STOs AIM HIGHER. AIM SMARTER. Your Next STO Should Outperform Your Last One We help shutdown, turnaround, and outage teams in energy, petrochemical, and process industries benchmark their events, tighten scope, and close the performance gaps that separate competitive turnarounds from costly ones. Book a Discovery Call See Our Case Studies What Top-Performing STO Management Teams Have in Common Across 3,000+ STO events, the same patterns show up in the ones that deliver. The ones that distinguish top-quartile performers are usually visible before the event starts: Scope validated against industry benchmarks at the process unit and equipment level Risk assessment completed early with response plans in place before mobilization Cost, schedule, and labor hour benchmarks drawn from comparable events at your complexity, scale, and process type Long-range planning that is informed early enough to shape scope An objective reference point for where performance sits against top-quartile cost, duration, and safety outcomes How We Help We Get in Early Most STO improvement happens before the event, not during it. Our approach focuses on the preparation effort: bringing the data, turnaround benchmarking, scope methodology, and risk tools to show teams exactly where their gaps are while there’s still time to act on them. Our STO Database is the most comprehensive benchmarking resource for shutdowns, turnarounds, and outages in the industry, built from direct on-site performance observations across thousands of unique events in North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. We use this dataset to benchmark your event objectively against what top-quartile performance looks like at your scale, process type, and geography. 26 Years of STO Performance Data 7,000+ STOs & Capital Projects Analyzed 100+ Clients Globally 6 Continents of Project Data: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa What We Do for STO Teams We bring eleven services across benchmarking, scope, risk, and program delivery. All of them are built around what the best-performing STOs have in common. Benchmarking & Scope Assurance Risk & Process Turnaround Benchmarking Know how your STO compares to the best in industry before you plan the next one. We benchmark your event against the world’s largest STO database across cost, scope, duration, productivity, and safety, controlled for process unit, shift pattern, and geography, and identify the planning and execution gaps most worth closing. Learn more Turnaround Scope Index (TSI) The only trademarked benchmarking methodology for STO scope selection. TSI quantifies your planned work against industry data down to the process unit and equipment level, giving you an objective basis for the decision that affects cost and duration more than any other. Learn more Risk-Based Scope Review Review your planned work list through a risk and reliability lens. We evaluate your turnaround scope against asset risk data to identify what work is essential, what can be deferred without consequence, and where scope additions are adding cost without adding value. Learn more Turnaround Assist Program (T-AP) A phased series of on-site engagements designed to drive safe, cost-competitive STO outcomes. Our team works alongside yours at each stage of the turnaround lifecycle, from early planning through execution, providing objective external perspective on the decisions that carry the most risk. Learn more Integrated Turnaround Assist Program (iT-AP) A more comprehensive engagement for organizations executing STOs with capital scope and seeking deeper support across all contributing disciplines. iT-AP brings integrated planning, risk, scope, and execution assistance to complex-capital intensive turnarounds where a single-track advisory isn’t enough. Learn more Upstream Turnaround Assist Program (UT-AP) T-AP built for the specific requirements of upstream offshore facilities. The benchmarking, risk methodology, and on-site support are drawn from our dedicated Upstream Turnaround Database, giving upstream teams a reference point that reflects their actual operating context. Learn more Turnaround Experience Augmentation Bring senior turnaround expertise directly into your team at the points in the planning and execution cycle where it matters most. Our STO specialists complement your staff when capacity or experience gaps could affect the outcome, without adding permanent headcount. Learn more Facilitated Turnaround Risk Workshop Effective STO risk management helps your team identify, assess, and prioritize the risks most likely to affect your outcomes. Risk owners get assigned, response plans get documented, and the output integrates directly with PYXIS for ongoing tracking through execution. Learn more Turnaround Interval Management Program (TIMP) Take the reactive out of interval planning. TIMP establishes a structured approach to managing the period between turnarounds, building scope, capturing lessons, and setting up the next event with enough lead time to act on what you find rather than just responding to it. Learn more Turnaround Work Process Development Build a repeatable turnaround work process grounded in what actually works. We draw on best practice data from our STO database to develop processes that help your organization replicate its best events and stop repeating the costly patterns from its worst ones. Learn more Turnaround Value Practices (TVP) Identify where your STO program leaves value on the table and build a roadmap to recover it. TVP uses structured analytics and best practice data to evaluate your organization’s overall approach to turnarounds and prioritize