An investigation into root cause failure analysis (RCFA) practices in oil and gas industry

To remain profitable, it is important for oil and gas companies to reduce plant shutdown due to system or equipment failure. Effective root cause failure analysis is crucial to ensure that real causes of failure are identified, corrected and prevented from recurring. The effectiveness of RCFA depend...

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Main Authors: Hussin, H., Ghazali, Z., Suratanin, N.A., Muhamad, M., Mokhtar, A.A.
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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Published: Asian Research Publishing Network 2016
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spelling utp-eprints.253642021-08-27T12:59:09Z An investigation into root cause failure analysis (RCFA) practices in oil and gas industry Hussin, H. Ghazali, Z. Suratanin, N.A. Muhamad, M. Mokhtar, A.A. To remain profitable, it is important for oil and gas companies to reduce plant shutdown due to system or equipment failure. Effective root cause failure analysis is crucial to ensure that real causes of failure are identified, corrected and prevented from recurring. The effectiveness of RCFA depends on various factors such as expertise and organizational system which vary from one plant to another. This paper aimed to investigate current RCFA practices in oil and gas industry and propose areas for improvement. In this study, a comprehensive survey was conducted among RCFA investigators from various plants on important aspects of RCFA namely; investigation team, data collection, process knowledge, tool competency, report, recommendation and RCFA system in organization. From the survey, some good practices were highlighted especially in team formation and tool competency. Nevertheless, some areas need improvement such as RCFA database and sharing information. © 2006-2016 Asian Research Publishing Network (ARPN). Asian Research Publishing Network 2016 Article NonPeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85007247420&partnerID=40&md5=a642dee04962ee26b39c4a416f0a91f1 Hussin, H. and Ghazali, Z. and Suratanin, N.A. and Muhamad, M. and Mokhtar, A.A. (2016) An investigation into root cause failure analysis (RCFA) practices in oil and gas industry. ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 11 (22). pp. 13372-13375. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/25364/
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description To remain profitable, it is important for oil and gas companies to reduce plant shutdown due to system or equipment failure. Effective root cause failure analysis is crucial to ensure that real causes of failure are identified, corrected and prevented from recurring. The effectiveness of RCFA depends on various factors such as expertise and organizational system which vary from one plant to another. This paper aimed to investigate current RCFA practices in oil and gas industry and propose areas for improvement. In this study, a comprehensive survey was conducted among RCFA investigators from various plants on important aspects of RCFA namely; investigation team, data collection, process knowledge, tool competency, report, recommendation and RCFA system in organization. From the survey, some good practices were highlighted especially in team formation and tool competency. Nevertheless, some areas need improvement such as RCFA database and sharing information. © 2006-2016 Asian Research Publishing Network (ARPN).
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author Hussin, H.
Ghazali, Z.
Suratanin, N.A.
Muhamad, M.
Mokhtar, A.A.
spellingShingle Hussin, H.
Ghazali, Z.
Suratanin, N.A.
Muhamad, M.
Mokhtar, A.A.
An investigation into root cause failure analysis (RCFA) practices in oil and gas industry
author_sort Hussin, H.
title An investigation into root cause failure analysis (RCFA) practices in oil and gas industry
title_short An investigation into root cause failure analysis (RCFA) practices in oil and gas industry
title_full An investigation into root cause failure analysis (RCFA) practices in oil and gas industry
title_fullStr An investigation into root cause failure analysis (RCFA) practices in oil and gas industry
title_full_unstemmed An investigation into root cause failure analysis (RCFA) practices in oil and gas industry
title_sort investigation into root cause failure analysis (rcfa) practices in oil and gas industry
publisher Asian Research Publishing Network
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