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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RISK BASED INSPECTION IN THE NIGERIAN OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY Code: DPR Guide 0022 - 2020

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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators  
GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RISK BASED INSPECTION IN 
THE NIGERIAN OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY 
Code: DPR Guide 0022 - 2020 
 
Revision Date: 1st August 2020 
 
 
 
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Two (2)   levels   of   approvals   are   therefore   required   to   be   obtained   before   the 
implementation of RBI on any equipment/device: Approval-in-principle to apply RBI 
methodology and Final Approval to implement RBI on a facility following a successful 
assessment for that particular facility. Any facility for which a FINAL RBI approval is yet to 
be obtained, shall be regarded as being operated under the prescriptive inspection regime 
in line with MOSR and other applicable legislation(s). 
4. RBI IMPLEMENTATION REQUIREMENTS 
4.1 
RBI Methodology  
After RBI approval has been obtained, the following shall be applicable: 
i. 
The RBI methodology and program approval issued to an Operator shall be 
reviewed within a maximum of five (5) years from the last review or whenever a 
change/review of the methodology is made; whichever comes first. 
ii. 
Owner-user audit and upgrade/update carried out on the RBI too shall be validated 
by the Department. 
iii. 
The application of an Approved RBI methodology principles by an operator shall be 
consistent for all RBI assessments conducted for equipment/facility. 
iv. 
Any contractor or third-party involvement in the RBI process must be subjected to 
the relevant procedure(s) and methodology. The inspection and maintenance 
management including roles, responsibilities and competencies must be defined to 
the satisfaction of the Department. 
4.2 
RBI Validation  
i. 
All assessed equipment shall be inspected within their respective Maximum 
Inspection Intervals. 
ii. 
Any submitted RBI assessment results (as per 3.4.4 (ii)) shall ALWAYS be kept and 
maintained at the respective facility locations and made available to DPR