RMC-02-92 101 ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS IN A PRESSURE EQUIPMENT INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE HYDROCARBON PROCESS INDUSTRY

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This paper outlines the 101 essential elements that need to be in place and functioning well, to effectively and efficiently, preserve and protect the reliability and integrity of pressure equipment (vessels, exchangers, furnaces, boilers, piping, tanks, relief systems) in the refining and petrochemical industry. This paper is not just about minimum compliance with rules, regulations or standards; rather it is about what needs to be accomplished to build and maintain a program of operational excellence in pressure equipment integrity that will permit owner-users to make maximum use of their physical assets to generate income. Compliance is not the key to success in pressure equipment integrity management (PEIM); operational excellence is.