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Hello everyone,

In the Oil & Gas industry, effective maintenance planning and scheduling play a critical role in enhancing asset performance and reliability.

A structured planning process ensures that work is properly scoped, resources are optimized, and risks are identified before execution. Meanwhile, efficient scheduling allows organizations to align maintenance activities with operational priorities, minimizing downtime and avoiding unnecessary disruptions.

From my experience, strong planning and scheduling practices contribute directly to:

• Improved asset reliability and availability
• Better control of maintenance costs (OPEX)
• Increased safety by reducing reactive work
• More efficient use of manpower and materials

Ultimately, planning and scheduling are not just administrative functions - they are key enablers of value creation in asset management.

Looking forward to hearing how others are strengthening these practices in their organizations.

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Christian Vegas Mori
Supervisor de Programación de Mantenimiento
OIG Peru
El Alto
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Hi Christian

Very true. What stands out to me is that planning and scheduling become much more than a process once a site is under pressure. That is usually where you see the real coordination challenge, especially when backlog, emergency work, manpower limits, and production priorities all start competing.

I'm particularly interested in how teams keep that from slipping into a purely reactive mode. In your experience, what usually makes the biggest difference there?

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Andre Bertolace
Researcher in Operational Reliability
University of Oxford
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