnarounds.us

3. CONFERENCE DAY ONE:
Tuesday September 18, 2012
08:30 Registration and Refreshments 13:50 Preparing production equipment, process equipment,
benzene, LEL and H2S contaminated equipment for safer
08:45 Chairman’s Opening Remarks and faster maintenance
Mike Grabill, Turnaround Specialist, BP • Explore a unique decontamination method for freeing
refinery and petrochemical plants, vessels and lines of several
09:00 Keynote: Turnaround Management best practice common hazardous materials in order to make these vessels
• Identifying the similarities and differences between different safe for personnel entry
industry turnarounds • Examine why the ability to deal with so many contaminations
• The planning process: What are the critical considerations to as a part of one application promotes both speed and safety
take into account when planning major turnarounds and provides numerous benefits
• Building a comprehensive plan to be monitored throughout • Investigate how the method presented is able to reduce
the outage, ensuring that deadlines are met and management cost, reduce personnel risk, reduce pyrophoric risks
have full visibility over where the outage is, and where it to vessels, reduce cleaning and decontamination time and
should be promote environmentally sensitive methods as viable choices
• How can we as an industry overcome the problems of for hazard reduction
contractor ‘ownership’ of the project? • Discover that these goals can be achieved in greatly reduced
John A. McLay, President, JMC Consulting and acclaimed time compared to conventional technologies, providing
author of “Practical Management for Plant Turnarounds” significant cost benefits to the operator
09:40 Minimise incidents and unplanned shutdowns using a Paul Komperda, Global Technical Director, Zyme Flow
risk management process Decon Technology
• Developing a risk matrix which identifies the areas where 14:30 Coffee and Networking Break
accidents are most likely to occur
• Implement a management process to mitigate the risks 15:00 Scaffolding: The Challenges
associated with these activities • Discover how early phase engagement is key to ensuring all
• Utilising other control methods to minimise hazards and aspects of successful turnaround management: Scope,
ensure compliance quality, safety, duration, cost
Mike Grabill, Turnaround Specialist, BP • Ensure that the individual contractors have a full awareness of
what has been agreed by their company
10:20 Coffee and Networking Break • The critical nature of the contractor induction phase – To get
10:50 Speed Networking Session this wrong is to put the whole project in jeopardy
Speed networking will enable you to meet a selection of • Conducting meetings on a one to one basis, providing extra
conference attendees within a short time and ensure an open coaching to increase contractor buy in
discussion throughout the conference. Take advantage of Dave Lowry, Central Maintenance Lead, Shell
this informal networking session to meet with other turnaround 15:40 Ensuring quality control during shutdowns through
professionals. Don’t forget to bring your business card! contractor relation building
11:30 Introduction to Integrated STO Management - using an • How safety systems should be set up on site, making sure
integrated solution to manage the following processes: that safety policies are applied evenly between owners,
• WBS-based Scope Development, Estimating and Budgeting contractors and safety representatives
including Risk Assessment and Mitigation; • Ensure all personnel remain compliant with the rules and
• Procurement Cycle and Contracting Process Management; procedures of the site
• Planning, Scheduling and Execution including Safety • Perform inductions that communicate the standards expected
Assessment, Mitigation and Permitting; and assure the competence of all personnel
• Forecasting, Earned Value-based Reporting, KPI Tracking, • Plan work scopes realistically and effectively ensuring that the
Change Management, Lessons Learned, Electronic Approvals, project is on time and within budget
Asset History 16:20 Panel Discussion: With owners competing for talent
• Integration with corporate sources such as: ERP (SAP), from a limited skills pool, what can be done to ensure
Schedule (P6, MSP), EAM, CMMS that all turnaround work is completed to a high standard?
