Integrity engineering
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Integrity Engineering is a term applied to the engineering disciplines associated with the design, assurance, and verification functions that ensure a product, process, or system meets its appropriate and intended requirements. Application of these disciplines should not adversely impact a program, but should in fact minimize cost, schedule, technical, and legal risks and improve the overall life cycle cost.
It is also considered as the discipline and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, legal and practical knowledge to the assurance, and verification functions that ensure a product, process, or system meets (and is meeting) its appropriate and intended safety, legal and business requirement(s).
Typical responsibilities for an Integrity Engineer would be: To Coordinate efficient and cost effective implementation of inspections and integrity management programs and to ensure integrity of plant facilities including all onshore and offshore structures and pipelines, stationary equipment, piping systems, etc.,
Integrity Engineers maybe required to:
Integrity Engineering encompasses the concept of:
This may be applied to, management, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realise improvements to the lives of people.
Integrity Engineering (IE) is also involved with the asset lifecycle, from the basis of design, (Process design basis) through to recycle.
During the Front End Engineering Design stage IE (FEED) aids in the selection of vessels, piping, pipelines and other equipment. At this FEED stage the optimum material requirements mitigation and maintenance requirements for the intended period of operation become the basis for the detailed engineering.
It is the role of the IE to develop/validate the integrity management plan and implement the monitoring and management procedure for the intended period of operation.
It is also the responsibility of the integrity engineer to incorporate and manage any variation identified (metal loss, material degradation, cracking mechanisms, mitigation issues ie CP potentials, coating failures etc) during the monitoring regime.
It maybe generalist in nature and or applied with specific prior knowledge denoted using a prenominal of, Mechanical, Inspection, Asset, Well or Well head, Technical, Pipeline, Signal, Fabrication or Commissioning depending upon the equipment or system under scrutiny.
Integrity Engineers oversee or carry out Integrity Engineering Audit(s) to ensure legal compliance with Company, National and International standards and ensure that there is a level of quality assurance within the process that meets good engineering standards.
Integrity Engineers construct and implement Integrity Management plans which detail the requirements of the item or asset under scrutiny and study any adverse effects from internal and or external sources which prevent or damage / impair that item or system.
These Integrity Management plans are used to build suitable inspection and condition monitoring forward strategies. The monitoring may include both physical (pipes / vessels) and nonphysical systems (Management legal obligations). This diversity will depend upon the requirements of the task at hand.
It is also considered as the discipline and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, legal and practical knowledge to the assurance, and verification functions that ensure a product, process, or system meets (and is meeting) its appropriate and intended safety, legal and business requirement(s).
Typical responsibilities for an Integrity Engineer would be: To Coordinate efficient and cost effective implementation of inspections and integrity management programs and to ensure integrity of plant facilities including all onshore and offshore structures and pipelines, stationary equipment, piping systems, etc.,
Integrity Engineers maybe required to:
- write and review Integrity Management PlanIntegrity Management PlanIntegrity Management Plan is the review or establishment of plans to ensure the long-term integrity of an asset or assets. Integrity management planning is a process for assessing and mitigating risks in an effort to reduce both the likelihood and consequences of incidents...
s - identify, investigate and assess deterioration/corrosion and ensure timely maintenance of the affected facilities.
- implement Inspection and Corrosion Control Policy and Risk Based InspectionRisk based inspectionRisk Based Inspection is a risk based approach to prioritizing and planning inspection used in engineering industries, and predominant in the oil and gas industries. This type of inspection planning analyses the probability and consequence of failure of an asset to calculate its risk of failure...
(RBI) methods to manage integrity, and optimize inspections frequency, maintenance cost and plant availability. - participate in preparation of Capital and Operating budgets for Inspection.
- monitor and oversees the execution of inspection programs and activities.
- liaise closely with Operations, Technical Services, Corrosion engineeringCorrosion engineeringCorrosion Engineering is the specialist discipline of applying scientific knowledge, natural laws and physical resources in order to design and implement materials, structures, devices, systems and procedures to manage the natural phenomenon known as corrosion. Corrosion engineering groups have...
and other Maintenance Units to coordinate major shutdowns and turn-around activities. - supervise, witness and participate in certification process of hydro tests and load test of lifting devices and cylinders
- ensure systematic and consistent implementation of work methods and procedures used in Maintenance and Inspection and recommend improvements.
- ensure systematic update of maintenance management systems.
- review and approves welding procedures for process equipment fabrication and repairs.
- participate in technical studies, Process and Instrument diagram reviews, Safety Integrity Level (SIL) assessments and HAZOP’s.
- identify corrosion loopCorrosion loopCorrosion loop are systemised analysis "loops" used during Risk-based inspection analysis.Both terms “RBI Corrosion loops” or “RBI corrosion circuits” are generic terms used to indicate the systemisation of piping systems into usable and understandable parts associated with corrosion.Systemised...
(s)or circuits.
Integrity Engineering encompasses the concept of:
- Consistency of actions, values, methods, measures, principles, expectations, and outcomes.
- An undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting
- Knowledge of many interface of technology
- Balancing and countering the materials degradation process during the in-service life cycle of equipment
This may be applied to, management, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realise improvements to the lives of people.
Integrity Engineering (IE) is also involved with the asset lifecycle, from the basis of design, (Process design basis) through to recycle.
During the Front End Engineering Design stage IE (FEED) aids in the selection of vessels, piping, pipelines and other equipment. At this FEED stage the optimum material requirements mitigation and maintenance requirements for the intended period of operation become the basis for the detailed engineering.
It is the role of the IE to develop/validate the integrity management plan and implement the monitoring and management procedure for the intended period of operation.
It is also the responsibility of the integrity engineer to incorporate and manage any variation identified (metal loss, material degradation, cracking mechanisms, mitigation issues ie CP potentials, coating failures etc) during the monitoring regime.
It maybe generalist in nature and or applied with specific prior knowledge denoted using a prenominal of, Mechanical, Inspection, Asset, Well or Well head, Technical, Pipeline, Signal, Fabrication or Commissioning depending upon the equipment or system under scrutiny.
Integrity Engineers oversee or carry out Integrity Engineering Audit(s) to ensure legal compliance with Company, National and International standards and ensure that there is a level of quality assurance within the process that meets good engineering standards.
Integrity Engineers construct and implement Integrity Management plans which detail the requirements of the item or asset under scrutiny and study any adverse effects from internal and or external sources which prevent or damage / impair that item or system.
These Integrity Management plans are used to build suitable inspection and condition monitoring forward strategies. The monitoring may include both physical (pipes / vessels) and nonphysical systems (Management legal obligations). This diversity will depend upon the requirements of the task at hand.