Asset Integrity Management

Staying fit for purpose over the whole lifecycle

Business Challenge

The management of physical assets – selection, maintenance, inspection and renewal – plays a key role in determining the operational performance, safety and profitability of your industry. 

Deterioration processes such as fatigue cracks and corrosion can always be present to some degree. The challenge to management is to ensure that the integrity of engineered systems – for instance, offshore structures, ships, pipelines and process systems – is maintained throughout the anticipated service life.

What is Asset Integrity Management?

The objectives of an Asset Integrity Management (AIM) system are the delivery of business requirements maximizing return on assets whilst maintaining stakeholder value and minimizing business risks associated with accidents and loss of production. 

Asset Integrity is the ability of an asset to perform its required function effectively and efficiently whilst safeguarding life and the environment. The related management activities ensure that the people, systems, processes and resources which deliver integrity, are in place, in use and fit for purpose over the whole lifecycle of the asset.

Why Choose Bureau Veritas?

Bureau Veritas has significant experience in AIM in all parts of the world for leading oil and gas companies such as Total, Sinopec, Petrobras, QGPC and Exxon:

• Risk Based Inspection strategy implementation 

• In-service inspection with routine and specialist Non Destructive Testing (NDT) 

• Condition-based Maintenance including optimization studies and RCM 

• Vibration Induced Fatigue Failure solutions Pipeline Integrity Management services 

The Bureau Veritas global network provides unparalleled access to specialist AIM services.

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

• When the price of oil was low, we cut expenditures on all operating costs. Now it’s high and we just need maximum productivity. Can you deliver a productivity service?

  Yes! The power of AIM can be targeted at any feature required by the client, so we can offer maximum plant availability study on all units in a production chain, whilst still highlighting client cost options.