Document Integrity Management Strategies and RBI Guidelines

• Integrity Management Strategies, as outlined in this example, would be formally documented before the IM System is considered operational.
• RBI Guidelines must be documented for proper control of the process.

Produce Performance Standards

• Performance Standards shall be produced for critical assets.
• Performance Standards define the purpose of the equipment and its required integrity envelope, as well as how performance is measured and assured.
• Performance Standards are used as a guideline by internal or external integrity auditors.

Produce Integrity Management Procedures

• Once Integrity Management Strategy and RBI Guidelines have been defined, the 'how-to-do-it' documents (procedures and work instructions) are required.
• Some typical Integrity Management Procedures are:

- Anomaly Management Procedures.
- Workscope Preparation Procedures.
- Event-Triggered Action Procedures (Marine Vessel Impact, Earthquake, Fishing Incident, 3rd-Party Encroachment, Extreme Weather, etc).
- Monitoring Procedures.
- Data Management Procedures.
- Integrity Status Reporting Procedures.

Establish Integrity Management Software, Databases

• Quality Data is fundamental for Integrity Management in terms of: Storage, Ease of Retrieval and Data integrity, i.e. data which is complete, accurate and up-to-date.
• In most cases (the exception is a small asset base with few integrity threats), an organised database with an easy to use front-end application is necessary for effective Asset Integrity Management.
• Various applications and databases are available on the market, some catering to specific equipment types (e.g. Pipelines), some only catering to certain steps in the AIM Process - e.g. RBI.
• The situation is dynamic and must be effectively managed.
• Some Operators have incomplete or ineffective systems in place.
• SBS provides a very efficient "hosted" data management system which avoids the need to define, purchase and maintain an in-house system.