Investment in safety and operational efficiency was the highlight of Transpetro’s presence on the third day of Rio Pipeline (8/10). Company professionals shared with the market success cases that demonstrate how it is possible to increase performance, reduce costs and evolve a safety culture.
In the workshop on management of the control room and cybernetic security, the Human Factor Coordinator, Luana Marques, and Operations Manager of the National Control and Logistics Center(CNCL), Ediney Sopper, presented how Transpetro manages its control room, associating human factors that impact improvement in operational performance.
Ediney highlighted actions that include measures such as managing workloads, learning the lessons from the day-to-day of the operation, and training, among others. “We were able to advance with more mature processes in our control center, which plays an essential role by operating all systems remotely, and improve our operational safety”. Luana reiterated the aspects where the company may act. “We study the day-to-day, work with human factors and improve work performance conditions to facilitate success”, highlighted the coordinator.
Technical Competency in the service of safety
The technical works also included examples of actions already implemented and studies to improve operational safety. The engineer from the Pipeline Repair Center (Creduto) of Transpetro, Maximilian Mainardi, presented a work que demonstrated the economic and safety advantages of installation of side samplers in tanks through welding and trepanning without need for tank stoppage.
Mainardi stated that with the change there was a savings of US$ 70 thousand per tank in an experiment at the São Caetano Terminal at year end. “ The adoption of these samplers has an impact on safety improvement because it allows for samples to be removed with less operator exposure to hydrocarbon vapors”, he explained.
On the other hand engineer Rangel Rufatto shared improvements implemented in work method of executing a maintenance service at the Almirante Soares Dutra Terminal (Tedut) in Osório (RS), which is the replacement of subsea line, one of the most challenging activities within the routine maintenance of single point mooring systems.
"We identified the need to make adaptations to improve the safety of the divers that execute this type of service, and additionally the use of tools to bring about greater efficiency, reducing the total activity time and consequently minimizing the downtime of the single point mooring system", detailed Rufatto, mentioning as examples of measures to be taken the prior launching of the subsea line on the seabed, use of lift bags for lifting the line, adaptation of the dive team, and use of new hydraulic tools.
The Integrity Coordinator, Marcelo Oliveira Siqueira, presented an analysis of a critical case of fire that occurred in an atmospheric storage tank in Cuba, in order to determine what type of preventive actions we could eventually adopt aligned with the company’s safety culture.
"We conducted detailed research regarding the causes of the incident in Cuba and discussed how we could improve the safety measures already adopted”, informed the coordinator. The topic was already discussed in multiple internal forums and the current phase is the defining of possible actions.
Transpetro at Rio Pipeline
Transpetro is one of the sponsors of Rio Pipeline 2023 and marks its participation in the event with seven seminars and presentation of over 30 technical works. The company also has an exclusive space; the #SomosTranspetro room with 122m² that includes an area for meetings and another for brand activation activities and lounge with sofas, ottomans, cell phone charging station and coffee service.
Among the room’s attractions is the photographic exhibition “Transpetro under different looks”, launched in June as part of the 25 year celebration of the company. The purpose is to empower one of the main assets of the company, elected by the new management: people.
Built by workforce collaboration, the exhibition portrays, through photographs, a sensitive and humanized look regarding Transpetro’s activities throughout Brazil.
In addition the #SomosTranspetro Room has a dedicated space for the “Pipeline Talk” podcast, a studio where guests are received to record programs on pipeline operation technology, ESG agenda, illegal taps, and emergency response plans, among other topics.
About Transpetro
Transpetro operates 49 terminals (28 waterway and 21 land), approximately 8.5 thousand kms of pipelines and 36 ships. Transpetro is the largest multimodal logistics company for oil, derivatives and biofuels in Latin America.
Transpetro provides services to distributors, the petrochemical industry and other companies in the oil and gas sector. The portfolio of the largest Petrobras subsidiary includes over 170 clients.