Document Responsibility: Pumps, Seals and Mixers SABP-G-017

Issue Date: 10 April 2010

Next Planned Update: TBD Equipment Criticality Assessment

 Recommendations categorized by criticality classes; and finally

 Actions log to implement recommendations and path forward (what to do, when it
should be completed and who should do it).

10 Equipment Criticality Assessment Update

The equipment criticality assessment, ECA, is a living process and has to be updated if
any of the following occurs:

 Change in operating business plan

 New strategic imperatives from plant management or from corporate management

 Plant/equipment upgrade and/or extension

 Every two years, update the reliability inputs to the equipment criticality

11 Team Composition

The equipment criticality assessment is to be performed by a multidisciplinary team

including maintenance, operation and engineering. Field operators and machinists shall
also be involved during this assessment as they are subject matter experts of their areas.
Dynamic and Reliability Analysis Unit from Consulting Services Department can also
be consulted if the team needs clarifications on a specific task during the assessment.

The lead engineer of this initiative has to follow the outlined execution procedure and
can be either from maintenance, operation or reliability group.

Page 19 of 20