Asset Integrity Management

Programme Overview

Asset integrity failures in high hazard industries do not announce themselves in advance. They accumulate silently through degradation mechanisms that are well understood but poorly managed (corrosion, fatigue, erosion, stress corrosion cracking) until the consequences become visible in the form of unplanned shutdowns, regulatory enforcement or, in the worst cases, catastrophic loss of containment. The cost of inadequate integrity management is not merely financial; it is measured in safety outcomes, environmental liability and organisational survival. This programme provides a rigorous grounding in asset integrity management, the discipline of ensuring that physical assets perform their required functions safely and reliably throughout their operational life. Participants develop the technical knowledge and practical skills to design, implement and manage integrity management systems for pressure systems, rotating equipment and structural assets in high hazard environments, aligned to API 580 and 581, API 579 and international regulatory requirements. The programme addresses risk based inspection methodology, corrosion management, fitness for service assessment, inspection planning and the integration of integrity data into maintenance and investment decisions. It is structured for engineers and integrity professionals who need to move beyond compliance and build integrity management systems that genuinely reduce risk and optimise inspection expenditure. Organisations that apply this learning operate with a clearer picture of where integrity risk is accumulating, spend inspection budgets where they deliver the greatest risk reduction, and make fitness for service decisions on defensible technical evidence rather than conservative assumption.

Topics Covered

• Asset integrity management systems: frameworks, policy and the AIMS lifecycle
• Risk-based inspection (RBI) methodology: API 580 and API 581 principles, PoF/CoF assessment and inspection planning
• Corrosion management: degradation mechanisms, materials selection, corrosion under insulation (CUI), microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) and cathodic protection
• Fitness-for-service (FFS) assessment: API 579 assessment methodology, remaining life estimation and run, repair or replace decisions
• Regulatory compliance: applicable pressure systems regulations, major hazard installation requirements and the statutory framework governing asset integrity obligations in high hazard industries
• Integrity management data, digital inspection tools (UT, PAUT, TOFD, AUT), CMMS/EAM integration and integrity data governance

Learning Outcomes

• Apply the principles of asset integrity management to production facilities, pipelines and processing plant
• Develop and implement an integrity management plan that addresses corrosion, fatigue, erosion and mechanical damage
• Apply risk-based inspection principles to prioritise inspection activity and manage inspection resources effectively
• Assess fitness for service and remaining useful life for pressure-containing equipment and structural assets
• Manage the interface between integrity management, process safety and maintenance strategy
• Establish asset integrity performance indicators and reporting systems that satisfy regulatory and management requirements
• Lead an asset integrity improvement programme and build organisational capability in integrity management