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The scope of RBV as described in this document is primarily aimed at offshore facilities or installations used for the exploration, intervention, production and transportation of hydrocarbons. These principles may, however, also be applied to general industrial developments, i.e. land based plants and equipment.

It applies to any features, or elements of a facility, recognised as safety, environmental and/or reliability critical where: — failure could cause or contribute substantially to a significant incident — it is crucial to the prevention, control, or limitation of the effect of a significant incident — the system availability directly impacts the revenue stream as well as the operating cost related to maintenance.

RBV may thus be undertaken to confirm that an entire facility, or its elements/components with corresponding activities/ processes are in compliance with one, or any combination, of requirements as illustrated in Fig. 1.

The scheme may be seen as an integral part of the customers project risk and quality management system.

The purpose of this document is to:

a) Provide the basic philosophy and describe the principles, content and implementation of the RBV service.

b) Outline the integrated service features, premises and proposed involvement to stipulate the basis for a RBV assignment.

c) Illustrate the added value to our customers, such that the service is recognised as a benefit rather than a bureaucratic requirement. This means showing RBV as an efficient tool to obtain confidence by independent verification of own and/or contractor(s) work, and to show financiers, partners, insurers that a plant or facility complies with a relevant relevant basis, even in areas where formal references may be missing or are under development.

d) Serve as a guideline for our customers (owners, operators, EPC contractors, manufacturers) requiring verification services during feasibility evaluations, concept selection, detailed design, procurement, manufacturing, commissioning, operation and abandonment.