INTRODUCTION:

• RBI philosophy based on API RP 580
• Risk-Based Decision-Making Fundamentals and Tools
• Technical integrity and mechanical properties of pressure equipment.
• Understanding and managing risk
• Fires, Vapor Cloud Explosions (VCE) and Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosions (BLEVE)
• API Risk-Based Inspection Methodology
• Damage mechanisms affecting pressure equipment in the oil and gas industry
• Non-destructive examination techniques (NDE and NDT)
• API RP 581 Part 1 – Inspection Planning
• API RP 581 Part 2 – Failure Probability Quantification and Reliability Assessments
• API RP 581 Part 3 – Consequence Analysis and Mitigation Management
• Fitness for Service assessments using API 579-1/ASME FFS-1
• Inspection plan development and implementation
• RBI rollout and management

OBJECTIVES:

At the end of this seminar participants will:

• How to apply fundamental principles of risk analysis, using practical application through case histories and a step-by-step evaluation process for each type of damage mechanism
• How to quantitatively determine probability of failure of pressure equipment, analyse consequences of failure and develop an appropriate inspection plan
• About the fundamental principles of component integrity, application of the API rules, material properties of strength and toughness, and the introduction to stress and fracture mechanics

 How to assess the integrity of equipment and make projections about its remaining useful life

• Assessment of existing static equipment to increase the equipment capacity and to extend service life time. API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 provides calculations that can be used to re-rate the component.
• To apply and use API RP 580 and API RP 581 recommended practices. For pressurized components (e.g. pressure vessels and piping), these assessments can be used to determine optimum inspection intervals through the considered application of ASME section V NDE techniques.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Inspection maintenance, production and other plant engineers and technicians responsible for the safe on-going operation of pressure containing equipment in oil and gas facilities.

COURSE OUTLINE

• RBI philosophy based on API RP 580
• Risk-Based Decision-Making Fundamentals and Tools
• Technical integrity and mechanical properties of pressure equipment.
• Understanding and managing risk
• Fires, Vapor Cloud Explosions (VCE) and Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosions (BLEVE)
• API Risk-Based Inspection Methodology
• Damage mechanisms affecting pressure equipment in the oil and gas industry
• Non-destructive examination techniques (NDE and NDT)
• API RP 581 Part 1 – Inspection Planning
• API RP 581 Part 2 – Failure Probability Quantification and Reliability Assessments
• API RP 581 Part 3 – Consequence Analysis and Mitigation Management
• Fitness for Service assessments using API 579-1/ASME FFS-1
• Inspection plan development and implementation
• RBI rollout and management