Safety for a gas processing facility starts with preventive maintenance. For Santos Limited, operating 150 gas fields and 90 oil fields in the Cooper Basin of Australia, the job is huge. And expensive. To manage facilities efficiently, without impacting performance and productivity, Santos Limited is evaluating new opportunities such as virtual asset management. Using information from databases, asset management processes and 3D models to plan, build and maintain complex facilities, including material requirements and workforce needed for repair or expansion work, is referred to as Building Information Modeling (BIM). Companies implementing BIM programs have found they are able to make more timely and informed maintenance decisions, resulting in overall lower operating costs. Cha

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