With September’s new module releases, eTaskMaker now boasts 200 modules for estimating/planning refinery and petrochemical plant maintenance. We’d like to thank our clients for their feedback and support over the years that has allowed eTaskMaker to achieve this milestone. InterPlan Systems will continue expanding and enhancing the module library to ensure it remains a vital tool for the industry.

InterPlan Systems has released the following new and updated eTaskMaker estimating modules:

• Equipment Procurement - Fabricated - (new) This module is for the sizing, specification, procurement, fabrication and delivery of fabricated equipment such as vessels and drums. Users must review all durations and update to current delivery conditions.
• Equipment Procurement - Rotating Equipment - (new) This module allows the preparation of estimates for the specification, procurement and delivery of rotating equipment, such as pumps, blowers and compressors. Users must review all durations and update to current delivery conditions.
• Equipment Foundation Drawings - (new) For estimating the effort related to the preparation of drawings and bill of materials needed for equipment foundations, such as pumps, compressors, vessels, towers or furnaces.
• Expansion Joint - (new) Plans the inspection, repair/overhaul or replacement of an expansion joint. It also allows for the repairs to be made in situ, at the plant shop or an outside (vendor) shop. Different types of expansion joints are available, different metallurgies, and also refractory lined expansion joints.
• Floodwater Damage Recovery - (new) Clean and decontaminate a process area after it has suffered water damage by flooding.
• Heat Exchanger Erection - (new) Plans the field installation of a new heat exchanger on a foundation.
• Heat Exchangers - U-Tubes (Rev. 16) - (updated) Allows for sending the tube bundle to an outside shop for cleaning, plus it allows specifying the number of fire suppressant rings to remove/reinstall.
• Site Plan Development - (new) covers the surveying, soil analysis, site plans and permits necessary for a new industrial site development, prior to the preparation of the foundation design and drawings.

eTaskMaker clients may now download the updates from our downloads repository.

InterPlan Systems has released the following new and updated eTaskMaker estimating modules:

• AG Centrifugal Pump Installation (Rev. 2) - (updated) Now includes better definition of pump size, plus installation of heat tracing and insulation.
• Foundation - Concrete (Rev. 10) - (updated) Provides for better definition of forms materials (lumber, plywood or cardboard type).
• Pipe - Field Erection (Rev. 9) - (updated) Major revision that now incorporates tasks for the following activities:
  • Installing piping on sleepers
  • Installing pipe hangers
  • Installing slide plates on rack or sleepers
  • Installing pipe shoes before welding out piping on rack or sleepers
  • Installing pipe shoes after welding out piping on rack or sleepers

eTaskMaker clients may now download the updates from our downloads repository.

Houston, TX — August 3, 2009 - InterPlan Systems Inc., today announced that Pasadena Refining System Inc. (PRSI) is deploying InterPlan Systems’ eTaskMaker project planning software and ATC Professional Shutdown / Turnaround Management System for estimating, planning and managing their maintenance turnaround projects.

PRSI had previously used a variety of project management approaches for managing their turnaround maintenance projects including turnkey consulting services. However, the company has committed itself to developing an in-house management approach with the right tools to improve its competitive edge.

“Refining companies like Pasadena Refining are positioning themselves for success by seeking out leading edge technology that enables their workforce to work smarter and more efficiently while achieving better consistency and quality,” said Bernard Ertl, Vice President of InterPlan Systems. “InterPlan looks forward to helping Pasadena Refining achieve improved methodologies and best practices that will contribute to real competitive gains.”

About Pasadena Refining System Inc.
Pasadena Refining System Inc. operates an independent refining facility in Pasadena, Texas strategically located on the Houston Ship Channel with an approximate 120,000 barrel per day refining capacity.

About InterPlan Systems Inc.
InterPlan Systems started out as a turnaround management consulting outfit in 1977. Since then, InterPlan Systems has developed several leading estimating, planning and project management software solutions specific to the oil refining and petrochemical processing industries.

For more information, visit www.interplansystems.com or call +1.800.487.8589/+1.281.482.7126.

