Element 06 · IOGP 510
Asset Design and Integrity
Purpose
To define how the assets the organisation depends on are designed, constructed, commissioned, operated, modified, maintained and verified to remain fit-for-purpose across their lifecycle.
The challenge it forces
"This element is where 'the system holds' or doesn't. It is most often confused with Element 2 (because both contain technical content) and most often gutted by Element 7 (because procedures get written without reference to the integrity envelope they are meant to protect)."
What lives here
- ·Design integrity standards and asset integrity engineering standards
- ·Safety- and Environmentally-Critical Element (SECE) and barrier performance standards
- ·Design limits and operating envelopes
- ·Engineering requirements for commissioning, modification and decommissioning
- ·Verification of design conformance and design dossier requirements
- ·Critical equipment design requirements
What does not live here
- →The procedural steps by which design or maintenance work is doneE7 Procedures
- →The risk acceptance behind a design decisionE5 Risk
- →The verification that integrity is being achieved over timeE10 Assurance
By department
IOGP 510 source content
IOGP statement
Assets need to meet or exceed applicable standards and function properly. Asset design and integrity (including process safety) address significant risks of technical failure and/or human error by elimination or risk control measures.
IOGP expectations
- 1.Baseline information and risk assessments are used as input to location, design or selection decisions.
- 2.Criteria, specifications and standards for design, construction, commissioning, modification and decommissioning are defined.
- 3.Procedures ensure assets are operated within defined design and operating limits at all times.
- 4.Critical risk controls/barriers preventing major incidents are identified and managed.
- 5.Processes maintain, replace, test, inspect, calibrate, certify and verify performance at risk-appropriate frequencies.
- 6.Due diligence is applied when assets are acquired or divested.