Optimizing the integrity of safety critical petroleum assets: A project conceptualization approach

Ambisisi Ambituuni; Edward Ochieng; Jaime M. Amezaga

doi:10.1109/TEM.2018.2839518

Optimizing the integrity of safety critical petroleum assets: A project conceptualization approach

Ambisisi Ambituuni^*, Edward Ochieng, Jaime M. Amezaga

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Abstract

The failure of safety critical petroleum assets (SCPA) is often accompanied by devastating safety consequences. The conceptualization, design, and construction of SCPA need to integrate factors that will maintain the asset's lifecycle integrity. In this paper, a risk-based assessment of a case petroleum pipeline asset in Nigeria was used to examine the project conceptualization phase of an asset. The paper adopts a case study method, semistructured interviews, and field observations, and drew on pipeline failure data. Key managerial issues that need to be considered in project conceptualization for SCPA were identified. These issues include consideration for risk receptors and the need to assess organizational capabilities with respect to owning, operating, and regulating SCPA. This paper contributes theoretically by providing a performance-based learning framework for the conceptualization of new SCPA.

Original language	English
Article number	8382284
Pages (from-to)	208-223
Number of pages	16
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
Volume	66
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2018.2839518
Publication status	Published - May 2019

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Manuscript received January 4, 2017; revised August 8, 2017 and January 19, 2018; accepted May 12, 2018. Date of publication June 12, 2018; date of current version April 16, 2019. This work was supported by the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF). Review of this manuscript was arranged by Department Editor J. Sarkis. (Corresponding author: Ambisisi Ambituuni.) A. Ambituuni is with the School of Strategy and Leadership, William Morris Building, Coventry University, Coventry CV1 5DL, U.K. (e-mail:, ambi. ambituuni@coventry.ac.uk).

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Keywords

Asset integrity
performance-based learning
project conceptualization learning
risk management
safety critical petroleum asset(s) (SCPA)

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Strategy and Management
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Optimizing the integrity of safety critical petroleum assets: A project conceptualization approach

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