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908 Offshore Oil and Gas Safety I
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Asset Integrity and Reliability

Critical equipment used to process, store, or handle hydrocarbons or other hazardous chemicals and materials of construction at company facilities should be procured, inspected, tested, and maintained to:

Corrective and preventive maintenance programs help insure the integrity and reliability of critical equipment.
  • minimize the occurrence of hazards that will jeopardize workers safety, environmental quality, or profitability of company operations
  • minimize uncontrolled releases of these substances

Regularly scheduled Preventative Maintenance (PM) Programs should be designed, developed and deployed to ensure that the reliability of critical equipment is maintained.

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

1-5. Which program is designed, developed and deployed to ensure that the reliability of critical equipment is maintained?