On Thursday 9th February, Add Energy hosted a free webinar on the what, why and how of master asset data collection, validation and enrichment, in order to help attendees mitigate against common challenges and pitfalls.

The webinar was held in response to Add Energy’s 2022 Maintenance Manager report, where one third of more than 400 professionals who took part in the study identified CMMS data quality and usage as one of the biggest challenges they currently face. 

Ahsan Jawad, our Digitalization and Software Sales Executive based in Aberdeen, has been known as an Industry 4.0 enthusiast since joining the Add Energy team in 2018, after completing his MBA with a specialization in strategy and digital innovation. Now studying for his doctorate in digitalization strategy, Ahsan is dedicated to supporting digital transformation initiatives for both Add Energy and our clients.

In this blog post, which forms part of our ‘Ask the Experts’ series, Ahsan sheds light on the challenges surrounding digital transformation, as well as advice on how organizations can overcome them…

The terms ‘digitalization’, ‘digitization’ and ‘digital transformation’ are gaining more and more popularity as companies discover the benefits that come with automated processes and enhanced interfaces between people and data.

An operating asset must perform efficiently, effectively and reliably in order to achieve a company’s objectives, and for asset-intensive industries, such as oil and gas, the process of asset integrity management is critical to ensuring this - helping to maximize production, reduce downtime, and ensure the safety of people and the environment. 

From oil rigs and refineries, to power plants and pipelines, it has become more important than ever to ensure each component of an asset is continually performing correctly.

At Add Energy, we help our clients overcome their biggest challenges in asset and integrity management, drilling and well engineering, safety and risk, and decarbonization, which couldn’t be made possible without our driven team of industry experts.

In our ‘Ask the Experts’ series, we delve into the knowledge and insights of specialists across the company, asking them to share their most compelling advice, as well as the keys to success within their roles.

Based in Aberdeen, Emeka Onuh, our Senior Asset and Integrity Manager, has gained a deep understanding of the challenges within asset integrity management, and has been a valued member of the Add Energy team for over 14 years now. 

In this interview, which forms part of our ‘Ask the Experts’ series, Emeka reflects on his many years of experience and shares his advice on how maintenance teams can overcome key challenges in asset integrity management, and what the future holds for this area of specialty…

The discipline of asset integrity management (AIM)focuses on ensuring assets operate safely and are suitably intact for what they are required to do. Essentially, this involves making sure that the integrity of each component of an asset is at its premium throughout its entire lifecycle. 

Based in the Calgary office, Brian Smith, Add Energy’s Principal Consultant of Maintenance and Reliability Engineering, has developed a rich understanding of the challenges maintenance teams face, as well as the keys to success.

Effective maintenance planning and scheduling is vitally important for every asset, because not only does it enable efficient work execution, it has a direct impact on production and safety targets as well as OPEX. Proactively planning and scheduling your maintenance can often seem impossible amid unexpected priority changes and urgent requests - or what many describe as “firefighting”.