Plant outages/turnarounds are a substantial contributor to the overall cost structure of any plan fraught with costs due to the complex, expensive and risky nature of outages/turnarounds. Impacts on plants can be tremendous:
- Lost revenue while a plant/unit is shutdown
- Critical path items/project delays
- Safety hazards
- Coordination and scheduling complexities
- Maintaining qualified team members
- Startup, Testing, and Turnover
- Continued market pressures to do more with less