Title: Performance Management for the Oil, Gas, and Process Industries : A Systems Approach Author: Robert Bruce Hey ISBN: 0128104465 / 9780128104460 Format: Soft Cover Pages: 740 Publisher: GULF Year: 2017 Availability: 45-60 days
Description
Feature
Contents
Performance Management for the Oil, Gas, and Process Industries: A Systems Approach is a practical guide on the business cycle and techniques to undertake step, episodic, and breakthrough improvement in performance to optimize operating costs. Like many industries, the oil, gas, and process industries are coming under increasing pressure to cut costs due to ongoing construction of larger, more integrated units, as well as the application of increasingly stringent environmental policies.
Focusing on the ‘value adder’ or ‘revenue generator’ core system and the company direction statement, this book describes a systems approach which assures significant sustainable improvements in the business and operational performance specific to the oil, gas, and process industries. The book will enable the reader to: utilize best practice principles of good governance for long term performance enhancement; identify the most significant performance indicators for overall business improvement; apply strategies to ensure that targets are met in agreed upon time frames.
Describes a systems approach which assures significant sustainable improvements in the business and operational performance specific to the oil, gas, and process industries
Helps readers set appropriate and realistic short-term/ long-term targets with a pre-built facility health checker
Elucidates the relationship between PSM, OHS, and Asset Integrity with an increased emphasis on behavior-based safety
Discusses specific oil and gas industry issues and examples such as refinery and gas plant performance initiatives and hydrocarbon accounting
Preface
Chapter 1 : What is Performance Management?
Part 1 : Systems
Chapter 2 : The Business Unit Chapter 3 : Models Chapter 4 : Management Systems Determination and Requirements Chapter 5 : The Business Cycle Chapter 6 : Business Process Management
Part 2 : Governance and Performance
Chapter 7 : What Are the Principles of Good Governance? Chapter 8 : Governance Framework Chapter 9 : How Does Governance Affect Performance? Chapter 10 : Alignment
Part 3 : Risk and Performance
Chapter 11 : Risk Management Chapter 12 : Risk Control Mechanisms Chapter 13 : Merging Performance and Risk Chapter 14 : Incident Preparedness and Operational (Business) Continuity Management
Part 5 : Asset Performance Management
Chapter 18 : Types of Assets and Applicable Standards Chapter 19 : Information Chapter 20 : Human Capital Chapter 21 : Finance Chapter 22 : Physical Assets Chapter 23 : Turnarounds
Part 6 : Benchmarking
Chapter 24 : The Benchmarking Process and Consultant Selection Chapter 25 : Common Denominators and Indices Used in Benchmarking Chapter 26 : Benchmarking Data Verification Chapter 27 : Using Benchmarking Results
Part 7 : Assessment, Strategies, and Reporting
Chapter 28 : Assessment Overview Chapter 29 : Identification, Analysis, and Evaluation of Gaps Chapter 30 : Strategies and Actions Chapter 31 : Reporting
Part 8 : Business Oversight
Chapter 32 : Business Relationships Chapter 33 : The Opportunity Lifecycle Chapter 34 : Roles and Responsibilities Chapter 35 : Management Review
Part 9 : Oil and Gas Issues
Chapter 36 : Hydrocarbon Accounting Chapter 37 : Fuel Oil Refineries Chapter 38 : Gas Plants
Part 10 : Conclusion
Chapter 39 : Alignment to Achieve Recognition for Excellence
Appendix A : Glossary of Terms
Appendix B : KPIs
Appendix C : Oil and Gas Rules of Thumb
Appendix D : Operational Performance Health Checker Example
Index