Trends on Integrity Management Programs (IMP) and Management Systems (MS) Audit and Incident Findings

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael G. Mora ◽  
Joe Paviglianiti ◽  
Richard Slocomb ◽  
Anne-Marie Bourassa Mota ◽  
Mohsin Zaidi
Keyword(s):  
Key Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
The Past ◽  
Industry Standard ◽  
Regulatory Frameworks ◽  
Integrity Management ◽  
Resources Conservation

Over the past 12 years, as directed by federal and provincial regulations, Canadian pipeline companies have been formally developing and implementing Integrity Management Programs (IMPs). Since 1999, IMPs have been a requirement in the Canadian consensus industry standard CSA Z662. Furthermore, since the release of CSA Z662 Annex N in 2005, both the BC OGC and the Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) (Canadian provincial regulators) have made CSA Z662 Annex N mandatory for their regulated companies. Annex N incorporates key management system (MS) elements such as a company’s policy and commitment, responsibilities, competency, planning, management of change, review and evaluation. This paper presents the findings of IMP audits conducted by the NEB and BC OGC regulators during the period of 2001–2011. This paper also includes the findings of NEB’s analysis of pipeline incidents that occurred between 2005 and 2009 and how these incident findings correlate to the audit findings. This paper is structured as follows: • Integrity management regulatory frameworks • IMP and MS elements and their interconnection • Audit findings from the NEB and the BC OGC • Incident findings from the NEB • Analysis of the audit findings and their correlation to incidents • Trends on IMP and MS audit and incident findings The paper provides a general understanding of the findings and their trends on pipeline integrity management and on incidents in terms of IMP/MS elements as described in Table 1. The results from this study may help stakeholders to determine strategies to increase the adequacy, implementation and effectiveness of pipeline integrity management. This paper does not include any company-specific information nor results and conclusions from any particular audit report or incident.

Implementation of a Pipeline Integrity Management System at TIGF (France): The Added Value of the Pipeline Threats and Mitigations Module

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karine Kutrowski ◽  
Rob Bos ◽  
Jean-Re´gis Piccardino ◽  
Marie Pajot
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Transmission Grid ◽  
Integrity Management ◽  
Corrective Actions

On January 4th 2007 TIGF published the following invitation for tenders: “Development and Provision of a Pipeline Integrity Management System”. The project was awarded to Bureau Veritas (BV), who proposed to meet the requirements of TIGF with the Threats and Mitigations module of the PiMSlider® suite extended with some customized components. The key features of the PiMSlider® suite are: • More than only IT: a real integrity philosophy, • A simple intuitive tool to store, display and update pipeline data, • Intelligent search utilities to locate specific information about the pipeline and its surrounding, • A scalable application, with a potentially unlimited number of users, • Supervision (during and after implementation) by experienced people from the oil and gas industry. This paper first introduces TIGF and the consortium BV – ATP. It explains in a few words the PIMS philosophy captured in the PiMSlider® suite and focuses on the added value of the pipeline Threats and Mitigations module. Using this module allows the integrity analyst to: • Prioritize pipeline segments for integrity surveillance purposes, • Determine most effective corrective actions, • Assess the benefits of corrective actions by means of what-if scenarios, • Produce a qualitative threats assessment for further use in the integrity management plan, • Optimize integrity aspects from a design, maintenance and operational point of view, • Investigate the influence of different design criteria for pipeline segments. To conclude, TIGF presents the benefits of the tool for their Integrity Management department and for planning inspection and for better knowledge of their gas transmission grid.

scholarly journals The Growth of Public Participation in Decisions of the Energy Resources Conservation Board

1994 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 468
Author(s):  
P. A. Rowbotham
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Resources Conservation ◽  
Crown Of The Continent ◽  
Development Applications

This paper addresses the issue of public participation in one of Alberta's most important administrative tribunals, the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB). The ERCB makes significant decisions regarding the exploration for, and development of, natural resources in Alberta. In the past twenty-five years the public has taken an increasing interest in the types of issues which face the ERCB. The following essay discusses the legislative scheme which permits and encourages public participation in these decisions. It also addresses the increase in public participation, and focuses on two specific events: the Crown of the Continent Project in the Waterton Lakes area of Alberta and the Caroline/Beaverhill Lake Gas Development Applications.

scholarly journals Software Review: A Review of the Plone Content Management System

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Stephen P. Bollinger
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Content Management ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Content Management System ◽  
Web Content ◽  
Software Developers ◽  
The Past ◽  
Software Packages ◽  
Website Content ◽  
Content Management Systems

Web content management systems (CMSs) are tools to help efficiently manage modern websites. Broadly defined, CMSs are database-driven software packages that allow people who are not HTML experts to create and edit website content, manage revisions and approvals for content, and help reduce the workload of maintaining a website. Within the past five years open source content management systems, created and maintained by a community of software developers and available without charge, have matured to become viable options for libraries that are not information technology juggernauts. Plone1, now in its fourth major release, is one such content management system that is now in wide use by libraries. [...]

