Petrofac, one of the leading service providers to oil and gas industries, is a Silver Sponsor at the Rotating Equipment Reliability and Maintenance Conference to be held from 7 - 9 April 2014 in Saudi Arabia. The conference to be held at the Sofitel Al Khobar will gather global industry experts to discuss the latest developments in maintaining the reliability of rotating equipments. The rotating equipment market is on a steady growth especially in the Middle East with increased investments in various sectors and infrastructure growth.

Catering to a wide range of oil and gas companies, Petrofac provides services like training personnel, managing and maintaining equipments, and help design and build infrastructure. Chris Walsh, Condition Based Maintenance, Strategic Business Manager at Petrofac will be delivering a presentation on best practices to take care of critical equipment at the conference. He will stress on the various monitoring techniques and how data gathered can be effectively analysed for optimum performance. Walsh has over 30 years experience in maintenance engineering with the last 15 years in maintenance of rotating machinery for the oil and gas industry.

The conference will also cover topics like effective closed loop reliability incident management system, maintenance strategies for rotating equipments and risk mitigations, implementing six sigma to improve the reliability of rotating equipments and smokeless air compressor intercooler failure among others. The conference will provide an opportunity to interact with industry peers and share and implement global best practices. Other sponsors at the summit include Alfanar Technical Services, Serba Dinamik, Petrofac, National Mechanical Engineering Services, Velosi Asset Integrity Ltd., National Instruments, Barrak Al Fares Trading Est., SDT International, LMS - a Siemens Business, PRUFTECHNIK Middle East FZE, SMH International and ONEPROD.

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