Speaker’s name: Mei Ling Cheah
Presentation title: Risk based inspection (RBI): aligning monitoring with integrity risk profiles
Presentation abstract/summary: RBI is often misunderstood as a tool focused on optimising inspection intervals and thickness monitoring, rather than as an integrated framework that also makes use of monitoring of process conditions and chemical performance to manage asset integrity.
Industry guidance such as API RP 580 emphasises that RBI is intended to identify risk drivers and degradation mechanisms so that risk can be managed through inspection, process control, and other mitigation measures, rather than inspection alone.
This presentation draws on examples from an offshore facility and an ethylene plant to illustrate that assets cannot be “inspected into integrity”. The examples highlight how chemical treatment KPIs, fluid monitoring, and corrosion monitoring data may provide early warning of changes in likelihood of failure, allowing mitigation and inspection strategies to be adjusted ahead of failure.
Organization: Rosen
Job title: Senior Engineer
Biography: Senior engineer with experience in asset integrity and corrosion management across offshore facilities and petrochemical plants. Her work focuses on applying risk based inspection alongside chemical and process data to support effective integrity management.