John Crane has signed a major global framework agreement (GFA) with a large international energy company, formalizing a long-term partnership focused on improving equipment reliability, standardizing performance across global operations and addressing critical challenges in seal management.
For several years, the operator had been working to shift its strategic focus from equipment availability to long-term reliability. Variations in sealing technology, differing service levels across regions and fragmented supplier models were contributing to inconsistent reliability performance and avoidable downtime at a number of sites. The customer required a unified global approach that would bring consistency, accountability and measurable improvement to high-criticality equipment.
John Crane demonstrated its ability to solve these challenges through the successful delivery of a structured managed reliability program (MRP) at one of the operator’s flagship refineries, now considered its best-performing site for seal reliability.
Under the multi-year framework, John Crane will provide a comprehensive range of sealing technologies and lifecycle services, including pump mechanical seals, compressor dry gas seals, seal support systems, reliability programs, field service engineering, failure analysis and training.