Case Study

A large European oil and gas business needed to understand the full performance potential of its flagship refinery.

External benchmarking had revealed a significant performance gap against its peers. European refineries were going through a phase of market and regulatory change leading to asset closures, so it was critical to address these issues for long‑term viability.

Conduct a diagnostic with a team of industry experts to make very specific and practical recommendations:

• Improve production planning and optimise product mix and volume through liquefied petroleum gas optimisation and better operational execution of the plan
• Increase availability by reducing unit turnaround frequency and duration, increase reliability (both maintenance and process‑related) and reduce process variability
• Reduce maintenance spend through increased tool time, improve contractor management and optimise spans of control
• Address the additional source of lost margin