PREVISION AND OPTIMISATION OF REPAIRABLE SPARE PARTS: A CASE STUDY IN THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY

Authors

  • Danilo Gonçalves Calvacante Maintenance Division, Petrobras, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Luciano Ferreira Operations Research Group, Business School, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
  • Denis Borenstein Operations Research Group, Business School, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7166/31-2-2221

Keywords:

Reliability, Renewal process, Spare parts, Maintenance

Abstract

This study was motivated by the high costs incurred by an energy company for repairable spare parts for faulty mission-critical items, particularly with those that operate until failure. The objective of this paper is to develop and apply a method for repairable spare part inventory management of run-to-failure equipment. To achieve a robust method that incorporates the data collected from previous failures, such as environmental factors and operating conditions, we propose an optimisation approach based on an accelerated failure time model. Accelerated failure time is used as a reliability regression model with covariates to describe different operational conditions. An algorithm is also developed to consider the repairable nature of the equipment, predicting the number of spare parts based on the expected number of failures in the period and the equipment repair cycle. The proposed method is applied using data from three different power units of electrical submersible pumps, a mission-critical item in oil production. The results show an average reduction of 60.6 per cent in the required number of spare parts, considering an average fill rate of 95.33 per cent. This reduction implies an estimated annual savings of around US$664,720 in inventory costs, considering the analysed units.

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Author Biographies

Danilo Gonçalves Calvacante, Maintenance Division, Petrobras, São Paulo, Brazil

Maintenance SupervisorOffshore Unit

Luciano Ferreira, Operations Research Group, Business School, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Associate professor

Operations Research Group

Business School

Denis Borenstein, Operations Research Group, Business School, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Full Professor 

Operations Research Group

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Published

2020-08-30

How to Cite

Calvacante, D. G., Ferreira, L., & Borenstein, D. (2020). PREVISION AND OPTIMISATION OF REPAIRABLE SPARE PARTS: A CASE STUDY IN THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY. The South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, 31(2), 156–171. https://doi.org/10.7166/31-2-2221

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Case Studies