Table of Contents
IAcknowledgements
IIForeword
IIIINTRODUCTION
AINTEGRITYMANAGEMENTPLAN
BPURPOSEOFINTEGRITYMANAGEMENTPLAN
CHOWREGULATIONSFOSTERINTEGRITYMANAGEMENT
IVOVERVIEW
VISSUESANDTHREATSTOPIPELINEINTEGRITY
AIDENTIFYPIPELINESYSTEMINTEGRITYISSUES
BTHREATS
VICOLLECTIONANDINTEGRATIONOFDATA
AIDENTIFYANDCOLLECTDATA
BDATAINTEGRATION
1DataIntegrationExample
2BarrierstoOvercomeinDataIntegration
3DataManagementSystem
CEVALUATEDATA
DEVALUATEDRISKS
1DefiningtheAffectedAreaforConsequencesEvaluation
VIIESTABLISHINTEGRITYPROGRAMSFORPIPELINESEGMENTSAND
MITIGATIONSTRATEGY
AESTABLISHINTEGRITYPROGRAMFORPIPELINESEGMENT
1IntegrityConcernAssessmentandPrioritization
a.IndexModel
b.ProbabilisticModel
BMITIGATIONSTRATEGY
1ContinuingAssessment
VIIIASSESSPLANEFFECTIVENESSANDIMPROVEMENT
AASSESSPLANEFFECTIVENESS
1PerformanceMeasures
2PlanEffectivenessAssessment
3PerformanceReports
BIMPROVEMENT
VIIICONCLUSION
IXLISTOFAPPENDICES
ACASESTUDIES
BIN-LINEINSPECTIONTOOLS
CGLOSSARY
DREFERENCES Abstract
Provides an approach for managing the integrity of steel natural gas transmission pipelines. Provides an accumulation of ideas and practices employed by operators in the natural gas industry regarding testing, repairing and validating the integrity necessary to ensure safe and reliable natural gas pipeline systems. Provides a general reference for developing or modifying integrity management plans.
