12 Steps to Investigate and Learn from Any FEMI Incident
Breaking Down Silos: Aligning Asset Integrity with Process Safety
Closing the Gaps in PSI Handover for FEMI Programs
Dynamic RBI: Reinventing Risk-Based Inspection for Real-Time Integrity
Editor’s Note: AI, Statistics, and the RBI Journey
Field Notes: External Visual Inspections – Commodity Work or Differentiated Work?
Next Generation RBI Using Explainable AI (XAI): A CUI Case Study
12 Elements of a Highly Effective Piping Inspection Program
Backcountry Inspections and Fitness-for-Service Assessments of Vintage Hydropower Penstocks
Behind the Bulletin: WRC Contributions Paved the Way for API 579-1/ASME FFS-1
Effective Equipment Asset Data: An Insider’s Perspective
Obtaining Materials Properties Using an In-Situ Method: Case Studies
Reynolds Wrap Up: Do Your Higher Priority FEMI Procedures Emphasize the Importance of “Why”?
Sunsetting API RP 581 Risk-Based Inspection Semi-Quantitative Methodology
Brazed Aluminum Heat Exchangers Operation and Maintenance for Asset Integrity
Data-Driven Decisions: Elevating Mechanical Integrity with Dynamic Strategies
Reynolds Wrap Up: “Learn Baby Learn!” – Enhancing Your Probability for Personal Success in FEMI
Risk-Based Inspection and the Transformation of an Inspector
Selecting NDE Technology for Insulated Subsea Jumpers
Simulating Real-World Pipeline Conditions in a Full-Scale Destructive Test Lab
What is in a Recommendation? A Guide to Inspection Recommendations in the Mechanical Integrity Field
Applications of Magnetostrictive Sensors for Guided Wave Screening of Heat Exchanger Tubing
Audit is Not a Four-Letter Word
Cracking the Code of Supplier Quality Surveillance
Damage Control: Q&A with Phil Prueter - Engineer, Author, and Lifelong Learner
From Ship to Shore: In-Line Inspection of Loading Pipelines
Routine Satellite Monitoring and Compliance for Pipelines and Infrastructure
What is in Your Inspection Continuous History Report? – Part 3: Improvement Recommendations
API RP 581 Risk-Based Inspection Technology: Summary of Changes in the Newly Released Fourth Edition
Damage Control: High-Temperature Hydrogen Attack Mitigation
Determining Inspection Strategies for Anhydrous Ammonia Storage Tanks – A Joint RBI and FFS Approach
Evaluation of Out-of-Plane Settlements Based on API 653 Annex B
FFS Forum: Assessment of Dents and Gouges Using API 579, Part 12
Next-Generation Technology for Improved Asset Reliability
Nondestructive Testing of Concrete Structures
So, You’ve Got IOWs – What’s Next?
2025 Inspectioneering Journal Article Index
This article presents a 12-element, detailed process for developing a cost-effective piping inspection program, outlining its content and scope.
A 12-step guide for implementing the FEMI investigation process for learning from incidents. Should a FEMI event occur, it’s important to know these steps.
An overview of the significant changes made to the Fourth Edition of API RP 581 since the release of the second addendum to the Third Edition in 2019.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the inspection process, enabling automatic defect detection and even higher data integrity. With our DIMATE PACS software, we help you optimize your inspection workflows and benefit from the use of AI.
A review of guided wave, including its capabilities, technical limitations, and practical applications, supported by real-world case studies.
Better understanding of how audits and assessments can be used to improve performance and ensure consistency with business objectives.
Inspecting assets in remote, backcountry regions pose logistical constraints on traditional inspection methods. This article discusses one such inspection.
This article is the first in a series dedicated to disseminating the foundational knowledge developed through the Welding Research Council.
A review of operations and maintenance topics that mechanical integrity teams may find useful when operating and maintaining brazed aluminum heat exchangers.
One of the 14 elements of process safety management often operates in a silo. We sat down with MISTRAS’ Executive Director of Asset Integrity to discuss why.
Our proprietary furnace tube inspection system, FTIS is an ultrasonic inspection technology capable of rapid, automated fired heater coil inspection in refinery fired heaters. The data captured by our furnace tube inspection system is...
Key breakdowns during PSI handover are explored along with proven best practices to address them to set the foundation for safer, more compliant operations.
