RISK-BASED INSPECTION RBI SIMPLIFIED

Traditionally, facilities assets were examined on an exact timetable. Every once in a while, the Inspection was due, and an individual was designated as an independent evaluator trained in the specific equipment. Sometimes, that Inspection will require interruptions, which always costs the company money.

Every sector is getting more competitive. The companies that make it through must keep finding new methods to make more from less without cutting corners. This is particularly relevant in the area of safety for employees and customers.

Risk-based Inspection or RBI is the process of directing the inspections of your equipment based on guidelines based on the relationship between the likelihood of failure and the consequences of failure or Risk, not a random schedule.

What is RISK-BASED INSPECTION? RBI?

The American Petroleum Institute (API) developed the Risk-based Inspection method based on the understanding that in most facilities, only a small proportion of the equipment is responsible for most risks. It wasn't logical to check all machines at the same time considering this situation.

A majority of their suggested methods were developed in the context of API 580 as well as API 581. Both are concerned with the safety of processes, corrosion mechanical integrity, and the principles to manage the Risk. API identified the term "Risk-based Inspection" as taking into account "both the likelihood of failure and the consequence of failure."

Certain equipment, systems, types, and procedures are more susceptible to failure. For certain systems, if this happens, the business may suffer financial or physical consequences. If it's crucial for safety and efficiency, it is important to ensure that it is the top priority regarding inspections.

Some processes and parts are essential; however, they may not need regular inspections. They are more likely to fail, or the impact is so small that the failure can be considered minor. It could also be because your equipment may be on an annual maintenance program that usually detects any potential issues.

Who needs RBI?

Any business that adheres to OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM), EPA Risk Management Plan (RMP), and ISO 9001 standards of quality will gain from Risk-based Inspection/RBI. Industries such as aviation, oil and gas manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and oil and gas all require regular inspections to ensure the highest safety and quality standards.

They also require the most value from their inspection and maintenance dollars.

The more lengthy or costly the Inspection, the more likely an organization will gain from RBI. For example, if your company depends on off-shore equipment, hard-to-read storage tanks, or high-pressure parts such as gas turbines and steam, The process of Inspection can be complicated. Still, the Risk of failure is unacceptably high.

HOW RBI WORKS

Risk-based Inspection is time-saving and money and improves security because it utilizes the existing data from your facilities or similar equipment assets rather than random methods for scheduling inspections.

Our experts review your equipment based on the design, condition, and functionality, prior inspection results, and the severity of damage that could occur when a failure occurs. TUV Austria Bureau of Inspection & Certification gather data on the equipment's inspection maintenance, Inspection, and failure past; then we analyze the possibility of damage through a Damage Mechanism Review.

With the help of the most powerful software and the information from your facility, we estimate the Risk and the consequences of failure and its general Risk. We also consider your company's risk tolerance, which decides the actions to be taken. If an asset is within the risk threshold and is considered to be low risk, this asset's inspection frequency is set to the maximum permitted interval. This frees up resources to concentrate on those assets with high Risk that require your time and funds.

Other problems could trigger that need for total plant shutdown, cause disastrous impacts on environmental health, and come with high repair costs or force your business to lose the mark on opportunities that may never be re-created. They are your highest-risk assets.

Based on an extensive, standard-based investigation, we employ our expertise and technology to develop an official risk assessment that provides a method to prioritize and conduct physical inspections.

Benefits of RISK-BASED INSPECTION

• RBI cuts unnecessary costs. We've assisted clients
• Consider the potential risks and the ramifications of failing to do so.
• Reduce the scope of inspections to the elements that matter and extend inspection times for equipment with low Risk
• Create a time-saving and money-saving program for maintenance and inspections that ensures safety and quality
• Protect the mechanical assets that are critical to your business and extend the life of the equipment
• Comply with the industry's guidelines and rules
• Reduce the time management has to spend on inspections and the associated cost.
• Plan maintenance and inspections to avoid unexpected shutdowns

It's not logical to spend time and money conducting inspections for the sake of. Implementing Risk-based Inspection is quick to pay itself back and then keeps saving you money in the future.

WHAT CAN I LEARN MORE ABOUT A RISK-BASED INSURANCE

TUV Austria Bureau of Inspection & Certification Mechanical Integrity Group is a full-service inspection engineering, consultancy, and engineering company that offers Risk-based Inspection services across Canada and the United States and Canada. We are experts on RBI implementation in Pharmaceutical, Petroleum and energy, Chemical plants, Power plants, Aerospace, Manufacturing, and Automotive Industries.

We can assist you with every aspect of creating the RBI, also known as a Mechanical Asset Integrity Program, by conducting risk assessments, planning inspections, carrying out inspections, coordinating data and conducting risk analysis in real time.

Contact our experts today to learn how RBI can improve your inspection efforts and possibly reduce time and costs for your company.

Call Us Today: (WhatsApp) +92 302 8228879

What are the Benefits of Asset Integrity Management?

 The primary benefits of employing an approach to managing asset integrity are:

·         Reduced risks

·         Increased safety

·         Increase reliability

 

Improved Environmental Performances

 

We have a long history of providing asset integrity management at TUV Austria Bureau of Inspection & Certification Norway. With our vast array of specialist areas and the use of science, we guarantee that your assets are in good hands.

 

Our combined experience provides optimal operational stability, safety, and cost-effective solutions. 

 

Our services within Asset Integrity Management

We specialize within:

 

·         Risk-based inspection/assessment (RBI)

·         Corrosion management

·         Subsea inspection management

·         Pipeline integrity management

·         Well Integrity management

·         Structural integrity

·         Advanced inspection (onshore/offshore and subsea)

·         FORCENSETM monitoring (vibration/structure/corrosion)

 

Risk-Based Inspection Planning

 

We use Risk Based Inspection (RBI) planning, a method for planning and inspection based on an assessment/analysis of the probability and a consequence of a component failure.

