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API 17N - Subsea Production Tech
API 17N - Subsea Production Tech
Overall, this should lead to better understanding of technical risk and, therefo
re, greater confidence in economically or technically challenging developments.
Furthermore, this RP provides the industry with a common framework and language,
compatible with ISO 20815, Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries Pr
oduction assurance and reliability management, for the specification and demonst
ration of reliability achievement between operators, contractors, and suppliers.
Reliability is a topic which is best addressed through industry wide cooperation
in terms of best practice, managing failures that do occur and the collection a
nd analysis of performance data. This RP aims to provide a starting point for de
veloping common understanding and cooperative progress within the subsea oil and
gas industry.
The achievement of improved subsea equipment availability requires good engineer
ing and management processes, practices and behaviors at an organizational level
to manage and minimize the potential for equipment failure.
The focus of this RP however, is on specific activities (or tasks) that can be i
mplemented within projects to achieve immediate and tangible improvements to sys
tem performance.