the changes with the highest return. Learn more The Tools Behind Top-Quartile STO Performance Purpose-built STO management software for the planning cycles, execution pressure, and reporting requirements of shutdowns, turnarounds, and outages. All tools are accessible through the Turnaround Network and Upstream Network platforms, or available as standalone add-ons. NaviTrack The industry’s most widely deployed STO planning and readiness management platform helping organizations standardize work processes and improve turnaround outcomes. Built on proven industry practices and designed to guide teams from initial scope development through execution and closeout. Learn more PYXIS Risk registers grounded in real STO data, with owner assignment and mitigation tracking built in. Learn more acXis A single view of every open action item across your entire AP Networks platform, so nothing falls through between planning cycles. Learn more LLern Captures lessons learned and turns them into live improvement actions so the same issues don’t recur event after event. Learn more iNTrack Connects your STO work processes with capital project planning so handoffs between teams are tracked, not assumed. Learn more NaviTrack for Storage Tanks NaviTrack adapted for the planning and execution requirements specific to storage tank turnarounds. Learn more Turnaround Readiness Pyramid A structured self-assessment that gives your team a clear picture of readiness across all disciplines before the event begins. Learn more STO-Bench Portfolio-level benchmarking and analytics drawn from 26 years of global STO performance data. Learn more Risk Manager Predicts cost, schedule, safety, and operability outcomes based on the specific risk profile of your STO event, giving teams a quantified view of exposure before the event begins. Learn more Cost of Change Calculator Models the full cost impact of late scope or timing changes so teams can see what a change actually costs before committing to it. Learn more Complexity Calculator Categorizes your STO by independently correlated characteristics so preparation plans and tools are sized for your event’s actual complexity rather than a generic template. Learn more Offshore Turnaround Readiness Pyramid A structured self-assessment covering preparation and organizational readiness for offshore turnarounds, benchmarked against industry best practices. Learn more Outage Readiness Pyramid Assesses preparation and readiness for outages against industry best practices, drawing on data from thousands of outage events across industries. Learn more Customized Solutions Our team works with clients to build custom cloud-based applications for STO and capital project management, drawing on decades of on-site performance data and industry expertise. Learn more The Data Behind Every Benchmark Our benchmarking conclusions come from direct on-site observation across thousands of unique STO events, not modeled estimates or survey data. Here are the two dedicated databases that cover the full range of event types we work in. Turnaround Database Tracks planned and actual STO outcomes alongside the preparation and execution practices correlated with those results. It’s the reference we draw on when benchmarking your event against industry, identifying your gaps, and helping you make decisions that hold up against the evidence. Learn more Upstream Turnaround Database Covers data and analytics from upstream-specific STO events. It gives upstream teams a benchmark that reflects their actual operating context, and lets us identify the factors that consistently separate better-performing upstream events from worse ones. Learn more From the STO Knowledge Base Deeper reading on what drives STO performance and where improvement programs tend to find the most value. Case Study Driving Optimal Turnaround Readiness A Canadian refiner was tracking toward cost and schedule overruns above 35%. After engaging with our Turnaround Assist Program, both came in below 10%. Here’s how the work unfolded. Read the case study White Paper Shutdowns, Turnarounds and Outages: Key Performance Drivers and Best Practices What separates top-quartile STO performers from the rest? Two decades of on-site data identify the preparation and execution practices most consistently correlated with competitive outcomes. Read more White Paper Building an Effective Corporate Turnaround Management Organization Establishing a corporate-level turnaround management function requires more than process. This white paper outlines the structural elements we’ve found most effective across refining, chemicals, and energy organizations building lasting capability. Read more Visit the Full Knowledge Base TINC: The Turnaround Industry Network Conference Every year, we bring STO professionals from energy, chemical, and process industries together to compare benchmarks, hear from peers working through the same challenges, and walk away with something they can actually use. We started it in 2003 and host it annually because we think the industry is better when the people doing this work are talking to each other. Learn About TINC Get in Touch Connect With Our STO Team Most of our engagements begin with a discovery conversation. We listen first, understand what your events have looked like, and tell you honestly where we think we can add value. No commitment, no generic pitch. Just a conversation about what you’re working with. Connect with STOs Are you interested in learning more about AP-Networks STO services? Choose a service and we will connect with you at our earliest convenience. 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