Sustainable Operations with Exceptional Performance from your AssetsAsset Performance Management from Rockwell Automation

Traditionally, companies in the oil & gas industry have been market valued based upon the reserves owned and amount of equipment available to refine produced hydrocarbons into marketable product. While that is a piece of market valuation, today highly valued energy companies must be efficient operators. Capital-intensive industries like oil & gas are continually challenged to increase production while keeping the costs of sustaining operations down. Energy companies have implemented process instrumentation asset systems with the promise of optimizing their production by improving uptime. However, the energy industry has historically lagged other industries in the area of asset performance. The Aberdeen Group reports that on average, oil & gas companies have operational equipment effectiveness of about 73% compared with process industry leaders with scores in the high 80s.

The health of process instrumentation is important, but a key issue involves employing a more comprehensive approach to asset management. Comprehensive asset management is best achieved through alignment of strategies between facilities, maintenance and operations personnel in the form of integrated production operations. The heartbeat of the oil & gas industry is rotating assets. Pumps, turbines, compressor, and other equipment is what keep hydrocarbons moving from extraction to distribution. These assets are critical, no matter if they are 5 horsepower or 5,000. Many of the smaller assets do not have the ability to report on their health, yet can cause critical path failures. Companies striving to achieve leading class equipment effectiveness must look to comprehensive asset management strategies that include rotating assets and more.

Asset Performance Management from Rockwell Automation enables both a plant- and enterprise-wide view into the performance of assets as well as energy consumption, emissions levels and predictive maintenance functions.

End-to-End Solution for Asset Performance ManagementThe Asset Performance Management solution from Rockwell Automation provides complete end-to-end functionality and transparency for efficient asset management. It provides a disciplined, collaborative environment for integrated production operations.

The solution draws in data from process systems, mechanical condition systems, electrical systems and financial systems to provide business leaders, operators and maintenance personnel visibility into real-time status of asset performance and potential maintenance problems with live actionable data. Knowledge of plant performance enables proactive responses to issues, resulting in improved system availability.

Asset Performance Management from Rockwell Automation enables both a plant- and enterprise-wide view into the performance of assets, as well as energy consumption, emissions levels and predictive maintenance functions. Powerful analytics and model predictive control help you reduce operation costs and improve asset utilization by leading operations and maintenance personnel to trouble areas.

Built on the foundation of the PlantPAx system from Rockwell Automation, Asset Performance Management can be easily interfaced with existing systems or be the automation platform for new systems, from offshore platforms and sub sea extraction, to pipelines and gas processing through refinery balance of plant equipment.

Targeting Key Production Asset Management ChallengesA shrinking base of subject matter experts, data located in disparate silos and aging equipment operating in harsh environments challenge production operators to meet the performance standards companies expect from their assets.

The Rockwell Automation approach is to focus on the top challenges that face production and maintenance managers in the oil & gas industry. We draw on our strengths of over 100 years of automation experience, and a worldwide network of experienced professionals.

With this foundation, we can help our clients meet key challenges faced by the oil & gas industry by offering tools to improve asset performance including:

• VisualizationManagement:Role-basedassetinformationdistributed throughout a facility or across an enterprise

• PerformanceManagement:Analyticaltoolstohelpoptimize asset availability and maintenance strategies pinpointing areas which require attention

• DataManagement:UnifiedProductionModeltoenhance system performance and reduce costs

• KnowledgeManagement:Innovativetechnologiestocapture and share system and technical knowledge across the organization

• ChangeManagement:Continual,on-linemonitoringofasset programs that help insure authorized modifications and the latest operating versions

• EmissionsManagement:Costeffective,patented model-based, predictive emission monitoring and optimization systems

• MROAssetManagement:SolutionstomanageMROprocesses for spare parts inventory, reducing unplanned downtime, extending equipment life, and minimizing repair and carrying costs

• WorkFlowAutomation:Consultingservicestohelpfindareas for quick efficiency gains

• Energymanagement:Comprehensiveapproachtomeeting energy reduction goals

The Rockwell Automation approach is to focus on the top challenges that face production and maintenance managers in the oil and gas industry.

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Benefits of Leveraging Asset Performance Management from Rockwell AutomationAsset Performance Management from Rockwell Automation can help you get the most from your assets. We have helped clients achieve sustainable reductions of up to 15% in maintenance expenses while improving overall asset performance. We can also help to increase reliability, reduce spare parts investments, improve return on assets and boost bottom-line performance.

Rockwell Automation Lowers Installation and Life Cycle CostsThe Asset Performance Management solution from Rockwell Automation helps you achieve low initial costs and also lowers the total life cycle costs of your asset managementsystem.OurPlantPAxarchitectureoffersefficient and effective data management by levering a UnifiedProductionModel.Thistypeofmodelkeepscostsdown by having device level data managed by local and distributive systems, while allowing visibility to system analytics across the plant or enterprise. We also provide very economical and scalable solutions to monitor and analyze the health of rotating assets, no matter the horsepower.

The Asset Performance Management solution from Rockwell Automation helps you achieve low initial costs and also lowers the total life cycle costs of your asset management system.

For More InformationFor more information on the Asset Performance Management solution from Rockwell Automation, please contact a local Rockwell Automation representative, and visit us at www.rockwellautomation.com