The best maintenance systems are designed such that all elements work together as a quality system. If even one element is missing or poorly designed, the performance of the maintenance system suffers and is not as effective as it can be.
Asset Optimization Consultants designs mechanical integrity maintenance systems that account for each element, which improves the quality and sustainability of your RBI work processes and procedures. These improvements transform personnel, enabling them to embrace new processes and procedures and to develop discipline and effective behaviors in all circumstances.
The result is an enhanced culture of safety and performance with an effective, compliant, reliable operation.
AOC delivers the policies, procedures, work processes, knowledge and actions such as preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, and condition monitoring tasks.
An interdependent assessment of your people, process, and technologies for a confident path forward
AOC has delivered thousands of sustainable Risk Based Inspection (RBI) programs earning the trust of owner operators.
Create mechanical integrity (MI) program value rather than it being seen as a necessary cost to minimize.
Is your plant's MI program compliant? Use our checklist to assess your current program against industry standards and receive expert recommendations for improvement.
A high level overview introducing Mechanical Integrity and Risk Based Inspection
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How do I transfer knowledge to my team and verify their skills?
What are your goals for RBI? How will you measure your success? How will you sustain that success?
Are your inspectors empowered to sustain your RBI program after the service provider completes their fixed price contract?
A dysfunctionality found in many refineries, chemical plants, and other production facilities, is a lack of common asset management work processes.
Can Non-Intrusive Inspection (NII) finally replace vessel entries? Explore the roadblocks to RBI, validated POD data for UT and RT, and a new framework for technical equivalency in modern refinery maintenance.
Why companies overlook Mechanical Integrity: It's expensive, exposes risk, requires specialized knowledge, and is difficult to audit. Learn the 10 structural, cultural, and economic reasons MI is the weakest PSM element.
Discover why equipment failure is the root cause of most catastrophic incidents. Mechanical Integrity (MI) is the non-negotiable foundation that prevents loss of containment and protects your entire PSM system. Learn the 8 reasons MI is essential.
Refinery incidents, especially fires & explosions, appear to be increasing since 2018, though industry-reported safety metrics show a drop. We look at the data, the debate, and why the numbers conflict.
PHMSA vs. OSHA: Understanding the Overlap Hydrocarbon facilities like pipelines, refineries, and terminals often fall under both PHMSA (DOT) and OSHA (DOL). Learn where each agency's jurisdiction begins and ends, and how to coordinate your integrity programs for compliance.
Rate reduction on new projects to support the industry during the current extended downturn.
What are equipment/inspection strategies in relation to mechanical integrity (MI) and risk based inspection (RBI)?
This is a practical approach to incorporating the new PHMSA gas well rules into your integrity program with the rest of your surface and subsurface assets.
A look at how the financial sector's concept of Asset Value Management can be applied to the petrochemical industry.
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