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General
- Offshore Information Sheet 4/2009 Guidance on Management of Ageing and Thorough Reviews of Ageing Installations
- Managing Ageing Plant, A Summary Guide, HSE Books
- Plant Ageing Study, Phase 1, Report, HSE Research Report 823
- Plant Ageing, Management of Equipment Containing Hazardous Fluids or Pressure, HSE Research Report 509
- A Framework for Monitoring the Management of Ageing Effects on Safety Critical Elements, Energy Institute, 2009
- A Review of Safety Culture and Safety Climate Literature for the Development of the Safety Culture Inspection Toolkit, HSE Research Report 367
- Fatigue Reliability of Old Semi-submersibles, HSE Research Report OTO 2000/052
- Beyond Lifetime Criteria for Offshore Cranes, HSE Research Report OTO 2001/88
- Guidance on the Management of Ageing and Life Extension for UKCS Floating Production Installations
- OLF Guideline 122 Recommended Guidelines for the Assessment and Documentation of Service Life Extension of Facilities
- Nimrod report
- HSE - Offshore safety reports
- Offshore safety statistics bulletins
Electrical control and instrumentation
- Offshore Information Sheet 4/2009 Guidance on Management of Ageing and Thorough Reviews of Ageing Installations
- Managing Ageing Plant, A Summary Guide, HSE Books
- Plant Ageing Study, Phase 1, Report, HSE Research Report 823
- Plant Ageing, Management of Equipment Containing Hazardous Fluids or Pressure, HSE Research Report 509
- A Framework for Monitoring the Management of Ageing Effects on Safety Critical Elements, Energy Institute, 2009
- A Review of Safety Culture and Safety Climate Literature for the Development of the Safety Culture Inspection Toolkit, HSE Research Report 367
- Fatigue Reliability of Old Semi-submersibles, HSE Research Report OTO 2000/052
- Beyond Lifetime Criteria for Offshore Cranes, HSE Research Report OTO 2001/88
- Guidance on the Management of Ageing and Life Extension for UKCS Floating Production Installations
- OLF Guideline 122 Recommended Guidelines for the Assessment and Documentation of Service Life Extension of Facilities
- Nimrod report
- HSE - Offshore safety reports
- Offshore safety statistics bulletins
Mechanical integrity
Initial design
ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel and Piping Code Series
Inspection
- API 510 Pressure vessel inspection code: Maintenance inspection, rating, repair, and alteration
- API 570 Piping Inspection Code: Inspection, repair, alteration, and rerating of in-service piping systems
- API 572 Inspection of Pressure vessels and heat exchangers
- API 574 Inspection practices for piping system components
- API 576 Inspection of pressure relieving devices
- API 580 Risk based inspection
- API 581 Risk based inspection technology
- API 579 Recommended practice for fitness-for-service and continued operation of equipment
EI Guidance
- Guidelines for the avoidance of vibration induced fatigue failure in process pipework
- Guidelines for the management of the integrity of bolted joints in pressurised systems
- Guidelines for the design, installation and management of small bore tubing assemblies
Flaw assessment
BS 7910 Guide on methods for assessing the acceptability of flaws in metallic structures
Research Reports
- RR509 - Plant ageing: Management of equipment containing hazardous fluids or pressure
- RR076 Machinery and rotating equipment integrity inspection guidance notes
- RR363/2001 Best Practice for risk based inspection as part of integrity management
- RR430 Offshore gas turbines (and major driven equipment) integrity and inspection guidance notes
- RR823 - Plant Ageing Study
Temporary repairs
- Offshore technology report 2001/038: Temporary/permanent pipe repair – Guidelines
- SN 4/2005: Weldless repair of safety critical piping systems
- ASME PCC-2-2011 Repair of Pressure Equipment and Piping
Composites
ISO/WD 24817 (Draft standard) Composite repairs for pipe work and vessels
Temporary equipment
Corrosion
- Stainless Steels - Chloride stress corrosion cracking report 2011
- Stainless steels limits of performance
Further general information on corrosion can be found at the following links:
- National Association of Corrosion Engineers
- EEMUA
- Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
- NORSOK
Structures
- Plant Ageing Study, Phase 1, Report, HSE Research Report 823
- Plant Ageing, Management of Equipment Containing Hazardous Fluids or Pressure, HSE Research Report 509
