Will It Keep Running? Dependability Management, RAM Studies and the IEC 60300 Family

Deep End Era. Engineering with Sankalp · Oct 28, 2026 · 55m

The Al Sahil Gas Complex is adding a new gas processing train, and the contract says it must be available ninety seven percent of the time. Commissioning manager Rafa Ortega and data architect Leila Darwish have to prove the design can do it, with rotating equipment engineer Sven Lindqvist arguing about every spare. Their journey explains the IEC 60300 dependability family from first principles, and what happens when a whole region depends on one plant. No knowledge of earlier episodes is needed.

Chapters

00:00:00 Cold open: ninety seven percent

00:03:03 What dependability means

00:05:53 The…