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Preparing for API RP 1173

Overview:

•  Many companies are preparing to

implement API RP 1173

•  Based on previous management

systems, many will mae 3 crucial

mistaes in !ow t!ey adopt it

•  "!ese mistaes will increase

comple#ity $ cost, w!ile diminis!ingt!e system%s e&&ectiveness

!*e +merican Peroleum Insiue issue

*eir recommene pracice 1173' "*ic*

esa,lis*es a pipeline saey

manaemen sysem rame"or/ or

companies operain *aarous liuis

an as pipelines "i*in *e .

uc* li/e many manaemen sysem

rame"or/s ,eore i' 1173 esa,lis*es

reuiremens *a "*en applie' s*oul

4re5eal an manae ris/' promoe a

learnin en5ironmen' an coninuously

impro5e pipeline saey an ineriy.

3 Mistakes Companies W ill Make

!*ere is no sinle approac* or

implemenin a *a is ieal or all

companies' ,u *ere are some

approac*es *a "ill no "or/ or any

company. Our eperience s*o"s *a

*ese are some o *e mos common

"ays o sa,oae your 8s eeci5enessan inrouce aiional compleiy.

1 Tinking tat more is !etter

+PI8s %P 1173 is a Pipeline aey

anaemen ysem. W*ile saey is an

imporan o,eci5e' mos companies also

see/ oo perormance in ualiy'

en5ironmenal perormance' cos' ec.

!*us many companies "ill implemen %P

1173 in com,inaion "i* o*er s suc*

as IO 9001 or ualiy' IO 1:001 or

en5ironmenal' ;ean or cos conrol' an

many more. !*e pro,lem "i* *is

approac* is *a oo perormance in all

o *ose areas reuires oin *e same

*ins. !*is leas o su,sanial

uplicaion' o5erlap an compleiy. +

,eer approac* is o uilie a sinle

inerae "i* no uplicaion *a

mees all eernal reuiremens.

'igure 1: (ommon approac! using multiple

management systems

" Treating te M# like an a$$itional

proce$ure rater tan a s%stem

Pary ue o *e same menaliy ri5in a

,elie *a you nee a or saey

separae rom one or ualiy'

en5ironmenal' an o*ers' many

companies "ill implemen %P 1173 as a

series o aiional processes necessary

o saely operae *eir pipeline.

!*is ranslaes ino *o" *e sysem is

e5elope' implemene an manae in

*ree "ays. 1) !*ere is ypically less

in5ol5emen rom *e correc

sa/e*olers ,ecause o"ners*ip is

,lurre. 2) !*ere is less room o

accommoae or ris/ an prioriiaion

a *e ,usiness uni le5el. 3) !*e 4sysem

is no uilie sysemaically' an *us

mos o *e 5alue o *a5in a

manaemen sysem is los ,ecause' in

pracice' i ,ecomes a reaci5e ra*er

*an proaci5e sysem.

3 Ignoring te effect of culture

+ anaemen sysem canno ,e

eeci5e in isolaion < is success

epens on *e ype o culure *a "ill

ei*er suppress or em,race i. any

manaemen sysems incluin +PI8s %P

1173 *a5e reconie *is epenence

an emp*asie leaers*ip an culure.

=espie *eir emp*asis *ou*' *eir

approac* coninues o emp*asie a

separae 4saey culure. !*is approac*

ypically ails o really aress culural

issues' oen creain more conusion an

limiin *e poenial o *e manaemen

sysem.

'igure ): *#ample results o& M+ Per&ormance

 Assessment

Making API RP 1173 Count

Implemenin any reuires a

siniican commimen o resources' so

i you are *in/in o implemenin %P

1173' ma/e sure *a commimen is

"or*"*ile. Call us oay o a5oi

ma/in *e same misa/es o*ers "ill

ma/e. We can *elp you a5oi *ose

misa/es "*ile inin *e opimal

soluion or your oraniaion.

Are %ou rea$%&3 common mistakes to a'oi$ in

preparing for API RP 1173 

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