API RP 1173

Management System Software, Consulting & Assessment Services

Ready to streamline RP 1173 compliance?

Let QSI help you document, assess, and elevate your Pipeline Safety Management System.

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has issued an advisory bulletin to promote the implementation of a pipeline safety management system (PSMS) by regulated pipeline owners and operators.

PHMSA encourages pipeline operators to develop and to implement PSMS programs, using a framework such as the one detailed in American Petroleum Institute (API) Recommended Practice (RP) 1173: Pipeline Safety Management Systems (API RP 1173). The framework should define the elements for identifying, managing, and reducing risks throughout the pipeline life cycle.

Achieving compliance with RP 1173 requires clear, organized, and accessible documentation across all areas of your Pipeline Safety Management System (PSMS).

QSI combines deep industry experience with powerful software tools to help operators document, assess, and improve their Pipeline Safety System Maturity Model.

Whether you’re building from the ground up or closing gaps in your current system, we can help you:

  • Documenting  your risk management and prevention programs
  • Maintaining up-to-date integrity and operational records
  • Capturing and applying learnings from internal and industry events
  • Ensuring safety controls are accessible and understood by personnel

Allow QSI to assist you by provides a framework for you Pipeline Safety Management System.

We can…

  • align you documents in accordance with RP 1173.
  • provide consulting and documentation services to fill gaps between your. existing system and RP 1173.
  • organize your records.
  • document training and personnel qualifications.
  • assist with evaluating, approving and controlling your contractors and vendors.


Our Integrity Management System suite of software contains applications for:

  • Documenting
    1. Risk Assessments
    2. Management of Change
    3. Contingency Plans
    4. Corrective & Preventive Actions, Customer Complaints, Supply Chain Corrective Actions / Failures
    5. Requests for Deviation
    6. Product Nonconformance Reporting
    7. HSE Incident Reporting such as:
      • Injury/Illness Incidents, Property Damage Incidents, Near Misses, Environmental Incidents, Security Incidents, Vehicle Incidents
  • Managing Documentation
    1. Document Control
    2. Record Control
    3. Industry Codes & Standards, including Statutory & Regulatory Requirements
    4. Vendor Control: Contractors, Suppliers
  • Organizational Management
    1. Organizational Structure
    2. Personnel Qualifications
    3. Training
  • Planning
    1. Events Calendar
    2. Metrics: tracking goals, objectives and/or key performance indicators
    3. Project Management
    4. Calibration
    5. Maintenance


Intuitively organized so that documents may be tracked by:

  • Document owner.
  • Functional area.
  • Document number.
  • Tier within the management system.
  • Project name or location.
  • Discipline: quality, health & safety, environmental, regulatory, system integrity, etc.


The software suite:

  • Can be accessed internationally.
  • Accessed by multiple organizational locations simultaneously.
  • Used at your desktop or via electronic tablets in the field.


Consulting

  • Determine gaps in your management system vs. the requirements of RP 1173.
  • Provide guidance in creating documentation.
  • Assist with documenting your management system and/or writing procedures.
  • Assist with collection documentation (e.g., procedures, records, personnel qualifications, etc.) for future uploading into the software system.
  • Train your personnel in the software applications and management system requirements.


Assessment

  • Provide technical assessments of your management system against the requirements of RP 1173.
  • Assist with developing an improvement model from when the management system was implemented to its current status.
  • Provide methods for management system effectiveness self-assessment and self-reporting.

 

  • Oil & Gas Project Integrity Management System Development
  • Alaska Pipeline Project, Anchorage, Fairbanks & Valdez
  • Operational Integrity Assessments

The experts at QSI stand ready to help with your Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration conformance

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