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Key Integrity Barriers
Topic 8 – Operating within the Envelope
• The key objective of operations is to ensure that
the plant is operated safely and effectively within
the limits of the design. In order to achieve this,
competent operations personnel need to be
provided with the required information, tools and
training to understand and operate the plant.
• The operating environment changes over time;
reservoir conditions change, networks grow, third
parties may be connected.
• Operational procedures need to be accurate,
understandable, followed in practice and updated
appropriately. All the required operational
support systems should be in place. In addition,
a clear corporate safety culture which empowers
operators to make the correct decisions under all
circumstances is essential.
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Asset Integrity Guide
• Safe operations is therefore the end result of having
well trained operators with the correct support
systems in place and represents a crucial link in
attaining asset integrity assurance – the operators
are a key part of the barriers (Figure 1).
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