Downstream Refining & Petrochemicals
Refining industry is characterized by stiff competition, stricter environmental regulations, heavier, sourer and costlier crude oil, accompanied by possible disruptions caused by various factors that companies cannot control. Therefore, to maintain the profit margins in this ever-changing market environment, refiners need to have smarter strategies for flexible and adoptive operations. Also the refining industry deals with one of the world's longest and most complex supply chains, beginning at a natural resource in the ground and continuing all the way through to the end-users.
There are so many decisions involved to achieve the optimal operation for a refinery. All decisions are highly interrelated and the interactions have a substantial impact on overall refinery profit. Optimization of individual department or decision does not guarantee the optimal performance of the overall refinery. Here automation and technology infusion must focus on automated workflow and integration of processes such that there is reliable information availability and visibility across the enterprise.
How Wipro Helps
Wipro helps refineries in process streamlining and performance improvement to first quartile. The following are the key areas where Wipro helps customers to improve downstream refining performance.
- Streamlining of refinery planning and scheduling and implementing tools like Aspen PIMS, Aspen Orion, Aspen MBO for improving GRM of the refinery.
- Faster product reconciliation and accurate movement of oil through implementation of best-in-class tools like Aspen Advisor and Aspen ATOMS.
- Real time refinery dash board, smart manufacturing initiative in OSI PI platform. Also provides solutions to integrate in real time ERP/SCM systems with plant floor data to enhance control and flexibility of refineries.
- Integrated approach to asset management to improve reliability, availability and maintenance efficiency index. Wipro, as part of global excellence in asset management, brings a unique model where maintenance execution, reliability centered maintenance, corrosion and inspection, annual turn around, instrument protective function and ensuring safe production is integrated for maximum business benefit.
- Our unique managed shared services in MES application support can reduce 50% of your support cost on a case to case basis.
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