Document Responsibility: Inspection Engineering Standards Committee SAEP-343
Issue Date: 7 July 2015
Next Planned Update: 21 August 2018 Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) for Saudi Aramco Facilities
P&ID Process & Instrumentation Diagram
QA/QC Quality Assurance and/or Quality Control
QRA Quantitative Risk Assessment
RASCI Responsible, Accountable, Supports, Consulted, Informed
RBI Risk-Based Inspection
RCM Reliability Centered Maintenance
ROI Return on Investment
RPO Release Purchase Order
SAER Saudi Aramco Engineering Report
SCC Stress Corrosion Cracking
SOHIC Stress Oriented Hydrogen Induced Cracking
SSC Sulfide Stress Cracking
SIS Safety Instruction Sheet
TIC Technical Information Center
UT Ultrasonic Testing
6 Instructions
6.1 RBI Methodology
6.1.1 The RBI methodology currently approved and implemented is the API
RBI from the American Petroleum Institute as described in API RP 580
and API RP 581.
6.1.2 The latest available version of the API RBI software shall be used
where applicable to perform assessments. The software custodian
within Saudi Aramco is Inspection Department.
6.1.3 Usage of other RBI methodologies and software for quantitative risk
assessment is permissible for assets not covered by API-RBI software.
These RBI methodologies and software shall be approved by the
Engineering Services (ES) RBI team, Inspection Department.
6.1.3 Each facility should prioritize the implementation of RBI for each Unit
based on next T&I date and integrity issues associated with operating
risk.
6.1.4 Appendix 1 decision tree shall be used to determine if a quantitative
RBI assessment is required or only a comprehensive review of the OSI
program per 6.11.
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