Oil and gas assets are under constant pressure and engineers and managers need integrity management training and strategies to ensure their operations are safe. Gaining practical guidance is not trained ahead of time and learned on the job. Asset Integrity Management of Offshore and Onshore Structures delivers a critical training tool for engineers to prepare and mitigate safety risk. Starting with a transitional introductory chapter, the reference dives into integrity management approaches including codes and standards. Inspection, assessment, and repair methods are covered for offshore, FPSO, onshore and pipelines. Suggested proactive approaches and modeling risk-based inspection are also included. Supported with case studies, detailed discussions, and practical applications, Asset Integrity Management of Offshore and Onshore Structures gives oil and gas managers a reference to extend asset life, reduce costs, and minimalize impact to personnel and environment. - Bridge between the theory of integrity management into oil and gas application - Understand the strategies and techniques to mitigate corrosion affect, assessment, inspection, and repairs from real-world examples - Manage a variety of assets including offshore, subsea, pipelines, and onshore

Offshore Projects and Engineering Management delivers a critical training tool for engineers on how to prepare cost estimates and understand the most recent management methods. Specific to the oil and gas offshore industry, the reference dives into project economics, interface management and contracts. Methods for analyzing risk, activity calculations and risk response strategies are covered for offshore, FPSO and pipelines. Supported with case studies, detailed discussions, and practical applications, this comprehensive book gives oil and gas managers a management toolbox to extend asset life, reduce costs and minimalize impact to personnel and environment. Oil and gas assets are under constant pressure and engineers and managers need engineering management training and strategies to ensure their operations are safe and cost effective. This book helps manage the ramp up to the management of offshore structures. - Discusses engineering management for new and existing offshore platforms, including FPSOs and subsea pipelines - Presents everything a reader needs to understand the most recent PMP modules and management methods - Provides the best tools, tactics and forms through several practical case studies

Papers presented at the Fourth International Symposium on Integrity of Offshore Structures, 2-3 July 1990, Kelvin Conference Centre, University of Glasgow, Scotland organized by the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.

API RP 2SIM, 1st Edition, November 2014 - Structural Integrity Management of Fixed Offshore Structures. This recommended practice provides guidance for the structural integrity management (SIM) of existing fixed offshore structures used for the drilling, development, production, and storage of hydrocarbons in offshore areas. However, the general principles of SIM apply to any structure. Specific guidance is provided for the evaluation of structural damage, above- and below-water structural inspection, fitness-for-purpose assessment, risk reduction, mitigation planning, and the process of decommissioning. This recommended practice incorporates and expands on the recommendations of Section 14, "Surveys" and Section 17, "Assessment of Existing Platforms" as previously provided in API 2A-WSD, 21st Edition. See Annex A for additional information and guidelines on the provisions stated in the numbered sections of this document. The SIM process provided in this recommended practice is applicable to existing platforms installed at any location worldwide. However, the recommended practice provides specific metocean criteria, which are only applicable for use in fitness-for-purpose assessments of platforms located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and the U.S. West Coast. For guidelines, recommended practices, and other requirements relating to planning, designing, and constructing new fixed offshore platforms, including reuse and change-in-use of existing platforms, reference should be made to the latest edition of API 2A-WSD. For guidelines, recommended practices, and other requirements relating to planning, designing, and constructing new offshore floating production systems, including reuse and change-in-use of existing floating production systems, reference should be made to the latest edition of API 2FPS.

A comprehensive overview of managing and assessing safety and functionality of ageing offshore structures and pipelines A significant proportion, estimated at over 50%, of the worldwide infrastructure of offshore structures and pipelines is in a life extension phase and is vulnerable to ageing processes. This book captures the central elements of the management of ageing offshore structures and pipelines in the life extension phase. The book gives an overview of: the relevant ageing processes and hazards; how ageing processes are managed through the life cycle, including an overview of structural integrity management; how an engineer should go about assessing a structure that is to be operated beyond its original design life, and how ageing can be mitigated for safe and effective continued operation. Key Features: Provides an understanding of ageing processes and how these can be mitigated. Applies engineering methods to ensure that existing structures can be operated longer rather than decommissioned unduly prematurely. Helps engineers performing these tasks in both evaluating the existing structures and maintaining ageing structures in a safe manner. The book gives an updated summary of current practice and research on the topic of the management of ageing structures and pipelines in the life extension phase but also meets the needs of structural engineering students and practicing offshore and structural engineers in oil & gas and engineering companies. In addition, it should be of value to regulators of the offshore industry.