Management System Approach to Pipeline Integrity

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iain Colquhoun ◽  
Christian Calvi ◽  
Harry MacPherson
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Enterprise Management ◽  
Technical Expertise ◽  
Continual Improvement ◽  
Company Culture ◽  
Integrity Management ◽  
A Company ◽  
Goals And Objectives

The development and implementation of specific technical procedures tend to be emphasized as key measures required to ensure the integrity of pipeline systems. These activities are clearly of vital importance. However, the integration of these activities and associated integrity programs with the overall management of the business also plays an important role in guaranteeing success of the programs. This paper describes a typical pipeline integrity management system, its objectives, and its links to other enterprise management systems. The paper also outlines simple methods that can be used to evaluate any given integrity management system’s components with a view to evaluating the programs effectiveness and driving continual improvement. These methods involve the identification of gaps with respect to specified benchmarks, and the design and implementation of risk-based programs to close the gaps. The benefits claimed include: • A comprehensive and holistic approach to pipeline integrity management aligned with company goals and objectives. • Engagement of company-wide technical expertise. • Buy-in and validation by all levels of company management. • Promotion of a company culture that encourages sustainable development of integrity management programs.

scholarly journals Declaratory Relief under Oil and Gas Legislation - Update

1981 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Robert M. Perrin
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
The Past ◽  
Resources Conservation

Decisions of the Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board arising over the past year are reviewed, along with new legislation in British Co lumbia and related decisions of the B.C. Energy Commission.

Automation of energy management is the key to reduce product cost

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-82
Author(s):  
D. A. Zhiganov
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Energy Policy ◽  
Energy Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Efficient Production ◽  
Energy Management System ◽  
Energy Management Systems

Subject: automated energy management systems.Purpose: identification of the main prospects for the use of automated energy management systems.Materials and methods: in Russia each year, due to the scornful attitude towards energy saving, about 400 million tons of reference fuel are lost, while only every third company approaches the energy efficiency systemically. Savings of fuel and energy resources largely depend on the proper organization and feasibility of rationing fuel and energy costs. One of the priorities of the strategy of transition to energy-efficient production is to carry out systematic work on the implementation of a system of resource and energy saving — the formation of the energy policy of the enterprise. The introduction and development of energy metering systems (AIIS TUE) for the sake of increasing the transparency of consumption and distribution of energy resources is an integral part of the implementation of the company’s energy policy. Minimizing the influence of the human factor at all stages is easily amenable to mathematical description and, accordingly, automation. The paper shows that without automation of management processes and monitoring energy efficiency it is impossible to count on success. The main stages of the implementation of the energy management system at the enterprise are given.Results: it is shown that the main result of the introduction of an automated energy management system is to reduce costs by more than 10 %, with the identified potential for further savings of at least 15...20 %, which is achieved by cre­ating a completely transparent energy consumption environment, with its characteristic reliability determined efficiency of the processed information.Conclusions: automated energy management can become the core in which all information flows from all management systems that have an impact on energy efficiency will be consolidated. Properly constructed automated energy manage­ment systems are a universal tool for implementing the energy policy of an enterprise, a serious investment with a clear payback horizon and an positive financial result over a long period.

scholarly journals Legal and Regulatory Considerations in Plant Decommissioning and Rationalization Plans

1994 ◽  
pp. 259
Author(s):  
Richard A. Neufeld ◽  
Geoffrey S. Paskuski
Keyword(s):  
Common Law ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
Processing Capacity ◽  
Approval Process ◽  
Industrial Sites ◽  
Gas Processing ◽  
The Past ◽  
Regulatory Strategy ◽  
Public Hearings ◽  
Resources Conservation

The liability of owners and operators of sites contaminated by industrial activity is imposed at common law and by statute. Under the statutory regime prior to the new Alberta Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act ("AEPEA"), the scope of liability was generally limited to ongoing operations and arguably extended to the active remediation of the site. Further, past owners of industrial sites escaped liability for their pollution-causing activities. Under the AEPEA, more stringent provisions exist that govern the decommissioning process, including significantly increased penalties for non-compliance and the indirect imposition of liability upon past owners and non-operators for pollution-causing events that occurred in the past or during the decommissioning process. The authors recommend a regulatory strategy in regard to a program of site decommissioning associated with gas processing capacity. They point out that potential conflicts arise between the new Environmental Appeal Board ("EAB") and the Energy Resources Conservation Board ("ERCB") as to their respective roles in the rationalization plan approval process. In order to avoid the potential for duplication of public hearings before the EAB and ERCB, the authors recommend that processing capacity rationalization proponents consider submitting an omnibus application to the ERCB detailing all the activities required to implement the rationalization plan.

