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Mechanical Engineering and Inspection Superintendent, ConocoPhillips

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Published Articles

Risk Based Method to Establish Inspection Intervals for Pressure Relief Devices

May/June 2010 Inspectioneering Journal

This article describes the API Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) methodology for pressure relieving devices (PRDs) as detailed in the soon to be released 2nd edition of API 581 "Base Resource Document On Risk-Based Inspection" This methodology has been successfully used at several petrochemical facilities to establish risk-based inspection intervals for PRDs.

Authors: Philip A. Henry, Principal Engineer II, Valerie Magyari, D. Baham