Facilities Integrity Management Assessment • Monitoring • Mitigation • Life Extension • Technical Support DNV provides you with expert guidance and industry best practices for comprehensive facilities integrity management. Expert Service Providers
Strategies and Approaches
With one of the largest groups of pipeline and pressure equipment experts in the world, DNV combines practical engineering expertise with fundamental scientific approaches to solve engineering problems where other firms fall short. Our experts utilize proven, comprehensive strategies to work with you toward a unique Facilities Integrity Management (FIM) Program.
The strategy for developing and implementing a Facilities Integrity Management Program is unique for each owner/ operator. The status of such a program typically depends on corporate philosophy, operating experience, asset management guidelines and regulatory requirements. As a result, no single approach best suits all plants and facilities; therefore, DNV tailors your program to your facility’s specific needs and concerns.
Beyond Assessments DNV provides a framework for developing a comprehensive FIM DNV goes beyond regulatory and industry assessments and program using a balanced approach with four components: utilizes vast pipeline and process knowledge to help you safely and responsibly obtain maximum value from your facilities, • Assessment • Monitoring equipment and people. Our proficient staff of engineers provide • Mitigation assessments such as routine API 510, 570, 579 and 653 methods; • Life Extension however, in addition to the basic assessment, you receive expert guidance and support to take your existing systems to the next level and incorporate elements of continuous improvement.
DNV Columbus 5777 Frantz Road Dublin, OH 43017 USA 614.761.1214 dnvcolumbus@dnv.com www.dnvcolumbus.com
DNV Houston 1400 Ravello Katy, TX 77449 USA 832.541.1084 Chris.Pollard@dnv.com
DNV Calgary 2340 Pegasus Way, NE, Suite 123 Calgary, AB T2E8M5 Canada 403.250.9041 dnvcalgary@dnv.com
Facilities Integrity Management Assessment • Monitoring • Mitigation • Life Extension • Technical Support The Facilities Integrity Management Cycle Total asset integrity will provide you with a complete solution for the implementation and integration of the latest technical advances in the industry. A third party assessment of your FIM system ensures that your system is current and accounts for all new equipment. This allows you to continuously improve and enhance each part of the system and take a fresh look at the information and elements contained within it. Our highly experienced staff can assist you with the right solution for your plant integrity management issues, including all current and advanced inspection techniques, failure analysis, equipment life assessments and data management options.
Performinitial risk assessment of plant Developbaseline assessment plan
Review, update, andintegrate data
Assessment During the assessment process, engineers provide independent, evaluations of relevant technical information and data to assess the integrity of the facility, whether risk-based or deterministic.
DNV Houston 1400 Ravello Katy, TX 77449 USA 832.541.1084 Chris.Pollard@dnv.com
Monitoring
DNV assists operators in the design, development and implementation of mitigation systems, which are used to determine the action required to address integrity concerns. These actions include altering operating parameters and conditions, repairing or replacing components, changing materials, implementing coatings and corrosion protection, adding corrosion inhibitors, and altering the operating environment.
Life Extension
Updateandrevise risk assessment
DNV Columbus 5777 Frantz Road Dublin, OH 43017 USA 614.761.1214 dnvcolumbus@dnv.com www.dnvcolumbus.com
In addition, our consultants conduct operational assessments to evaluate the organizational structure and resources devoted to your facilities integrity management program.
Mitigation
Performinspection and/or mitigation
Evaluate program
With experts in underground piping, cathodic protection, and internal/external corrosion, our API 570 inspections account for more than the recommended practice requires.
DNV assists plant operators in developing inspection management and integrity monitoring programs using nondestructive examination (NDE) and other monitoring methods. Once the information has been gathered, it is used to help determine the inspection interval, based on experience or predicted remaining life. Monitoring corrosion rates, operating parameters, cathodic protection effectiveness and environmental conditions also provide information for the technical assessment.
Gather, review, and integrate initial data
Revise inspection andmitigationplan
Our experts utilize fitness-for-service assessments, according to API 579-1/ASME FFS-1, to focus on particular failure modes, such as local wall loss, brittle fracture, fatigue cracking, creep rupture or hydrogen attack. The likely failure modes and their potential consequences are then addressed in the a risk assessment model.
DNV also identifies future actions and schedules for maintaining long-term integrity. Our consultants look at your facility to determine if the operational conditions could be changed (for example, the volume to process, loads that equipment may be exposed to, etc.) or if the lifetime of the facility can be extended. We employ site inspection and measurement, laboratory testing and technical calculations to provide you with a clear picture and help you explore various options.
DNV Calgary 2340 Pegasus Way, NE, Suite 123 Calgary, AB T2E8M5 Canada 403.250.9041 dnvcalgary@dnv.com