Martínez, J. A. F.
José Alfonso Ferrer Martínez is the Head of Rotating Equipment Reliability at Repsol’s refinery in Cartagena, Spain. His professional activity began in 1985 at the Navantia engine factory. He later joined Repsol, and has worked at the Cartagena refinery for 25 yr. Since 1999, he has also been a professor at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena and has written several articles related to energy management and maintenance.
Working together, MTBR can be improved
This article provides an overview of the actions carried out in recent years at Repsol’s Cartagena refinery in Spain to improve the mean time between repairs (MTBR) of the plant’s rotating equipment.
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Long Son Petrochemicals Complex
Location:
Long Son, Vietnam
Operator:
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Cost:
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Capacity:
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Completion date:
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