API RP 17 N Update

Subsea System Reliability and Integrity Management

Presented by:Mark Siegmund - API 17N ChairmanJan 18, 2011

Progress• November 2010 - API RIMS Charter drafted• 1st Dec 2010 - Kick off Meeting

– Committee members appointed by Chair/Co-chairs– API 17 RIMS charter circulated and comment invited – Inputs expected from 2 SURF IM JIPs recently kicked off– Additional committee members to be invited as needed

depending on experience and expertise – Committee members invited to:

• Review current version of 17N• Review Charter draft • Issue comments and suggestions to John Strutt

• Committee to present proposals and updated charter to API working group by the end of January

• Next Meeting tentatively scheduled mid-February 2011

Initial Committee Goals • Identify best practice and improvements to the management

and assessment of Subsea reliability, technical risk and operational Integrity in Subsea industry

• Develop guidance on management practices and tools to assess, optimise, manage and meet safety, environment and production goals.

• Identify improvements to the alignment of reliability and integrity management activities during design and operational stages

• Provide guidance which will deliver better:– leadership and direction, Consistency and coherence between the

project and Operations teams and Feedback and Learning

Additional Goals • Update section on use of TRL in qualification of New technology and

align with new DNV A 203 – New version of DnV A203 soon to be issued

• Provide improved guidance on relevant reliability data and use of reliability and Integrity assessment tools

• Align with new BOEMRE NTL – probably to be issued in Q1 2011

• Integration of API 17N with standard ISO 20815 (Jans Neurenkerken)

• Provide input to and guidance on the implementation of API 17N RIMS training programmes

Committee MembersMark Siegmund Chair (BP)John Allen Co-Chair (GE)Don Wells Co-Chair (Hess)John Strutt Champion (Astrimar)Adriana Botto Secretary (WGIM)Ken Powell Member (Cameron)John Fassero Member (EXM)Karina Vitale Member (CVX)John MacNeill Member (Stress)Graeme Davies Member (DNV)Runar Ostebo

Others:? (aiming for 20-22)

Member (Statoil)

Shell, Teledyne, FMC, Atkins, Woodside, Petrobras, TBA…