This 5-day Energy training course focuses on Risk-Based Machinery Management (RBM), which extends the principles of Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) from pressure vessels to machinery. The training course offers a comprehensive understanding of the RBM framework, along with practical tools for its implementation.
The RBM approach spans the entire lifecycle of projects and equipment, from initial design through operation to decommissioning. It enables systematic decision-making that balances safety, economic factors, and operational constraints.
Upon completion of the API RP 691 - Advanced Risk-Based Machinery Management training course, participants will be able to:
- Effectively apply the risk-based machinery management framework outlined in API RP 691
- Master the tools and techniques provided in the API RP 691 implementation toolkit
- Understand and apply various maintenance management strategies
- Enhance decision-making processes by balancing safety and economic factors
- Utilize risk and reliability principles to improve asset management practices
This Energy training combines lectures teaching the theoretical principles of the risk-based and risk-informed approaches to equipment management throughout the life cycle of the machinery, then link it to the operational situation found in the typical petrochemical / refining plant. The lectures are accompanied and illustrated by the real-life examples and, in a number of cases, first-hand experience of the trainer, giving unique transition from theory to practice. Further, the practical workshops allow the participants to try to combine own professional knowledge and experience with the newly acquired knowledge during the course in order to be able to solve practical problems.
This API RP 691-Advanced Risk Based Machinery Management training course offers a valuable opportunity for organizations involved in the development and design of machinery products to learn how to incorporate a risk-based approach from the initial stages of product conception through to its in-service operation.
For machinery end-users, the course explores integrated risk-based management techniques, aligning them with other risk-informed strategies within the organization. By applying these methods, organizations can achieve optimal life-cycle cost management for both capital and operational machinery.
Participants will learn to integrate the risk-based approach as a core philosophy in both design and maintenance practices for their daily operations. They will also develop hands-on skills in risk-based machinery management through practical, real-world case studies. Additionally, participants are encouraged to bring their own challenges to the course, allowing them to address specific issues during the practical workshops included in the training.
This API RP 691 - Advanced Risk Based Machinery Management training course is primarily intended for the refining and petrochemical sectors, although the process can be applied to any industry.
Main benefit from the Energy training course will be for the following:
- Mechanical / Rotating Machinery Maintenance Engineers and Maintenance Personnel
- Machine Design Engineers
- R&D Engineers
- Plant Engineers and Operations Supervisors
- Refining and Petrochemical Engineers
Day One: RBMM Introduction, Feasibility, and Design
- Machinery Risk Management – scope, limitations, work process overview
- Normative References, terms, definitions, acronyms, and abbreviations
- Risk Assessment Methodology (Annex A)
- Feasibility and Concept Selection
- Technical Risk Categorization; Technology Readiness Level, Product Qualification, and Audit
- API 691 Feasibility and Concept Selection Facility
- Guideline of API 691 Facility Audits (Annex G)
- Front-end Engineering Design
- Preliminary Machinery Risk Assessment
- Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability Analysis
- Machinery Design and Selection
- Process and Instrument Diagram (P&ID) Reviews
Day Two: FEED, Detailed Design, Installation and Commissioning
- Long Lead Machinery, vendor Qualifications
- Operations, Maintenance, and Optional Field Testing, Facilities Strategies
- Detailed Design, Detailed Machinery Risk Assessment
- Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
- Risk Mitigation-Task Selection Process
- RAM-2 Analysis
- Safe Operating Limits and Integrity Operating Windows
- Qualification of Manufacturing and Design
- Start-up and Commissioning Plans
- Machinery Standard Operating Procedures
- Facilities Completion Planning and Execution
- Implementation of Risk Mitigation Tasks and Strategies
- Installation, Commissioning, Decommissioning, and Decontamination
- Pre-start-up Safety Review and Optional Tests
Day Three: Operation and Maintenance
- Field Risk Assessments, Risk Mitigation
- Operating Company Implementation
- RAM-2 Analysis
- Safe Operating Limits and Integrity Operating Windows
- Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Systems Guidelines (Annex E)
- Guideline on Machinery Prognostics (Annex F)
- API 691 Datasheets (Annex H)
- API 691 FMEA Worksheet (Annex I)
Day Four: Documentation, Training and Qualification, Practical implementation
- Documentation and Recordkeeping
- Documentation During product lifecycle
- Operation and Maintenance Training
- Proof of Qualification
- Guideline on Risk Mitigation Task Selection (Annex D)
- Type II and Type III Evaluation Examples / Exercises