System and Method for Performing Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulation Compliance Assessments, Recordkeeping, and Reporting from Data-Driven Engineering Drawings

摘要

A system and method for performing environmental, health, and safety regulation compliance assessments, recordkeeping, and reporting from “data-driven” engineering drawings (i.e., intelligent P&ID/PFD systems). EH&S regulations include but are not limited to USEPA Clean Air Act regulations, such as Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR), Benzene Waste Operations NESHAP (BWON), and the Greenhouse Gas Mandatory Reporting Rule (GHG MRR), as well as regulations administered by OSHA, such as Process Safety Management (PSM). These regulations are commonly enforced within such industries as the petroleum refining, petrochemical, chemical, upstream oil and gas, or other related manufacturing industries. In order to determine compliance with those regulations, information stored within the engineering CAD drawing is queried in terms of specific drawing entities, or the components that comprise a specific process which is detailed on said drawing (i.e., pipes, equipment, instrumentation, etc.), in order to determine compliance with those regulations. If it is determined that there is non-compliance with EH&S regulations, then solutions are provided via tabular reporting, object colorization of drawing entities, as well as through an interface that shares information by reading and/or writing functions with independent upstream and downstream computer data systems. This software-based solution provides the petroleum, petrochemical, chemicals, alternative fuels, energy, and related manufacturing solutions to an increasing number of environmental, health, and safety regulatory compliance challenges. Information gathered from “data-driven” engineering drawings is used to determine applicability of regulations to the particular structure EH&S compliance records and reports are generated with information in a format suitable for use in reporting to local, State, and Federal regulatory agencies.