A design approach for asset supply logistics. (1st October 2010)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Roben, Sebastiaan; Ottjes, Jaap A.; Lodewijks, Gabriel; Van den Dool, Arnold
• Is Part Of: International journal of computer aided engineering and technology. Volume 2:Number 4(2010)
• Page Start: 311
• Page End: 323
• Publication Date: 2010-10-01
• Subjects: asset supply logistics -- transportation safety -- oil and gas industry -- discrete simulation -- process interaction -- pocess simulation -- robustness -- key performance indicators -- KPI -- logistics support -- operational costs -- availability -- operational safety -- environmental impact; Computer-aided engineering -- Periodicals; 620.00285
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1757-2657

Abstract

In order to provide adequate logistics support for an oil and gas producing asset, onshore as well as offshore, a logistics support concept needs to be developed at an early stage in the opportunity realisation process. A vast amount of options for infrastructure (roads, ports, bases), the stochastic nature of impacting parameters, a distinct set of requirements for different phases in the asset lifetime and the potentially changing business environment over time, make finding an optimum integrated logistics solution a difficult task. This paper presents the development of a software tool that is to determine the optimum logistic concept for new developments in a new (greenfield) or existing business environment (brownfield) and how to interactively generate of a set of feasible concepts and assess concepts' robustness by key performance indicators, which include operational cost, availability, operational safety and environmental impact.