Over the years, the consultants at AOC have developed a variety of tools to support our clients and the work we do for our clients. Ranging from simple to sophisticated, these tools simplify many tasks common to Mechanical Integrity and Risk Based Inspection. One of the ways we give back to the community is by sharing our combined knowledge and expertise. This includes making these tools available for use by industry professionals, oftentimes for free. We are constantly adding new tools and upgrading existing tools so be sure to check back periodically for the latest and greatest of what we have to offer.
API 580 provides guidance on developing, implementing, and maintaining a risk-based inspection (RBI) program. There are work process steps and required elements identified in this recommended practice. This quiz will test your knowledge of the key RBI work process steps and their logical sequence.
Create mechanical integrity program (MI) value rather than it being seen as a necessary cost to minimize. Are your MI program actions hard to track? Do you keep doing the same inspections and still missing preventable failures? Do you want your MI program to be more targeted and actually reduce unplanned loss of containment events? This tool can help convince your organization to move to risk based inspection (RBI) by showing value whether you have a mature time/condition based program or nothing at all.