What does producing life extension involve?
New technology and operating methods as well as measures to improve oil and gas recovery mean that licensees often want to keep existing facilities working past their retirement date.
In many cases, continuing to use facilities beyond their design life makes socio-economic sense. But permitting such extensions at the expense of safety is not acceptable.
Main priority in 2006-09
Aging and producing life extension represented one of our main priorities in 2006-09. Many of the targets we set in this area were met during these years.
They include
- standardisation
- development of common guidelines
- improving methodology and building knowledge.
Report archive
A dedicated cross-disciplinary group at the PSA has worked since 2006 to coordinate activities related to aging and producing life extension.
This work has involved identifying and mapping those aspects of aging which reduce safety for an installation. Particular attention has been paid to main safety functions and major accident risk.