Asset Design and Integrity

Purpose

To define how the assets the company depends on are designed, constructed, commissioned, operated, modified, maintained and verified to remain fit-for-purpose across their lifecycle — whether physical assets (facilities, wells, pipelines) or enabling systems (ERP, contract lifecycle management, geological data systems, HR systems) that any function depends on.

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

Upstream O&G expectations (6)

6.1Baseline information and risk assessments are used as input to location, design or selection decisions for all assets — physical and enabling.
6.2Criteria, specifications and standards for design, construction, commissioning, modification and decommissioning are defined for all asset types.
6.3Procedures ensure assets are operated within defined design and operating limits at all times.
6.4Critical risk controls and barriers preventing major incidents are identified and managed.
6.5Processes maintain, replace, test, inspect, calibrate, certify and verify performance at risk-appropriate frequencies.
6.6Due diligence is applied when assets are acquired or divested.

Upstream O&G adaptation notes

Status:Same as IOGP, applied at full enterprise scope

The company applies this element to all assets the organisation depends on — physical (facilities, wells, pipelines, equipment) and enabling (HR systems, ERP, contract lifecycle management, geological models, well data systems).

·Same lifecycle integrity expectations applied to whatever the function depends on. The framework logic (design, construct, commission, operate, modify, decommission, verify) holds for digital systems and physical assets alike.

Framework comparison — IOGP 510 base · Upstream O&G adaptation

IOGP 510 base 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.

Upstream O&G adapted expectations

1.Baseline information and risk assessments are used as input to location, design or selection decisions for all assets — physical and enabling.
2.Criteria, specifications and standards for design, construction, commissioning, modification and decommissioning are defined for all asset types.
3.Procedures ensure assets are operated within defined design and operating limits at all times.
4.Critical risk controls and 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.