Risk Based Inspection Applied at Aging Chemical Facilities

Integrity safety is important to all companies and understanding the asset risk is the major key indicator in this process. Integrity management is underpinned by inspection and maintenance of equipment. Risk based inspection is becoming the major tool in integrity management of equipment at chemical facilities. Process risk management within Mechanical Integrity applying the challenges of using a risk based inspection programme, using a combination of the principles American Petroleun Institute (API) 580, ASME Post Construction Code (PCC-3), and MIL 882 introduced at older chemical plant mixed use environment with a combination of pressure vessels and Atmospheric Storage Tanks.