 

This systematic approach determines the optimum inspection and monitoring schemes, and detailed inspection and monitoring plans are furnished. 

 

Inspection planning encompasses various activities performed to optimize the use of inspection resources (cost-effective) while at the same time is ensuring the technical integrity of the asset.

 

By strategically targeting areas based on an RBI, you acquire a cost-effective inspection program that provides a safe and reliable operation.

Asset Corrosion Management

A significant portion of the unplanned events in processing plants is due to erosion and corrosion. Corrosion management is, therefore, critical to maintain the integrity of the facility, increasing the level of safety and improving cost-efficiency.

Corrosion management is a dynamism method that allows us to manage and assess an asset's technical stability that is impacted by material degradation like erosion, corrosion cracks, fatigue, and fatigue.

 

It is a part of the overall management system described in a Corrosion Management Strategy. A corrosion management strategy aims to define roles and responsibilities, ensure ownership, focus on high-risk procedures, and identify barriers and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

 

Four steps of a continuous cycle:

1. Planning: A detailed plan is established based on results from a risk assessment and includes inspection, monitoring, and mitigation programs.
2. Execution: Implementation of defined and planned activities and programs and identifying KPIs to measure critical parameters and ensure corrosion control.
3. Reporting/measure: Measure and evaluate KPIs and data from inspection, monitoring, and mitigation activities, and prepare status reports and improvements. We gather, analyse and display data using an information system for corrosion management.
4. Improve: Review the effectiveness of the corrosion management programs, improve the corrosion management activities and take necessary actions.  

Subsea and Pipeline Inspection Management

 

Pipelines represent an essential part of the energy infrastructure. The proper operation of pipelines is essential to a business's capability to sell its assets.

 

We offer several solutions for these challenges (pipeline integrity management). This includes, among others, operational support, inspection planning, data analysis (e.g., pipeline degradation, remaining lifetime), corrosion modelling recommendations regarding corrosion and materials, and advanced inspection/monitoring for subsea (e.g., vibration, field gradient sensor).

 

Well Integrity Management

 

Corrosion control for good operations is performed with a focus on health, safety, and environmental requirements.

 

Costly workover and loss of production can be avoided by implementing corrosion control for wells and using models and experience to understand the mechanisms driving corrosion. We offer, among others (well Asset Integrity Management certification), corrosion monitoring, analysis, and assessment of pollution for wells (e.g., degradation of tubing, the remaining lifetime of wells/tubing due to corrosion), in along with addressing wellhead fatigue as well as workover and drilling fatigue.

 

Corrosion Management

 

Our experience in the field of materials technology enhances our ability to spot crucial technical aspects that affect the security of the installation during the process. This concerns various structures and systems, such as jackets, subsea structures and FPSOs.

 

Semi-subs include pipelines, risers, TLPs as well as subsea coolers. Topside processing systems, wells and facilities onshore. FPSOs, semi-subs, TLPs, risers, pipelines, subsea coolers, topside process systems, wells, and onshore facilities.

 

Alongside other services related to materials in asset integrity management, we are able to assist with the selection of materials and verification corrosion rate simulations, calculators, protection of surfaces as well as CP administration.

 

·         Material selection/ verification

·         Cathodic protection (CP)

·         Coating and surface protection

·         Welding consultancy/ Certification

·         Laboratory services (testing and analysis)

·         Failure assessment

·         Structural integrity management

 

We offer comprehensive consultancy services for concept development, design, verification, in-service, and marine structures decommission. This includes in-depth analyses of strategy as well as analyses of the systems under every situation.

 

We offer cost-effective help from the beginning of the design to the final installation and the subsequent maintenance and reanalysis, helping to manage asset integrity. The deliveries span the following areas;

 

·         Design and development of new structures

·         Third-party verification

·         Reassessment

·         Advanced engineering

·         Analysis

·         Simulation

·         Design

·         Reanalysis

·         Modification

·         Global and local analysis

·         Verification

 

We have experts within all standard Industrial methods and hold various equipment available for these reviews that support the asset integrity management process.

 

TUV Austria Bureau of Inspection & Certification performs Industrial on many systems and components onshore and offshore. In addition, we have extensive knowledge of the application and development of Industrial methods for existing or new objects.

 

·         Industrial certification of inspectors and equipment

·         Procedures, verification, and fabrication services

·         Training (Inspection and methods)

·         Destructive Testing

·         Monitoring services

 

TUV Austria Bureau of Inspection & Certification supplies in-house developed products and technology for the measurement of strain, tension, motion, and angular deflections, as well as vibrations and interfaces to other relevant sensors and systems.

 

The systems have been provided to the world's largest operators. We provide monitoring services as part of asset integrity management for structures, wellheads, drilling/workover risers, steel catenaries and flexible risers.

• ROV deployable system
• Dry installed systems
• Online fatigue analysis and complimentary engineering services
• Maintenance management

TUV Austria Bureau of Inspection & Certification provides customized solutions that utilize the most up-to-date of the art methods and special tools to provide the most cost-effective maintaining. We provide various solutions in the field of maintenance management:

• Development of maintenance, inspection, and monitoring philosophies and strategies 
• Criticality analysis using Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
• Definition of preventive maintenance programs using a Reliability Cantered Maintenance (RCM) Assessment
• Maintenance/inspection data analysis and reassessment of maintenance plans.
• Specification and control of KPIs to ensure adequate maintenance management with a continuous improvement process
• Provide/develop data management tools and condition reporting systems to manage inspection, maintenance, and condition monitoring information

Please feel free to contact us if you have any inquiries or if you wish to know more about asset integrity management.

Call US Today: +92 302 8228879