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| Aker Kvaerner, IBM tie up in alliance  Aker Kvaerner and IBM have established an alliance for Condition Based Maintenance of oil and gas plants in Norway. Condition based maintenance reduces plant downtime for ongoing maintenance to the minimum by means of a heightened monitoring system. The initial focus will be on installations in the North Sea and onshore in Norway, with long term plans to expand internationally. With the establishment of the IBM Oil & Gas Centre of Excellence in Stavanger, the parties have defined a joint business opportunity within Condition Based Maintenance.Collecting process data and condition data, information flow between the plant and the centre onshore, data analysis, condition reports and establishment of effective maintenance programs and routines are included in the offering. Integrated Operations are key to the future for the integrated operation of oil and gas fields, increasing daily production and extending the life of oil existing fields. A recent report by the The Norwegian Oil Industry's Association (OLF) states that it is possible to extract increased revenues of NOK 250 billion using Integrated Operations. One of the areas where improvements and benefits can be gained, the OLF contends, is through improving the efficiency of the maintenance process. The IBM Oil & Gas Center of Excellence located in Stavanger is one of five IBM facilities focused on the global oil and gas industry that have opened in the past two years. Other IBM facilities include: IBM Oil Sands Centre of Excellence in Calgary, Canada; the Energy Competency Center (ECC), Abu Dhabi; the Energy Competency Center (ECC) Beijing, and the Energy Competency Center (ECC) Moscow. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |