Integrity engineering audit
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An Integrity engineering
Audit
is carried out within an Integrity engineering
function so as to ensure compliance with International, National, company specific standards and regulations.
It is carried out in order to prove that the system is compliant, transparent, effective and efficient. [API 580] outlines such an audit as part of a Risk Based Inspection
program. It checks that the most efficient and cost effective implementation of inspections and integrity management programs are being carried out. It ensures that the integrity of plant facilities including all onshore and offshore structures and pipelines, stationary equipment, piping systems are being correctly addressed. It checks and ensures that the Integrity Engineer has identified, investigated and assessed all deterioration/corrosion and ensured timely maintenance of the affected facilities. It audits the Inspection and Corrosion Control Policy and Risk Based Inspection (RBI)methods which manage the integrity and checks that optimum inspections frequency, maintenance cost and plant availability are being met. It may be approached under a generic framework such as ISO 19011
on the basis of a technical audit, without formal documentation but with a regulatory or statutory criteria.
Integrity engineering
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...
Audit
Audit
The general definition of an audit is an evaluation of a person, organization, system, process, enterprise, project or product. The term most commonly refers to audits in accounting, but similar concepts also exist in project management, quality management, and energy conservation.- Accounting...
is carried out within an Integrity engineering
Integrity engineering
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...
function so as to ensure compliance with International, National, company specific standards and regulations.
It is carried out in order to prove that the system is compliant, transparent, effective and efficient. [API 580] outlines such an audit as part of a Risk Based Inspection
Risk based inspection
Risk 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...
program. It checks that the most efficient and cost effective implementation of inspections and integrity management programs are being carried out. It ensures that the integrity of plant facilities including all onshore and offshore structures and pipelines, stationary equipment, piping systems are being correctly addressed. It checks and ensures that the Integrity Engineer has identified, investigated and assessed all deterioration/corrosion and ensured timely maintenance of the affected facilities. It audits the Inspection and Corrosion Control Policy and Risk Based Inspection (RBI)methods which manage the integrity and checks that optimum inspections frequency, maintenance cost and plant availability are being met. It may be approached under a generic framework such as ISO 19011
ISO 19011
ISO 19011 is an international standard that sets forth guidelines for:*quality management systems auditing*environmental management systems auditingIt is developed by the International Organization for Standardization....
on the basis of a technical audit, without formal documentation but with a regulatory or statutory criteria.