Maintenance: How to conduct successful turnaround maintenance at refineries

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Maintenance: How to conduct successful turnaround maintenance at refineries

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Jun 16, 2020

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PricewaterhouseCoopers reports that, since 2014, the oil and gas industry has put off noncritical spending to reduce costs.1 In 2016, for example, the average number of backlogged labor hours for corrective and deferred safety-critical maintenance increased by 25%. Learn more in this AVEVA sponsored podcast.

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Jun 16, 2020

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Maintenance: How to conduct successful turnaround maintenance at refineries

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