Based on new methodological developments in the area of risk-based inspection planning (RBI) for structural components subject to fatigue degradation, the present paper presents a unified approach to risk-based inspection planning for offshore facilities comprising components and systems of both the structural and process type. Suggestions are given for the formulation of acceptance criteria on component level based on overall facility acceptance criteria in terms of risk to personnel, environmental risks and economical risks. The methodology facilitates a generic modeling of fatigue and corrosion degradation for both structural and process type components. Furthermore, special considerations are given to the important aspect of updating of inspection plans when degradation has been observed. The different aspects of RBI for steel components subject to fatigue and corrosion degradation are illustrated on an example considering RBI for the components of a tripod well-head platform.
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Unified Approach to Risk-Based Inspection Planning for Offshore Production Facilities
Michael Havbro Faber,
e-mail: faber@ibk.baug.ethz.ch
Michael Havbro Faber
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Institut fu¨r Baustatik und Konstruktion, ETH Ho¨nggerberg, HIL E32.3, Zu¨rich, 8093, Switzerland
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Daniel Straub,
e-mail: straub@ibk.baug.ethz.ch
Daniel Straub
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Institut fu¨r Baustatik und Konstruktion, ETH Ho¨nggerberg, HIL E32.3, Zu¨rich, 8093, Switzerland
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Jean Goyet
Jean Goyet
Bureau Veritas, Marine Division, 17 bis, Place de Reflets, La De´fense2, 92400 Courbevoie, France
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Michael Havbro Faber
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Institut fu¨r Baustatik und Konstruktion, ETH Ho¨nggerberg, HIL E32.3, Zu¨rich, 8093, Switzerland
e-mail: faber@ibk.baug.ethz.ch
Daniel Straub
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Institut fu¨r Baustatik und Konstruktion, ETH Ho¨nggerberg, HIL E32.3, Zu¨rich, 8093, Switzerland
e-mail: straub@ibk.baug.ethz.ch
Jean Goyet
Bureau Veritas, Marine Division, 17 bis, Place de Reflets, La De´fense2, 92400 Courbevoie, France
Contributed by the OOAE Division for publication in the JOURNAL OF OFFSHORE MECHANICS AND ARCTIC ENGINEERING. Manuscript received July 2001; final revision, May 2002. Associate Editor: R. Bea.
J. Offshore Mech. Arct. Eng. May 2003, 125(2): 126-131 (6 pages)
Published Online: April 16, 2003
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July 1, 2001
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May 1, 2002
Online:
April 16, 2003
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Faber, M. H., Straub, D., and Goyet, J. (April 16, 2003). "Unified Approach to Risk-Based Inspection Planning for Offshore Production Facilities ." ASME. J. Offshore Mech. Arct. Eng. May 2003; 125(2): 126–131. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1555116
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