3. What is Risk Based Integrity Management?
A systematic approach to establish
maintenance and inspection priorities,
focusing finite resources on those activities
with the greatest potential for reducing the
risk of pipeline failure
4. Industry move away from prescriptive to a risk
based approach
Legislation
Old-Style Legislation
- Prescriptive
- Detailed rules and regulations
- What must be done
- Do it anyway
New-Style Legislation
- Risk based
- Framework rules with
guidelines
- How it must be managed
- Identify hazards and risks first,
rank them and prioritise
actions accordingly
Regulatory Trends
5. Typical Risk Management Process
Data management is the key to effective risk managementData management is the key to effective risk management
7. Data distributed throughout
the organisation
Paper and digital records
Multiple locations
Many active, parallel
databases
Data often exists as
individuals knowledge GIS
Application
DataReports
Landbase
Alignment Sheets
Operational
Data
Integrity
Data
8. The amount of data to be
managed increasing
Pipelines generate
increasing volumes of
changing data
Regulatory pressure
Data maintenance &
upkeep
Due diligence for
divesting
13. Web Enabled Database Access
Zoom in on the map to view details of pipeline for effective
sharing of data
14. • Precise location of scanned documents with in-line inspection and geographical data
• Enhanced understanding of features
• Efficiency savings to operator from ease of data access
Integration of pipeline integrity data
19. Data Alignment Important
•Store disparate data in one
location
•Bring data into a common
reference system
Necessary for accurate
comparison of data
In-line Distance
SP1
SP2 SP3
SP4
SP5
SP6
Cartographic Measure
True Pipeline Topology
SP3+”x”
X
In-line Distance
SP1
SP2 SP3
SP4
SP5
SP6
Cartographic Measure
True Pipeline Topology
SP3+”x”
X
SP1
SP2 SP3
SP4
SP5
SP6
Cartographic Measure
True Pipeline Topology
SP3+”x”
X
25. Risk Assessment
Semi-quantitative risk assessment
Customized risk equations
Dynamic segmentation using latest data
Rank pipeline threats to focus
maintenance response
Rank pipelines in order of risk
Locate high risk segments
28. Data Integration
•Load and align integrity data
(ILI and above-ground
survey)
•View sets of aligned data
•Alignment to solve
inconsistencies between
data sets
29. Managing Changes
Changes to pipeline can
impact the reference
system
Changes to reference
system (length, weld
number, etc.) critically
impacts downstream
data
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1+00
2+00
3+00
Reroute
New Coating
Time Series
Things Change, segments change
1+50E
1+75E
Need to automatically
manage data relationships
and update data
30. Managing Changes
Maintain & manage all
pipeline facilities:
Centerline, crossings,
fittings etc
Manage database
updates when centerline
changes
31. Field Data Collection
Take data to the field on
PC or integrated GPS
hand-held
Collect new field data and
upload direct to database
32. Summary
Industry moving towards risk based approaches
Data management is key to effective risk
management
Integrated data and risk management systems
significantly reduce the time and effort required to
implement risk based integrity management
programs
