Before the implementation of an alarm management project, Galp Energia’s Oporto Refinery operators were forced into a reactive approach toward alarms, especially during upsets like maintenance or emergency shutdowns. Operators were dealing in some cases with five alarms per operator every 10 minutes - compare this with the EEMUA standard of one alarm per operator per 10-minute interval. This situation had to change.
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