The Development of a Facilities Integrity Management Program Recommended Practice for Canadian Energy Pipelines

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reena Sahney ◽  
Mike Reed ◽  
Darren Skibinsky
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Performance Metrics ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Pipeline System ◽  
Main Challenge ◽  
Transmission Pipeline ◽  
Integrity Management ◽  
Major Equipment

The Canadian Energy Pipeline Association (CEPA) is a voluntary, non-profit industry association representing major Canadian transmission pipeline companies. With the advent of changes in both CSA Z6621 as well as the National Energy Board Onshore Pipeline Regulations (OPR)2, the membership determined a Recommended Practice regarding a Management Systems Approach for Facilities Integrity was needed. As such, the Pipeline Integrity Working Group (PIWG) within CEPA formed a task group to support the initiative. The outlined approach was intended to have two main philosophical underpinnings: it must comprehensively support safe pipeline system operations and it must provide a practical mechanism for implementing a management systems approach for Facilities Iintegrity. The main challenge in developing a framework for a Facilities Integrity Management System lies in the broad range of equipment and system types that the management system must encompass. That is, equipment, in the context of Facilities Integrity Management, must encompass not only station equipment (such as rotating equipment, valves, meters etc.,) but also categories such as high pressure station piping and fuel lines. Further, there was the recognition that Operators already have an array of tools, processes and techniques in place to manage their various equipment and systems. In light of these observations, the Recommended Practice describes a framework that uses major equipment types as a key differentiator. This is an approach that can be easily aligned with existing corporate computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) such as SAP™ or Maximo™. Once the equipment categorization has been established, the Recommended Practice then provides guidance regarding the specific requirements that should be addressed for each equipment category based on the framework in CSA Z662-11 Annex N. Specific suggestions are provided in the areas of: alignment with corporate goals and objectives, scope, definitions, performance metrics, risk assessments, competency of personnel, change management as well as documentation. The approach also maximizes the opportunity to leverage existing systems and processes to the extent possible. Overall the Recommended Practice should provide operators with a practical way to achieve a greater degree of rigor and alignment of facilities integrity management while ensuring detailed study and analysis is focused in the most appropriate areas.

scholarly journals A Case Study for Implementing a Plant Corrosion Inspection and Maintenance Anomaly and Integrity Management System on the Sabratha Gas Production Offshore Platform in the Mediterranean Sea

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Magdi H. Mussa ◽  
Mahmoud Dukali ◽  
Yaqub Rahaq
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Offshore Platform ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Integrity Assessment ◽  
Integrity Management

Corrosion and maintenance anomaly and integrity management systems (AIMS) are now the foundation of many industrial and engineering systems regarding sustainability and long-lasting assets. The oil and gas industry has started developing new, integrated management systems to keep its assets safe from real external failures. However, the overlapping of assets’ integrity responsibilities occur when a conflict of interests, such as production, safety, environmental, and financial interfacing, are inaccurately weighed against each other. This paper will review the case study of the anomaly and integrity management systems implemented on the Sabratha offshore platform. In order to achieve sustainable asset implementation, it is essential to identify the different weights given to the critical factors controlling the operational anomaly and integrity of facilities on offshore platforms and re-classify the potential failures. Therefore, design practices are reviewed. Moreover, inspection techniques and strategies are re-assessed and used to describe the consistent integrity assessment techniques linked to anomaly monitoring and maintenance criteria. Finally, the anomaly and integrity management system design use activity, process models, structures, and flow diagrams are reviewed. This work will be helpful for the further enhancement of a new machine learning system to support this approach.

Comparative Analysis of the Environmental Efficiency of Waste Management Systems in St. Petersburg and Finland

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 60-64
Author(s):  
L.S. Ventsyulis ◽  
A.N. Pimenov ◽  
A.N. Chusov ◽  
T.V. Shibanova
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Management System ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Msw Management ◽  
The Past

The state of the waste management system in St. Petersburg and Finland over the past 25 years is considered. It is shown that over the years, the system of municipal solid waste (MSW) management in St. Petersburg has not fundamentally changed. The bulk of waste - 88% is taken to landfills, and 12% is processed into compost. In Finland, over the years, the MSW management system has changed significantly: the amount of waste disposed of at the landfill has decreased by 46 times, the amount of waste incinerated at incinerators has increased by 7 times; the amount of waste selected for secondary raw materials increased by 1.5 times. An assessment of environmental damage to municipal solid waste management systems showed that over the past 25 years, specific environmental damage for St. Petersburg increased 2.22 times, and for Finland decreased 18.07 times.

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