RISKED BASED MANAGEMENT-NEW APPROACHES FOR SAFER AND MORE EFFECTIVE OPERATIONS

摘要

This poster presents an overview of a Risk Based Management program which is being developed both for the upstream and downstream sectors of the petroleum industry. The methodology is being built upon and around the Risk Based Inspection project which DNV is performing on behalf of the API-Risk Based Inspection committee which is being sponsored by 20 oil and petrochemical companies. Risk based management is a method for using risk as a basis for prioritising and managing inspection, maintenance and operating programs. Actual field studies have demonstrated that a very high percentage of the risk in an operating process plant is associated with relatively few pieces of equipment. Hence by being able to identify that equipment, inspection, maintenance and operating practices can be implemented which will result both in the greatest risk reduction as well as reducing operating expenditures. The influence of inspection, maintenance and operating practices on risk is evaluated and options for resultant risk reductions are modelled by the methodology. This provides an Operator the ability to target his finite resources on high risk items yet at the same time assuring an appropriate level of effort is expended on lower risk equipment.