Methodology Similarities
1. More effective for static
RBI
1. Reduces safety and
environmental risk
2. Assess the
impact/consequence of failure
to dictate
inspection/maintenance regime.
3. Prioritization of
maintenance/inspections meet
ISO55000.
4. Can be used in both new and 1. More effective to rotating
existing Assets to define
inspection/maintenance
strategy
RCM
1. Technique can be adopted by root cause of problems, rather a
RCA either RBI or RCM.
COMPANY specific examples
Methodology Application
Used to reduce Subsea
Inspections cost (resulting in
major savings on ROV
RBI inspection)/RBI allowed
available date to reduce the
frequency of inspection on
subsea equipment.
Differences
equipment
2. Time based (preventive inspection
based).
3. determines inspection
requirement by purely assessing
likehood and impact of failure.
equipment.
2. determines
inspection/maintenace requirements
using equipment criticality /failure
mode - hamburger model.
3. Can adopt CDM/TDM/run to
failure or recommend redesign or
redundancy
This are techniques to investigate
technique to build
maintenance/inspection strategy for
an entire asset/equipment.
Positives
1. Uses risks identified from FLRA
and CTALA assessments to dictate
type of inspection and frequency.
2. Reduced the cost on ROV
inspection.
3. Helped address the backlog
prioritization.

Topsides Maintenance of
RCM rotating equipment (Maximo as compressors).
the CMMS platform)
Organization adopted
5whys/fault trees to lead
RCA
investigation related to
production deferrals.
Allowed prioritization of
maintenance specially for main
drives (export pumps - MOL
pumps/gas turbines and
Implementation of non-intrusive
techniques as vibration
monitoring/real time data trend and
oil quality checks)
Helps understand and correct
defects and avoid recurrence.
Results have reportedly improved
plant reliability from 80-85% to 90-
95% over the last 2 years.
 disadvantages
1. Requires substantial time and
resources to manage process
2. Requires input from plant operations
and maintenance to make the process
effective.
3. Effectiveness of implementation
depends on availability of non-
destructive/invasive techniques
technology (accuracy of the methods
impact the outcome).
1. Needs operational data for it to be
effective.
2. difficult to implement/requires
organizational training.
3. Not a holistic maintenance approach
like TPM (operator driven reliability and
maintenance).
Reactive at first requires failure to occur determining root cause of failure.
Negatives
1. Company adopted a combination of
qualitative and quantitative
approach/however the qualitative
approach did not work properly due to
quality of legacy data.
2. Concerns over the RBI software
(computer based system) management
and quality.
3. Cost bias can impact organizational
discipline.
advantages
1. Reduce the cost and help predict
future spend.
2. Risk reduction
3. Maintaining legislative compliance
4. Increase in safety and up-time
1. reduction on maintenance time
(man-hours).
2. Inspection and maintenance cost
reduce over time as FMEA/FMECA are
developed with operational data.
3. Reduces maintenance induced
failures.
1. Improves plant reliability by
2. Helps change the mind set of
organization
Issues faced Overcome problems/shortfalls
1. Adapting to change - organizational
inertia.
2. Quality of existing data (anomalies, 1. Annual risk review to involve
defects). multiple disciplines.
3. Data link between work 2. Improve feedback from
management system non-existing inspection.
4. Historically deterioration of
equipment was not well understood
or investigated.
 1. Work order backlog
Organization not disciplined enough to 2. Lack of planning and poor 1. Develop scheme to change
scheduling
investigate deterioration mechanism, 3. Lack of training organization mindset,
machinery down time resolved by behaviors, improve discipline
sending more resource offshore (spare 4. Organizational resistance (break and ad hence to processes and
downs and response to break downs
parts and people). procedures
seen as opportunity to demonstrate
individual capability)

Training in RCA methodology

Organizational learning was poorly delivered offshore and onshore,
None managed, RCA recommendations organization brought onboard
were rarely implemented. with the vision of zero defect
and zero repeats