Clarence P Monteiro, Principle, TeamWork Group
. • Identifying the key areas of turnaround work that are not
12:10 Working in confined spaces: Building awareness of steps carried out to a high enough standard
you can take to minimize risks • Weighing up the pros and cons of different assurance
• Ensuring that our health and safety duties to those who work systems such as the tag system
on our facilities are met • Independent Owners: How can they compete for skills with
• Developing methodologies which reduce the need to enter the giants?
confined spaces • Coordination: Can turnarounds be scheduled so that the best
• Ensuring that the atmosphere is safe to breathe in confined talent is more often available?
spaces whenever entry is necessary Steven Suykens, Operational Turnaround and Project
• Utilising technology to alert personnel to the danger Manager, Independent Belgian Refinery NV
Steven Suykens, Operational Turnaround and Project Dan Sawyer, Turnaround Professional
Manager, Independent Belgian Refinery NV Mike Grabill, Turnaround Specialist, BP
12:50 Lunch and Networking Break 17:00 Chairman’s Summar
17:15 Networking Drinks Reception
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4. CONFERENCE DAY TWO:
Wednesday September 19, 2012
08:30 Registration and Refreshments 14:00 Are We There Yet? - Tools and Techniques to Assess Your
Plant’s Shutdown Readiness
08:45 Chairman’s Opening Remarks • Develop a shutdown assessment plan that provides solid
feedback on all your deficiencies and strengths
09:00 Case Study: Last year’s shutdown at an offshore • Learn the tricks of the trade to match scope, cost and
production site duration
• Preparation: Aligning people with the schedule and process • Ensure that you take full advantage of the previous lessons
• Parts resourcing: How we avoided discovering incorrect learned
specification parts when it was too late • Develop the necessary actions, owners and timelines to
• Cost control: Planning and tracking for project costs, not address issues before they become problems.
direct costs • Proven methods for determining schedule readiness
• Planning for skills availability: How we ensured that the most Dan Sawyer, Turnaround Professional
able staff were available – through co-operation and
integrated planning with our competitors 14:40 Coffee and Networking Break
Haije Stigter, Team Lead Operations Support, Shell
15:20 Ensuring safety during shutdown planning while
09:50 Session Reserved for Global Vapor Control minimizing the impact on productivity
• A crucial function that the turnaround industry must address
SAFETY CRITICAL ELEMENTS is developing the methodologies which ensure safety while
10.30 Networking Coffee Break not impacting on productivity levels
• Examine the implications of process safety related plant
11:50 Scope Management: failures for the energy industry
• Planning for each outcome: Some tasks will form your ‘ • Create process safety indicators in your turnaround projects
concrete’ plan, others will need to be flexible so that safety performance can be reviewed – Just because
• Ensuring that your flexible plans have back ups to mitigate the an accident didn’t happen, it doesn’t mean there were not risks
risks • Monitor the performance of leading indicators and identify
• Front end loading: Making sure that the work is always done trends for safer future projects
in the planning time, not the execution – This includes pre- • Prioritise work and shutdown planning to raise safety
shutdown and inspections to minimise unexpected outcomes performance to higher standard
• Using an assessment method which grades your ability to Craig Pindell, Reliability and Planning Specialist, Craig
manage critical tasks in the event of a deviation from the Pindell Consulting
original plans
Peter Haar, CEO, Peter Haar Consulting 16:00 Panel Discussion: Offshore vs. Onshore
• Explore the similarities and differences between the
11:40 Session Reserved for Global Vapor Control challenges of onshore and offshore turnarounds
• Examine the timescale differences, as well as the life-cycle
12:50 Lunch and Networking Break
costings
MAINTENANCE & INSPECTION • Debate and share the lessons learned from both sectors
• This session will be facilitated by experts from the onshore
13:20 Roundtable Discussions - worst case scenario: and offshore world
Delegates will form discussion groups and be given John A. McLay, President, JMC Consulting and acclaimed
a problem solving activity. They will need to work author of “Practical Management for Plant Turnarounds”
together to come to a conclusion on the best course of Mike Grabill, Turnaround Specialist, BP
Tom McCusker, Regional Director, Plant Asset
action, and present their findings to the audience.
Management, Petrofac
17:00 Close of conference
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