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Operational IM&R Planning and Management
Risk Based Inspection
One other major business product that ABS Consulting has
extensive expertise with is Risk Based Inspection (RBI).
Our experience within this field covers not only the structural
elements of and assets but also the production equipment.
RBI requires consideration of the following factors:
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Hazards that a given asset possesses
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How these hazards can be realized
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Component failure mechanisms
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Rates of degradation/failure
In-Service Inspection Planning Services
ABS Consulting has extensive experience of development,
implementation and management of In-Service Inspection Plans
(ISIPs).
The schemes that ABS Consulting deliver are uniquely tailored
to meet the individual asset / client needs. ABS Consulting
is aware of the need to be highly innovative and
the need to deliver an ISIP that will prove to be the most
cost effective ISIP during the whole life cycle of the asset.
All considerations that have an impact on the ISIP implementation
both technically and operationally are considered and guide
ABS Consulting in the development of the ISIP. Factors such
as the following are embodied within our ISIP:
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Critical Areas (Fatigue Sensitive, Hot Spots, Difficult
Access, Construction Anomalies/Defects)
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Operational Issues (POB Considerations, Sim-Ops Issues,
Ballasting Issues)
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Risk (Calculated Consequences, Likelihood and Reliability
Factors)
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Cost (Minimize Resources, Selection of Best Inspection
Methods, Inspection Success Factors)
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Regulatory Compliance (Confirmation that compliance
is met or exceeded for both the regulator and classification
society)
These ISIP schemes produced by ABS Consulting fall into
distinct types:
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Regulatory Compliance
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Risk Based
ABS Consulting is unique in that it has had involvement
and experience for all Asset Integrity Management cycle
elements required to confirm operational integrity for
all spar structures.
Risk Based Maintenance
Risk Based Maintenance (RBM) similar to RBI (discussed
earlier) studies provides the operator/owner of an asset
with a cost-effective maintenance program. This method
confirms that the focuses or the efforts and resources
are aimed specifically at the components of the asset that
pose the greater risk to operations and integrity. Traditional
maintenance with prescriptive regimes can result in very
inefficient working practices where cost and effort is
expended on items that have minor in terms of safety, environmental
and economics. RBM studies aim to segregate the critical
from the less critical components and provide focus to
the maintenance program.
The method of devising an RBM scheme makes use of techniques
that evaluate consequence and likelihood of failure/reduced
performance for critical equipment. Within RBM specific
degradation mechanisms, rates of deterioration are enumerated
thus identifying the optimal time to inspect or repair.
The Marine and Offshore team has experience in the application
of both RBI and RBM for the following areas:
Risk profiles are established and inspection and maintenance
schedules are determined. In addition, metrics are derived
to establish acceptable levels of degradation before the
components contribute to an unacceptable risk profile.
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Time-based maintenance - such as servicing, replacement
and inspection and testing, performed at set intervals.
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On-condition maintenance - requires monitoring and
understanding of failure mechanisms to schedule in
maintenance activities as the component degrades.
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Low consequence failure - simply the replace or
repair the components upon failure.
For more information, contact:
Brian Gibbs
Director - Asset Integrity Management
1-281-673-2765 | bgibbs@absconsulting.com
Tom Nolan
Director - Oil & Gas Services, North America
1-281-673-2740 | tnolan@absconsulting.com
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