Life After a Risk-Based Inspection Implementation
Abstract
Many chemical and oil and gas organizations have Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) programs in the form of the American Petroleum Institute (API) API Recommended Practice (RP) 580 Risk-Based Inspection program. Numerous organizations have software databases or software tools that enable the RBI program to function. These same organizations also struggle to ensure that the RBI program performs to expectations following the initial implementation project. Organizations purchase a software expecting this tool to produce the results claimed about a RBI program once it is populated with their data, but then fail to identify that their RBI program requires a systematic approach, combined with personnel expertise and knowledge of the processes to achieve a fully functional and effective RBI program. “Life After a Risk-Based Inspection Implementation” gives simple examples through case studies to identify what to do after a RBI Implementation to produce the kind of results that can be achieved through an effective and sustainable RBI program. These case studies reveal that when a RBI program is managed appropriately, it becomes sustained and valuable, thus leading to the prevention of failures, the added effectiveness and value creation of the inspection, reliability, and maintenance program, and an increase in knowledge to help aid the decision makers produce high yield results.
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PresentationSubject
Risk-Based InspectionCollections
Citation
Daarud, Justin (2019). Life After a Risk-Based Inspection Implementation. Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /193375.