Downloadable Resources

Selecting software can be a tedious task, with many things to take into account, from key features to vendor reputation. With this guide, you will have the information you need to make an informed decision on the best AIM Software for your needs.

The "Inspection Planning Process Resource Bundle" is a comprehensive package designed to help develop and implement effective inspection planning processes.

This white paper explores ten key savings drivers of AIM software, backed by case studies and operator feedback, highlighting immediate savings and metrics.

This checklist covers some of the primary areas of concern when inspecting fired heaters for damage, deterioration, or inefficiencies.

This eBook discusses the typical damage morphology and inspection methods used to identify and characterize high-temperature creep, as well as damage assessment and mitigation strategies.

This Asset Intelligence Report on Radiographic Testing provides an introduction to the NDE technique, as well as further information on the various types of radiography and industry applications.

This white paper from DIMATE explains how the implementation of a digital end-to-end inspection workflow helped a refinery operator in the Netherlands to optimize on-stream inspections and turnaround planning.

API conducted a survey of customers that validated the importance of ICP certifications to the individuals pursuing or holding certifications, as well as to the companies and the industry they work for.

The health monitoring and reliability management program for fired heaters outlined in this eBook can help plant management achieve their long-term goals.

This eBook examines the digital transformation journey for owner-operators of refineries, chemical plants, power plants, and other types of facilities.

This white paper from the experts at Becht demonstrates how the use of risk-based work selection can result in significant reductions in turnaround work scope.

This white paper from PK Technology discusses the importance of having a long-term strategy in place for managing piping and structural steel coatings in your facilities.

This Asset Intelligence Report on high temperature hydrogen attack (HTHA) serves as a primer to increase your familiarity with the causes, susceptible areas, prevention/mitigation strategies, detection methods, and remediation techniques for HTHA.

This white paper from EVIDENT summarizes the basic principles of TFM and PCI, and provides examples from real use cases using artificial defects to compare the image results from these two inspection techniques.

This eBook offers practical guidance for, and real examples of, in-service degradation attributed to stress corrosion cracking (SCC). It provides a detailed discussion on SCC detection, characterization and evaluation, and mitigation.

This Asset Intelligence Report on Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) serves as a primer to increase your familiarity with the causes, detection methods, and prevention/mitigation strategies for CUI.

This eBook covers the various valve types, their common uses, governing standards and recommended practices, and their role in the overall mechanical integrity process.

Through an Olefins plant case study, this white paper demonstrates how the use of new smart pigging technology has opened up the opportunity for both cleaning and a comprehensive assessment of a coil’s condition.

This whitepaper will examine the digital technologies that are quickly becoming industry standards for asset integrity management and how they provide contextualized visualization for real-time insight into asset health and conditions.

This executive brief discusses that by using intelligent digital investments that directly improve operational excellence, energy leaders can demonstrate they can compete in the energy production supply chain.

This brief eBook covers the techniques commonly used including the varying reasons to heat treat, the types of heat treating available, methods of heat treating to achieve specific material properties, and the role mechanical integrity plays.

This eBook offers practical guidance for, and real examples of, in-service degradation attributed to wet H2s damage. It provides a detailed discussion on wet H2S damage detection, characterization and evaluation, and mitigation or remediation.

Using this interactive corrosion rate form, you can automatically calculate the short- and long-term corrosion rates, remaining life, next inspection, and retirement dates for your piping circuits.

This reference guide is designed to help you understand Pressure Relief Systems (PRS), including relevant codes and standards, common inspection techniques, and some potential PRS installation issues.

Reuters Events have partnered with Wood to release the Downstream Industry Outlook: 2022 & Beyond report looking at key challenges & opportunities impacting future industry growth including more exclusive insight.

CML Prioritization by the methodology presented in this case study by Pinnacle is a new CML Optimization methodology and predicts future thinning based on past performance from that same CML across repairs and replacements.

