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approach can cut costs if it’s implemented properly, and they can actually use it to optimise inspection schedules. When asked if producers perform the engineering analysis in-house, 39% said they do while 59% responded that they conduct both in-house and contracted-out analysis, which shows that, with owners comprising 70% of IGQC readers, owners are addressing the problem. Although it would seem that structural integrity management would be easy to outsource, the survey shows that it is too important for them to outsource. It is critical to their business, for managing their assets and for productivity improvement.
SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGIES IN USE Moving to what kind of technology producers are using, the vast majority, at nearly 80%, are still carrying out inspec- tions manually. Tis figure presents a huge opportunity for using mobile technologies to support manual data collection. Although the industry is a conservative one, it is not averse to using new technolo- gies to streamline costs. Essentially, four out of five respondents need to physically see
what is in front of them, but they are using technology
Adhering to inspection standards is another challenge facing oil producers. When asked what compliance codes producers were using, more than half responded they were using ISO 19902, and another half used HSE in the North Sea. But the most interesting number is the 19% that are using RP2SIM, a relatively new standard that came into being in 2014. Tis standard is defined as an ongoing process for ensuring the continuing fitness-for-purpose of an offshore structure or fleet of structures. Although this standard is in the early
adoption phase, it is expected to lead to the next stage of adoption – the risk-based approach. Te fact that this new code is at nearly 20% adoption shows that producers are constantly monitoring the assets and thinking about life extension. Te OGIQ survey backs up this opinion, with 34% of producers adopting a risk-based approach to maintenance, clearly putting them beyond the early adoption phase. Producers have discovered that a risk-based inspection
to support the manual capture of as-built information, not replace it. Ten, the question becomes, how do producers hold this data – in spreadsheets, with a good document management system, or by using a formalised process for storing and retrieving information used by all inspectors. Te survey results show that nearly 50% of respondents have a document management system, not a formalised process, which means there is potential for owners to perform inspections more efficiently. It also means that the 39% of those surveyed that are using a more formalised approach to their inspections can navigate the risk-
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