This is particularly true when pipelines cross multiple local, state and federal government jurisdictions that are subject to different regulatory regimes and requirements.
The annual and five-yearly AS2885 Safety Management Study (Part 2) is an integral process to ensure the ongoing compliance activities are undertaken for risk identification and assessment of risks associated with pipelines.
Sentanil Systems’s AS2885 Pipeline Risk Management System (RMS) database has recently been updated to benefit operators, consulting engineers and constructors who need a simple way to gather, store, display and report on information pertaining to design, safety and operational risks are capable of causing loss of pipeline integrity.
Typical activities include:
- Location analysis – location classes are automatically linked from the geographic information system (GIS), or from previous risk assessments, and verified in the workshop. The database also allows for sub-classes;
- Generation of radiation contour buffers;
- Threats identified – crossing data is linked from the GIS, together with the associated crossing photos, imagery, landholder boundaries, signage, cathodic protection (CP), encroachments, and other threats;
- External interference protection – AS2885 stipulates a minimum number of physical and procedural protective measures required for each location type that can be stored in a standard library for simple management and update;
- Other threats – threats and mitigation measures can be pre-populated from previous risk assessments, or can be done from scratch, and then verified in the workshop. The more pre-population done the better;
- Failure analysis;
- Risk evaluation;
- Reports and outstanding actions; and,
- Filing – numerous types of important data.
Sentanil Systems can show you a simple way to identify, protect, report to manage your next AS2885 Safety Management Study.
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