Employee scheduling and maintenance planning for safety systems at the remotely located oil and gas industrial facilities

Abstract The safety of operations is vital in any process the oil and gas sector, especially given that increasingly more hydrocarbon reserves are discovered non-conventional remote Arctic locations. Safety systems designed as a part complex IT system for control. design these conducted form an engineering project. This research presents decision-making framework to facilitate formulating clear comprehensive recommendations requirements specification developed systems. contribution this strategic planning area solutions hazardous industrial facilities integrating problems designing system, its maintenance, scheduling employees conduct required maintenance. With joint decision-making, it possible explore trade-offs between investments into systems’ complexity workforce-related expenditures throughout solution’s lifecycle. reliability modelling with help Markov analysis. multi-objective employed deduce straightforward design, maintenance strategy, workforce organisation. relevant managing petroleum sector projects regard technological solutions.