InterPlan Systems has released the following new and updated eTaskMaker estimating modules:

• Air Coolers (Rev. 6) - (updated) Now includes an option to clean the tubes with the Hydrokinetics sonic cleaning method (you can still choose the traditional high pressure water lancing if preferred).
• Block Valves - Bolted (Rev. 15) - (updated) Now includes tasks for disconnecting electrical heat tracing.
• Block Valves - Welded - (new) Major revision replaces the previous (PF) and (BM) modules.
• Broken Bolts-Studs-Keys Removal (Metal Disintegration Method) (Rev. 1) - (new) Allows for the removal of broken studs, bolts and keys using the metal disintegration method.
• Heat Exchangers - Double Pipe (Rev. 7) - (updated) Now includes an option to clean the tubes with the Hydrokinetics sonic cleaning method (you can still choose the traditional high pressure water lancing if preferred).
• Heat Exchangers - Fixed Tubesheet (Rev. 10) - (updated) Now includes an option to clean the tubes with the Hydrokinetics sonic cleaning method (you can still choose the traditional high pressure water lancing if preferred).
• Heat Exchangers - Floating Head (Rev. 12) - (updated) Now includes an option to clean the tubes with the Hydrokinetics sonic cleaning method (you can still choose the traditional high pressure water lancing if preferred).
• Heat Exchangers - U-Tube (Rev. 15) - (updated) Now includes an option to clean the tubes with the Hydrokinetics sonic cleaning method (you can still choose the traditional high pressure water lancing if preferred). Also now includes tasks for the removal and reinstallation of a fire suppressant system (steam rings).
• Heat Exchangers - Vertical (Rev. 11) - (updated) Now includes an option to clean the tubes with the Hydrokinetics sonic cleaning method (you can still choose the traditional high pressure water lancing if preferred).
• Manway Fabrication - (new) Allows for the shop fabrication of different sized manways, in different metallurgies, as typically used on vessels and tanks (including covers supported with either davits or hinged).
• Piping Demolition (Above Ground) - (new) Allows for the demolition of above ground piping. It provides for piping decontamination, stripping of insulation (calcium silicate or asbestos), heat tracing, removal of hangers and supports, plus installation of caps, flanges, blinds and/or valves.
• Pumps - Centrifugal (Rev. 7) - (updated) Improves the task logic flow and adds definition to heat tracing tasks.

eTaskMaker clients may now download the updates from our downloads repository.

eTaskMaker was featured in the “In The Field” section of the June 2009 issue of PMI’s PM Network magazine. The article relates Mr. Don Latiolais’ experience reducing error and improving efficiency in planning and estimating by 75 percent using eTaskMaker at Syngenta.

InterPlan Systems will be exhibiting at the following industry conferences:

• May 2009 NPRA Reliability and Maintenance Conference in Grapevine, TX in booth 524
• June STO 2009 conference in Houston, TX in booth 13

InterPlan Systems is now offering “virtual” demonstrations of our project estimating, planning and management solutions for qualified inquiries using GotoMeeting - an internet conferencing service. GoToMeeting presentations allow your group (up to 15 connections) to see a live demonstration of our systems including, for example, a test run of any of our eTaskMaker estimating modules. Contact us today to request your meeting.

InterPlan Systems has released the following new and updated eTaskMaker estimating modules:

• Clarifier (Central Drive-Bridge Type) - (new) Pump out, inspect and repair diverse parts of a clarifier of the central bridge type.
• Drum Demolition - (new) Allows for the demolition of an existing Drum (including tasks for neutralizing/decontamination as well as for chemical cleaning prior to decommissioning).
• Electric Motor Overhaul (Rev. 3) - (updated) Enhanced estimating formulas for repair work.
• Fired Heater Tubes Pigging - (new) Allows for pigging fired heater tubes either with conventional uni-directional water flow or with the DDT Process (closed loop, reversible water flow).
• Heat Exchanger Demolition - (new) Allows for the demolition of an existing Drum (including tasks for neutralizing/decontamination as well as for chemical cleaning prior to decommissioning).
• Pumps - Centrifugal (Rev. 6) - (updated) Improved estimating formulas, plus adding better pump size definition by discharge pipe diameter, selecting seal type, and adding oil reservoir draining/refilling.
• Traveling Water Screen - (new) Allows for a variety of maintenance operations on varying sizes of traveling water screens.

eTaskMaker clients may now download the updates from our downloads repository.

InterPlan Systems will be previewing the long awaited and much anticipated major version update of our ATC Professional Shutdown / Turnaround Management System at the 2009 NPRA Reliability and Maintenance and STO 2009 conferences.

The new ATC Professional encompasses numerous enhancements and innovations (to be formally announced when the software is released). We invite you to stop by our booth at either conference to get a preview.