CASE STUDY: ENHANCED ASSET INTEGRITY PERFORMANCE THROUGH IMPROVED DATA MANAGEMENT

摘要

The global asset integrity management market was valued at $17.86 billion in 2016 and is projected to grow to nearly $35 billion by 2023, largely due to aging infrastructure. As a result of this trend, operators continually explore new ways to better manage their fixed equipment and extend its useful life. This often leads to utilization of new technology that provides new or more accurate data. Unfortunately, many of these same operators will capture and store information without a well-defined process for managing the repository system and the data within it. This makes it difficult to locate, access, and analyze that data later, which ultimately limits a company's ability to improve its integrity-related decisions. This inefficiency not only adds unnecessary cost to the integrity program, but it can eventually lead to loss of primary containment (LOPC). As the Inspectioneering blog series "Understanding Inspection Data Management Systems" highlighted, poor record-keeping and data analysis are among the top 10 reasons for fixed equipment failure. Missing or inaccurate data can directly lead to serious mechanical integrity issues.