... particular point in time, this does not help on an ongoing basis. Considering the costs in terms of time and money typically invested in such implementations, a more precise form of measure is required for management purposes. This paper looks at the approach used by PDO, the range of performance measures...

... facilities is hardly considered. As a consequence, the full design capacity of the plant is under-utilized and at the same time extension projects/ de-bottlenecking are easily justified. Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) solution to this has been the creation of the process control and optimization team which...