REFINING For more information: www.assetweb.com Chevron Oronite Achieves 99% Availability with AMS ® Suite: Intelligent Device Manager RESULTS • Availability of critical valves increased to 99% • Turnaround time for valve maintenance reduced by 60% APPLICATION Development and manufacturing of additives for fuel and lubricants. CUSTOMER Chevron Oronite de Gonfreville l’Orcher in Le Havre is one of the Chevron Texaco companies and produces approximately 355,000 tons per annum of end product. CHALLENGE Chevron Oronite was experiencing an increase in maintenance costs due to the amount of reactive maintenance they did. With more than 20,000 instruments, this maintenance approach was no longer working. The plant wanted to make a change to a more predictive approach to dramatically change the

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