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Effective management of all Assets Technical Integrity is a fundamental part of the business and a key area for continuous improvement across the whole of EP. Technical Integrity is defined as follows:
Integrity of an Asset is achieved when, under
specified operating conditions, the risk of failure occurring which would endanger the safety of personnel, the environment or Asset value is tolerable and has been reduced to as low as reasonably practicable (ALARP).
The EP Technical Integrity Framework provides the basis for managing Technical Integrity and specifies that Engineering is responsible,
with Operations input, for establishing Technical
Integrity in the design of a projector change whilst Operations is responsible for safeguarding the Technical Integrity during operation. This is applicable to wells, pipelines and Facilities and can only be achieved by being properly addressed in all
phases of the Asset life cycle, i.e. Identify and Assess, Select,
Define, Execute, Operate and Abandon. Whilst Technical
Integrity
is maintained by, amongst other things, defining and carrying out routine operational, maintenance
and inspection activities, it is important to be able to highlight those relating to
SCEs and, specifically, their performance assurance tasks.
Hence, the SCE Management process starts early
in the project design process, continues through the Operate phase and, as appropriate, into the Abandon phase.
Effective SCE Management is an important competency for all key staff involved in the Asset life cycle.
Shell CompetencyBased Development profiles are updated to reflect the competency requirements as per the criteria set by the Technical
Integrity Framework.
Key termsThere is a list of acronyms/abbreviations on page However, it is important that the following terms are clearly understood prior to reading this manual.
HEMPThe Hazards and Effects Management Process (HEMP -
EP ST) identifies
and assesses HSE hazards,
implements control and recovery measures, and maintains a documented demonstration that major HSE risks have been reduced to a level that is as low as reasonably practicable
(ALARP) throughout the Asset life cycle.
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