VA-R28 RBICon
API RBI Concepts in Industry

February 11, 2014
NIS Refinery Pancevo, Pancevo

Lecturer: Petar Stanojević

The focus of the course is set on the standard of American Petroleum Institute API 581 (API RECOMMENDED PRACTICE 581:2008 Risk-Based Inspection Technology) and its application in petrochemical industry. The course elaborates the basic concepts of API 581 and explains the principles of Risk Based Inspection. This methodology encompasses techniques such as Probability of failure, Consequence of failure, Risk analysis and Inspection planning based on Risk Analysis.

This course is an introduction to the fundamental concepts of Risk Based Inspection (RBI) and it focuses on API RBI methodology. The main topics cover explanations of main elements of the methodology:

• Probability of Failure,
• Consequences of Failure,
• Risk Analysis
• Inspection Planning Based on Risk Analysis.

The course may be considered as a basis for further understanding API 581 methodology and its reliance on damage mechanisms (API 571) and fitness for service concepts (API 579). 

The course is dedicated to:

• professionals (engineers, managers, inspectors, legislators, …) who wish to deepen their knowledge in the field of risk based inspection
• other professionals dealing with risk and safety in industry
• individuals with no previous experience in the field of risk based inspection, but willing to extend their knowledge and take up new roles in this field within their companies
• university students of Steinbeis European Master Program in Risk Engineering and Management, and similar programs.