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3rd Annual Plant Maintenance in the Middle East Conference – Abu Dhabi, UAE |
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3rd Annual Plant Maintenance in the Middle East Conference – Abu Dhabi, UAE - January 11-13, 2010
Bethesda, Maryland, January 2010 — Asset Performance Networks presented at the Plant Maintenance in the Middle East Conference that took place from January 11-13, 2010 in Abu Dhabi, UAE. John Alkemade presented a paper on "Effective Implementation of a Gated Work Process – The NaviTrack Story". This presentation outlined how a formalized, gated work process will positively influence the outcome of a turnaround. Further, the presentation explained how all turnaround best practices are assembled into one "Plan-to-Plan," customized for the complexity of individual turnarounds. Finally, this presentation focused on utilization of NaviTrack.
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TINC Americas 2009 Summary |
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 This year, TINC Americas was held October 7th - 9th in Houston. The Turnaround Industry Network Conference (TINC) is the premier turnaround symposium to share best practices proven to deliver safe, event-free, and predictable turnaround outcomes. TINC is an invitation-only conference for owner-operators, and is the only forum exclusively for turnaround professionals. TINC is sponsored by Asset Performance Networks, and is organized by a steering committee comprised of 12 owner-operator companies. It is governed by a strict code of conduct to ensure compliance with antitrust laws.
This year's conference featured owner company executives (from Chevron, Shell and Hovensa) keynoting each day of the conference. It also featured a quantitative benchmarking analysis of turnaround practices for each company with representative data in the AP-Networks database. Additionally, TINC had the following: an expert panel; a NaviTrack Power Users' session; a NaviTrack user training; and many other turnaround specific presentations and breakouts.
Here's why 99% of attendees said they would recommend TINC to their colleagues. Those who attended...
- Saw firsthand the leading edge of turnaround best practices
- Learned from industry experts through presentations, focused discussions, breakouts, and group activities
- Caught up on the most effective strategies and techniques for overcoming the greatest hurdles in superb turnaround execution
- Networked and exchanged ideas with colleagues from other owner organizations
- Received valuable benchmarking data on the state of your organization relative to industry best practices
- Saw the next generation of tools for predicting, managing, and driving superior capital project and turnaround performance
- Found out what's on the horizon for tomorrow's Turnaround managers and professionals
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THE PROGRAM
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The ongoing theme of TINC is "The Continuum of Turnaround Excellence," where participants have the opportunity to meet with peers and gain insights into the latest industry trends and best practices. The two-day conference includes presentations covering proven practices in the following topics: management involvement, steering team criticality, turnaround risk management, high performing teams and execution teamwork, continuous planning and integration, planning practices, safety management, and integration of capital project activities into the turnaround.
This year's presentations and expert panel participation were led by individuals from owner-operator companies such as: Celanese, Chevron, Flint Hills Resources, Hovensa, Invista, Shell, and Tesoro.
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COMPANIES ATTENDING TINC 2009
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| BP |
Nustar |
| Celanese |
Shell |
| Chevron |
Sunoco |
| ConocoPhillips |
Syncrude |
| ExxonMobil |
Tengizchevroil |
| Flint Hills Resources |
Tesoro |
| Lanxess |
Valero |
| LyondellBasell |
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Turnaround Industry Network Conference 2009 |
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Turnaround Industry Network Conference
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Bethesda, Maryland, June 2009 — The Turnaround Industry Network Conference (TINC) is the premier turnaround symposium to share best practices proven to deliver safe, event-free, and predictable turnaround outcomes. TINC is an invitation-only conference for owner-operators, and is the only forum exclusively for turnaround professionals. TINC is sponsored by Asset Performance Networks, and is organized by a steering committee comprised of 12 owner-operator companies. It is governed by a strict code of conduct to ensure compliance with antitrust laws.
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TINC - AMERICAS: October 7-9, 2009 - Houston, Texas
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This year, TINC – Americas was held on October 7th - 9th in Houston. It featured owner company executives (from Chevron, Shell and Hovensa) keynoting each day of the conference. It also featured a quantitative benchmarking analysis of turnaround practices for each company with representative data in the AP-Networks database. Additionally, TINC had the following: an expert panel; a NaviTrack Power Users' session; a NaviTrack user training; and many other turnaround specific presentations and breakouts.
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Eighth Annual Shutdowns Superconference, Calgary, December 2009 |
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AP-Networks Sponsors 2009 Shutdown Superconference, December 8-9, Alberta, Canada
Bethesda, Maryland, December 2009 — Asset Performance Networks once again sponsored this year's Shutdown Superconference on December 8th and 9th in Calgary, Alberta at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. This year’s conference featured the most internationally diverse roster of experts who shared their knowledge and solutions that can be applied to a site or company’s next shutdown. The Shutdown Superconference was a 2-day event that is the only Canadian event of its kind, providing a forum for delegates and speakers from a wide variety of industry sectors. John Crager, a Senior Consultant from Asset Performance Networks, and Ken Yurkiw, Manager of Turnaround Process Development at Suncor Energy, presented on the topic of “Implementing a Best-in-Class Outage Management Process for Oil Sands”. This case study provided:
- An overview of some of the challenges faced by the site
- Details regarding the efforts used to implement an updated turnaround work process based on benchmarking best-in-class performers across industry
- Managing various stakeholders from all key site functional disciplines
- Examining technical support specialists throughout the enterprise, including tools and job aids
- Exploring the initiatives that have worked to significantly improve planning, preparation, and execution of shutdowns
In addition, Asset Performance Networks provided information about our products and services for the turnaround sector, and gave hands-on demonstrations of the following software tools aimed at improving turnaround performance: Turnaround-Network.com©, NaviTrack™, and Pyxis©. Our tools and services have been implemented by a growing number of Canadian companies, including Alberta Envirofuels, Suncor, and Shell. |
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AP-Networks to Present in Vienna, Austria September 2009 |
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AP-Networks to Present in Vienna, Austria September 24-25, 2009
Amsterdam, Netherlands - August 2009 — Asset Performance Networks presented at the Shutdowns, Turnarounds, and Outages Conference held on September 24th-25th in Vienna, Austria. John Alkemade, European Director, gave a presentation entitled "The Importance of Turnaround Planning and Preparation to Eliminate or Minimize Setbacks." Mr. Alkemade’s presentation included such topics as which key leading indicators have a quantifiable effect on turnaround outcomes, how to interpret the feasibility of turnaround objectives, and the value of a common turnaround work process.
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