This white paper by Antea will explore the changes to technology and workforce that affect asset integrity management, the value in IIoT technologies for maintenance, and how to connect them for a profitable approach to mechanical integrity.

This white paper from Olympus summarizes the basic principles of phased array, explains the kind of data generated by the technique, and briefly discusses some of the advantages of phased array compared with conventional ultrasound.

This helpful guide is designed to help you understand the benefits that CCDs and IOWs can bring to your mechanical integrity program. It also provides a 9-step process for the successful implementation of CCDs and IOWs at a facility.

This white paper discusses some of the difficulties encountered when performing ultrasonic testing on nickel alloy welds and, in particular, stainless-steel welds, and presents an effective alternative utilizing Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing.

This Asset Intelligence Report on Digital Twins serves as a primer to increase your familiarity with Digital Twin technology as well as its applications in the refining, chemicals, and petrochemical industries.

This eBook offers practical guidance for, and real examples of, in-service degradation attributed to corrosion under insulation. It provides a detailed discussion on CUI detection, characterization and evaluation, and mitigation or remediation.

This helpful guide provides an outline of current jurisdictional regulations (as of July 2021) in the United States for the use of RBI as a means of determining the next inspection date for initial and subsequent internal inspection of storage tanks.

Reuters Events has recently released the Three Pillars of Asset Performance Management: People, Process & Technology white paper to identify, explore and implement the 3 core pillars underpinning an effective reliability strategy in downstream.

This white paper discusses new solutions for long seam weld inspections, which have historically been challenging to inspect because of their thin wall thicknesses, the vertical weld bevel orientation, and the pipe curvature.

This eBook offers practical guidance for, and real examples of, in-service degradation attributed to thermal fatigue. It provides a detailed discussion on thermal fatigue detection, characterization and evaluation, and mitigation or remediation.

This white paper discusses how, through the application of ADCV, facilities are able to use data-driven solutions to reduce decoking times and reveal unexpected operational issues and validate cleaning efforts.

This Asset Intelligence Report on Risk Based Inspection serves as a primer to increase your familiarity with the principles of RBI, RBI implementation, and maintaining an RBI program.

This white paper discusses a unique turn-key approach to touch point corrosion, which eliminates the need for operators to deal with multiple contractors, ensuring seamless integrity management of critical assets.

This eBook is intended to give the uninitiated user a good general overview of the concepts and approach to Fitness-For-Service that represent the current “Best Practice.”

This Asset Intelligence Report provides an introduction to Conventional NDE and its applications across industries and equipment lifecycles.

This checklist serves as a companion piece to the Inspectioneering webinar, CUI: A Proactive Approach, and contains some elements to consider when looking for data gaps in your CUI program.

This Asset Intelligence Report on Ultrasonic Testing provides an introduction to the NDE method as well as further information on the various ultrasonic testing methods and industry applications.

The IR Thermometry Field Data Collection Checklist serves as a companion piece to the Inspectioneering webinar, Debunking the Myths Behind Infrared Inspection, and contains a list of procedures and steps to consider when using IR thermometry to...

The Mechanical Integrity Audit Checklist serves as a companion piece to the Inspectioneering webinar, Auditing My Mechanical Integrity Program, presented by Mr. Reuben Laurel.

This Asset Intelligence Report on Sulfidation Corrosion serves as a primer to increase your familiarity with one of the most well-known corrosion mechanisms in the oil refining industry.

This Asset Intelligence Report on the hydrogen bake-out process serves as a primer to increase your familiarity with this technique used to drive hydrogen out of equipment prior to welding.

This Asset Intelligence Report on Magnetic Particle Testing (MPT) serves as a primer to increase your familiarity with this well-established nondestructive evaluation technique.

This publication outlines 101 Essential Elements that need to be in place and functioning well in order to effectively and efficiently preserve and protect the reliability and integrity of pressure equipment (i.e. vessels, exchangers, furnaces,...