Suncor Energy selects Asset Performance Technologies (APT)
and its partners for RCM project at Suncor's upgrading facilities
in Ft. McMurray AB, Canada.
On-time, on-budget solution for RCM analysis and implementation.
September 18, 2007 - Albuquerque, NM: Suncor Energy, Inc. has selected Asset Performance Technologies, Inc. (APT) and its partners, Meridium, Inc. and the Marathon Consulting Group, for its RCM project at Suncor's upgrading facilities in Ft. McMurray AB, Canada. APT will use its PRO-M software and methodology to expedite the RCM facilitation and analysis work, resulting in optimized PM recommendations based on the highest value PM activities for all equipment in scope. Using Meridium's RCMO software, Marathon personnel will implement the RCM recommendations into Suncor's SAP data system.
According to David Worledge, President and CEO of APT, "We are very pleased to be working with the leading oil sands recovery company. Working with Suncor's operations, maintenance, and reliability staff, we can very quickly translate our experience in the power industry into relevant equipment models for the refining industry. Using PRO-M and our efficient methodology, APT will save Suncor time and money during the RCM analysis, increasing uptime and reducing annual maintenance costs. Our approach makes use of Suncor's personnel resources in a very flexible manner - a new development replacing the traditional teambased approach that is so difficult to sustain."
APT's products are currently in use in 84% of the nuclear power generation facilities in the U.S. as well as Japan. To learn more about PRO-M and the services APT can provide to your business, please contact:
Asset Performance Technologies (APT) produces the revolutionary PRO-M, a unique enterprise software package with proven ability to deliver improvements in preventive maintenance (PM) task effectiveness and PM program ROI, setting the standard for Economic Based Maintenance (EBM). PRO-M delivers an optimal PM program for your site that can be dynamically updated to reflect changing plant needs and economics. It can be used as a standalone solution or to support corporate PM improvement efforts.
About Suncor Energy
Suncor Energy Inc. is an integrated energy company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. Suncor's oil sands business, located near Fort McMurray, Alberta, extracts and upgrades oil sands and markets refinery feedstock and diesel fuel, while operations throughout western Canada produce natural gas. Suncor operates a refining and marketing business in Ontario with retail distribution under the Sunoco brand. U.S.A. downstream assets include pipeline and refining operations in Colorado and Wyoming and retail sales in the Denver area under the Phillips 66® brand.
For more information on Meridium and its RCMO product, please visit
www.rcmo.com.
For more information on the Marathon Consulting Group and its services, please visit
www.marathoninc.com.