- A Framework for Monitoring the Management of Ageing Effects on Safety Critical Elements, Energy Institute, 2009
- A Review of Safety Culture and Safety Climate Literature for the Development of the Safety Culture Inspection Toolkit, HSE Research Report 367
Fire and explosion
- Fire, explosion and risk assessment
- Guidance on Fire and Explosion Hazards Associated with Ageing Offshore Installations, Dalzell G, Roberts TA, Jagger S and Walsh P, HSL Report PS/07/06
Human & Organisational Factors
General guidance
Managing human failures
Managing human failures - HSE Inspector's toolkit
Competence
- Competence - HSE Inspector's toolkit
- Developing and Maintaining Staff Competence
- Competence assessment
Organisational change
- Chemical Information Sheet No CHIS7
- Staffing assessments
- Organisational change - HSE Inspector's toolkit
Pipeline integrity
- API RP 17A Design and Operation of Subsea Production Systems, Fifth Edition
- API RP 17B Recommended Practice for Flexible Pipe
- API RP 17J Specification for Unbonded Flexible Pipe
- API RP 579 Fitness for Purpose
- API TR 17TR2 Ageing flex pipes
- BS PD 8010 part 2 Subsea Pipelines
- BS PD 8010 part 4 Integrity Management Guidelines
- DNV OS F101 Submarine Pipeline Systems
- HSE Research Report 162 (2003): Assessment of valve failures offshore oil & gas sector
- HSE Research Report RR509 - Plant ageing: Management of equipment containing hazardous fluids or pressure 2006
- HSE Research Report RR823 – Plant Ageing Study Phase 1 Report 2010
- Energy Institute Research Report: A framework for monitoring the management of ageing effects on safety critical elements Nov 2009
- Guidelines for the management of integrity of subsea facilities
- SINTEF Report (Clients PSA, Norway): Ageing and life extension for offshore facilities in general and for specific systems
- NORSOK U-009 (2011) Life extension for subsea systems
- NORSOK Standard Y-002 (2010): Life Extension for Transportation Systems
- ISO/NP TS 12747: 2011 Petroleum and natural gas industries - Pipeline transportation systems - Recommended practice for pipeline life extension
- UK Oil & Gas: OP010 - State of the Art Report on Flexible Pipe Integrity and Guidance Note on Monitoring Methods and Integrity Assurance for Unbonded Flexible Pipes (2010)
- Oil & Gas UK HS071: Guidance on the Conduct and Management of Operational Risk Assessment for UKCS Offshore Oil and Gas Operations Issue 1, January 2012
- Oil & Gas UK HS073: Guidance on the Management of Ageing and Life Extension for UKCS Oil and Gas Installations Issue 1, April 2012
Journal and conference papers
- Ageing and Life Extension of Onshore and Offshore Infrastructure – A View from the Regulator, OSD-CID joint paper presented at "Make Asset Life Extension Work for You: Sustaining Integrity and Managing Risk' seminar, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London, 7 December 2011
- Criticality Rating of Ageing Fixed Offshore Structures, presented at OMAE2011, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 2011
- Ageing and Life Extension Considerations in the Integrity Management of Fixed and Mobile Offshore Installations, presented at OMAE2011, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 2011
- KP4: Ageing and Life Extension Inspection Programme for Offshore Installations, presented at OMAE2011, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 2011
- Industry Practices for the Management of Ageing Assets Relevant to Offshore Installations, presented at OMAE2011, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 2011
- OMAE 2008-57411 - Life Extension Issues for Ageing Offshore Installations, presented at OMAE2008, Estoril, Portugal, June 2008
- OMAE 2008-57411 - Initiatives on the Structural Integrity Management of Ageing North Sea Installations, presented at OMAE2008, Estoril, Portugal, June 2008
- OMAE 2002-28610 - Reassessment Issues in Life Cycle Structural Integrity Management of Fixed Steel Installations, presented at OMAE2002, Oslo, June 2002
Energy Institute Ageing and Life Extension Work Group
The wide scope of the KP4 project required the development of technical guidance and best practice (including key performance indicators (KPI)) covering all the KP4 topic areas to assist duty holders with the development of their asset integrity management systems. This work is being undertaken by the Energy Institute Ageing and Life Extension Work Group (ALE WG).