Supplier Quality Surveillance is a critical process in project and supply chain management that ensures equipment and materials (i.e., deliverables) meet specified requirements, are complete and correct, and are delivered on time.
The conclusion of this three-part series on HTHA focuses on strategies and good engineering concepts that can maximize useful operating life of equipment.
Damage Control has been one of the most popular series in Inspectioneering’s 30-year history. We sat down with author Phil Prueter to learn more about him.
By integrating existing systems, it is possible to transform MI approaches from static to dynamic, optimizing proven strategies for smarter planning.
Introducing a solution that combines risk-based inspection (RBI) with fitness-for-service (FFS) to enhance inspection planning for ammonia storage tanks.
Dynamic RBI offers a way to keep up with operational pressures by embedding risk models in a real-time data environment by extending API 580/581 principles.
With the various RBI methodologies, we must continue to comply with the recommended practice, especially with the emergence of new and evolving technologies.
Effective equipment asset lifecycle management requires a concerted effort of organizational alignment, commitment, and discipline. There are no shortcuts.
A case study examining the root cause analysis and corrective actions for pitting formation resulting from scale accumulation during the heat treatment process.
Settlement surveys are part of a tank integrity assessment per API 653 Annex B; however, there are no calculation examples. We’ll provide three possible cases.
A discussion of the many limitations, exclusions, vocabulary, and other points that one may not catch on the first reading of API 579 Part 12.
Introducing a new column dedicated to breaking down essential MI concepts every inspector should understand. Our first look is at external visual inspections.
The 15th “Meeting of the Minds,” hosted by Inspectioneering and Equity, focused on moving beyond baseline compliance toward true inspection excellence.
The advantages of ILI technology combined with progressive cleaning to improve data acquisition and increase inspection intervals in loading lines.
This article discusses a prominent damage mechanism found in the outlet pigtails of steam methane reformers: creep deformation.
When you know that you have blind spots, you can work around them. What if you don’t realize there are blind spots? How can you act differently to reduce risk?
Part 1 of a series dedicated to tips for a successful improvement program based on the author’s experience. First, we discuss the Program Management Office.
A next-generation, fully quantitative methodology is discussed, offering significant advancements over existing API 581 methods.
The 14th “Meeting of the Minds,” hosted by Inspectioneering and EQUITY, focused on the role of artificial intelligence (AI), sensor technologies, and robotics.
Three concrete NDT methods are presented including case studies on the use of these methods in the evaluation of concrete structures in process facilities.
This article explores two use cases that illustrate how automated ball indentation, a unique nondestructive testing method, has been utilized to solve asset integrity challenges.
The author shares three strategies to enhance Fixed Equipment Mechanical Integrity (FEMI) competence, which will contribute to personal growth and success.
Some of the big FEMI losses in our industry resulted as top candidates for these dirty dozen, which can lead to the risk of unanticipated catastrophic losses.
In writing internal FEMI procedures, it is just as important to include the “why” as well as the “what-when-who-how” aspect of each step.
A refresher on how traditional calendar-based inspections compare to a risk-based inspection (RBI) approach and how this transforms the inspector’s role.
After nearly a decade, the promise of small satellites to deliver better, cost-effective, and timely intelligence on remote infrastructure has become a reality.
TEAM provides full inline, onsite and, shop valve repair services and maintenance programs for virtually all valve types, brands, sizes, materials, pressures, and operating conditions, including actuators and operators. Our valve repair solution...
A case study describing the approach to identify critical locations, an applicable NDE tool, and the chosen NDE technique on aging subsea production jumpers.
Examples of full-scale testing used to evaluate the effects of dents, girth welds, wrinkle bends, and cracks on pipeline serviceability.
Less time and focus are placed on how to manage IOW limits once they’ve been determined. Here are the next steps to integrate and sustain your IOW program.
Introducing a statistical approach to RBI, providing a practical solution for enhancing the effective and systematic implementation of RBI.
Three key takeaways are explored on why it is time to sunset API RP 581 and make room for the next-generation RBI.
Sometimes baseline or commissioning inspections are simplified as a note in a file, but there is a wealth of information that can be documented for reference.
All fixed equipment mechanical integrity programs are interconnected and dependent upon the TQM process to continue to improve and avoid loss of containment.
A comprehensive guide for effective inspection recommendations, the purpose served, the elements to include, and best practices for formulating them.
Part 3 of this series focuses on transformational improvement recommendations to include in the ICHR including future inspections, repairs, and replacements.