This is an open access book. MEST2022 invites all potential authors from universities and various organisations to submit papers in the area of mechanical, manufacturing, materials sciences and related interdisciplinary engineering fields. This conference is part of a conference program called International Summit on Science Technology and Humanity (ISETH) 2022 Organized by Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta. The 6th Mechanical Engineering, Science and Technology (MEST2022) International conference is an annual the Mechanical Department of Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta event. All possible writers from universities and other organizations are invited to submit papers. The conference is a forum for academic exchange that provides a prompt presentation of articles on experimental, numerical, and theoretical studies that shed light on the critical topics of mechanical, thermal, fluid, and aerothermodynamics internal flow, heat and mass transfer, multiphase flow, turbulence modelling, combustion, engineering thermodynamics, thermophysical properties of matter, measurement, and visualization techniques. Contributions range from intriguing and significant research immediately applicable to industry development or practice to high-level student textbooks, explanations, distribution of technology, and good practice.

Oil and gas offshore facilities structures operating in harsh environments are associated with high risk and the likelihood of failures. Hence, frequent inspections are needed to enhance the integrity and reliability of these 'platforms' structures using a rigorous strategy. The purpose of this research is to develop an integrity management strategy for an above and underwater offshore platform steel structure using risk-based integrity management assessment. This strategy is developed in four steps: step one identifies the elements of the platform structures suitable for risk-based integrity management; in step two, identifies anomalies and degradation mechanisms. The third step is hazard identification using qualitative risk analysis, by hazard and operability model, and quantitative risk analysis, by the fault tree model, to calculate the probability of failure then qualitative assessment assigns the consequences. Step four ranks the risk to prioritize inspection and maintenance schedule and build an integrity management strategy. As an outcome of this thesis, we are able to identify and categorize the degradation and deterioration mechanisms for the fixed steel structure platforms and gain an understanding of platform structural risks and rank these according to severity. Consequently, increase and enhance the reliability and integrity of the platform using an appropriate integrity management strategy. The proposed risk-based integrity management analysis proved that the risk-based inspection and risk-based maintenance methods used in this work are effective in terms of time, efficiency and cost, through reducing the frequency of inspection from 12 months to 24 or 36 months in some cases.

UNDERWATER INSPECTION AND REPAIR FOR OFFSHORE STRUCTURES Benefit from a much-needed, up-to-date handbook on underwater inspection and repair processes and technologies Underwater Inspection and Repair for Offshore Structures fills a gap in the literature to provide an overview of the inspection and repair processes for both steel and concrete offshore structures. Authors and noted experts on the topic John V. Sharp and Gerhard Esdal guide readers through the reasons why inspection and repair are performed and how both are linked to the management of structural integrity, statutory requirements, and various types of damage. The book addresses critical topics, including the execution and planning of inspection and repair, the tools and methods used, and their deployment underwater. The authors put particular focus on steel and concrete offshore oil and gas installations, but the content is also applicable to the substructures of offshore wind turbines. Underwater Inspection and Repair for Offshore Structures is complementary to the authors’ book Ageing and Life Extension of Offshore Structures, also from Wiley. This important book: Covers current inspection and monitoring techniques to evaluate existing structures Includes coverage of robotic (ROV) inspection and repair methods Provides an overview of repair and maintenance techniques applicable to the splash‑zone and underwater operations Written for engineers, designers, and safety auditors working with offshore structures. Underwater Inspection and Repair for Offshore Structures is a comprehensive resource for understanding how to effectively inspect and repair these vulnerable structures.

The development of new and effective analytical and numerical models is essential to understanding the performance of a variety of structures. As computational methods continue to advance, so too do their applications in structural performance modeling and analysis. Modeling and Simulation Techniques in Structural Engineering presents emerging research on computational techniques and applications within the field of structural engineering. This timely publication features practical applications as well as new research insights and is ideally designed for use by engineers, IT professionals, researchers, and graduate-level students.