A preventive maintenance schedule for oil, gas and refinery facilities is the plan of checks, services and inspections that keeps the plant’s equipment running between breakdowns. Rotating equipment, pressure equipment, tanks and safety systems. Inspection and proof-test records are as important as the preventive work itself.
Below are the equipment types we list for this industry, each with its own preventive maintenance schedule and checklist, and the common utilities every plant has. The tasks and intervals follow common industry practice; the maker’s manual and site safety procedures come first.
Equipment in a oil, gas and refinery facilities preventive maintenance schedule
Oil, gas, power plant & environment
Cranes, lifting & material handling
Boilers, steam & thermal systems
Fire protection & safety
Pumps
Water & effluent treatment
Instruments, automation & laboratory
Valves, piping & hydraulics
Process & chemical equipment
Heat exchangers, vessels & storage
Compressors & compressed air
Electrical distribution & power quality
Power generation & backup
Conveying, bulk handling & dust control
Fans, blowers, vacuum & ventilation
Machine tools, metalworking & assembly
Motors, drives & power transmission
Furnaces, foundry & surface treatment
Other equipment
HVAC & refrigeration
Common plant equipment in oil, gas and refinery facilities
Pumps, compressors, motors, boilers, chillers, air handling units, transformers, generators and conveyors appear in almost every industry. Their schedules:
The full list is on the page of equipment preventive maintenance schedules.
How big is the preventive maintenance schedule for oil, gas and refinery facilities?
For one unit of each of the 86 industry-specific equipment types in our library, the schedule has 521 recurring tasks and about 6,714 hours of work a year. Adding one unit of each of the 62 common equipment types makes it 888 tasks and about 9,482 hours. A real plant has several units of most of them, which is why the monthly workload needs balancing.
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Pick your equipment in the free generator and download a 12-month schedule as an Excel file, with tasks, intervals and monthly workload hours. For the method, read the guide to the preventive maintenance schedule, and the preventive maintenance checklist.
To run it in software, see maintenance software for oil and gas, or the preventive maintenance software module.
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Frequently asked questions
What should a preventive maintenance schedule for oil, gas and refinery facilities include?
The equipment that decides output and safety, the tasks and intervals for each, the time each task takes and who does it, and a record of completion. For this industry the biggest groups of equipment are oil, gas, power plant & environment, cranes, lifting & material handling, boilers, steam & thermal systems, fire protection & safety. Add the statutory examinations that apply to your plant.
How many types of equipment does the oil, gas and refinery facilities schedule cover?
Our library lists 86 industry-specific equipment types for oil, gas and refinery facilities and 62 common plant equipment types, each with its own tasks, intervals and times.
Is there a free preventive maintenance schedule generator for oil, gas and refinery facilities?
Yes. The free preventive maintenance schedule generator opens with this industry selected, lets you choose your equipment and quantities, and gives a 12-month schedule as an Excel file.