API 580/581 Risk Based Inspection

Preliminary Registration Form

Please fill out the preliminary form below for this API-U Approved course. After the form has been submitted, the training provider will reach out to you regarding further registration information.

Course Outline

• Overview of Risk-Based Inspection Principles for Fixed Equipment
• Introduction to the Latest Edition of API RP 580
• Introduction to the Latest Edition of API RP 581
• Determining Probability of Failure (POF)
• Determining Consequences of Failure (COF)
• Calculating Risk (Financial and Safety Area)
• Identifying, Understanding, and Managing Risk Drivers
• Risk-Based Inspection Planning Reassessment, Updating, and Best Practices
• Worked example exercises to demonstrate the step-by-step calculation of risk, as outlined in the latest edition of API RP 581
• Additional items could be: Presentation of risk determination and inspection planning for pressure relief devices (PRDs), aboveground storage tanks (ASTs), and heat exchanger bundles (HEXs)

Course  Outcomes

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Summarize the contents of API RP 580 and 581,explain the differences in the documents, and tell how each applies to an RBI assessment
• Explain the API 581 methodology of calculating the POF, COF, and Risk Detail the mechanics of planning inspection intervals based on risk
• Discuss the role of damage mechanisms in RBI analyses and how active damage mechanisms affect the total risk of the equipment
• Decide when the actions of RBI updating and reassessing are warranted
• Describe some RBI implementation best practices
• Complete and explain the worked-out example
  problem given during the course
•  Compare and contrast the RBI methodology for pressure relief devices, aboveground storage tanks, and heat exchanger bundles with that of pressure vessels and piping

Who Should Attend

This course is intended for:

• Plant inspectors and engineers who work in a mechanical integrity, reliability, or maintenance role
• Inspection, engineering, reliability, and mechanical integrity managers
• Central engineering staff who support plant personnel
• Mechanical integrity, reliability, or inspection professionals in the oil and gas, petrochemical, chemical, pulp and paper, and other processing industries who use, maintain, or inspect pressurized equipment