Our Asset Integrity Review is a comprehensive assessment of static equipment integrity which includes an audit of the inspection department and its interaction with the other operational departments of the plant. It takes about 3 to 4 weeks and is usually an effective way to get a better understanding of the customer’s objectives and issues. We can then support the customer in the implementation of an action plan that we have jointly defined, or to go a step further with the implementation of an inspection program based on criticality (Risk Based Inspection) when/if required.

As pioneers in the development of the Risk Based Inspection (RBI) concept since the late 1980s, our Experts support our customers in developing and implementing their RBI program, either from scratch or by improving an existing system. The criticality assessment consists in breaking down the process into different corrosion loops and identifying for each of them, the most important damage mechanism(s) which will allow to evaluate the probability and the consequence of the failure for the equipment and the piping. The inspection plan (frequency, location and type of inspections) is adapted accordingly. This results in reliability improvement, maintenance and inspection costs reduction from 15 up to 40% depending on sites, and shortening unit shutdown duration. It also shows the following side benefits: 

• Enhancement of internal collaboration among project team members from production, process, maintenance and inspection departments
• Development of a critical view on the obtained results
• Capitalization on the experience acquired over the years and ensure that this knowledge is shared and transmitted within the teams
• Strengthening credibility with the controlling authorities
• Extension of time between two turn arounds
• Increase of productivity as the result of improvement in plant reliability and availability