Adoption of Total Productive Maintenance System in Nigerian Agip Oil Company Ltd (Case Study: Kwale Gas Recycling Plant)

Abstract

Consideration of drudgeries inherent in maintenance management system in Nigeria industries would eliminate the tedium associated in the system and improve equipment availability. Here an attempt was made to assess the equipment maintenance practice in NAOC-Kwale gas recycling plant, using Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) as quantifiable performance indicator to determine the effectiveness and availability of various types of pumps and other installed equipment in the plant. Maintenance records of the pumps provided data for the computation. The availability, performance and quality rate of the pumps were used to assess the overall effectiveness of the various pumps. The OEE value of 5.3% obtained confirmed that the current maintenance strategy and policy of the company is very much below standard and unacceptable. Hence, it is evident that using TPM will avert unexpected system failure through early faults detection; provide safety operation, reliability and equipment durability.

Keywords: Adoption, Maintenance system, TPM, OEE, Reliability, Durability.

DOI: 10.7176/IKM/13-2-03

Publication date: February 28^th 2023