Oil & Gas Services and Tools - Bureau Veritas

• Asset Management
• Conformity Assessment
• Fitness for Service
• QHSE
For the benefit of business and people
Oil & Gas Services
and Tools

Services along the whole life of Facilities
Bureau Veritas services can be offered at any stage of the life of an Oil & Gas
project, from Conceptual Design to Maintenance & Operations.
Front End
Studies &
Engineering
Worldwide network & Technical Centers
for Expertise
Bureau Veritas has an active network covering 140 countries. The 10 main
Oil & Gas Technical Centers are located in the main Oil & Gas hubs around the
world. Such Technical Centers bring together multi-disciplinary teams of
experts and engineers in all disciplines.
Houston
Rio
Bureau Veritas
Procurement
Aberdeen
Paris
Abu-Dhabi
Construction
Mumbai
Pusan
Kuala Lumpur
Singapore
Shanghai
Maintenance,
Modification
& Operation
■ Oil & Gas Technical Centers
• Bureau Veritas Operating Offices
Founded in 1828, Bureau Veritas is a Service Company specialized in the
fields of Quality, Health, Safety, Environment and Social Accountability.
Bureau Veritas helps its Clients in the management of their assets,
personnel and systems to ensure that their activities are in compliance with
applicable standards.
For the Oil & Gas industry, Bureau Veritas has developed specific Technical
Services and Expertise covering the activities of Certification, Conformity
Assessment, Training and Asset Integrity Management.
Bureau Veritas main Oil & Gas Clients are International and National
Oil & Gas Companies, Engineering Companies, Turnkey Contractors
or Equipment Suppliers.

Deep Water Facilities
Technical Services and Expertise
Common Services
Third Party Inspection
Deep Water
■ Floating units (FPSO, Semi-Sub…) and TLP/SPAR
■ Offloading Facilities including Export
Lines and Buoys
Conformity Assessment
■ In-Service Statutory or Voluntary Inspection of any type of system/equipment.
■ Consistent and high quality worldwide Shop and Site Inspection with the
possibility of using the internet portal reporting tool BVNet.
Product Conformity Assessment
■ Mooring Systems
■ Rigid or Flexible Flowlines, Risers and Towers
■ Pipelines and Subsea Equipment
■ Classification, Certification and Verification services.
■ Independent Review of Major Systems.
■ Technical Analysis using Veristar Offshore software modules covering hydrodynamics
(HydroStar), mooring system (Ariane 3-D), strength, corrosion and fatigue (Veristar
Hull and NSO BV).
■ Independent Studies on Pipelines or Risers using software such as
Flexcom-3D, SAGE Profile or OFFPIPE.
■ Type Approval and Certification of conformity of Bonded
or Non-Bonded Flexible Pipes.
■ Verification and Certification of Deepwater Systems such as risers
and pipelines.
Asset Integrity Management
■ Veristar RBI Software developed for Risk Based Inspection applied to Hull.
■ Risk Based Inspection studies on FPSO Topsides using FAME+ software to develop optimized
inspection plans.
■ Safety Integrity Level assessment studies in particular for High Integrity Protection Systems (HIPS).
■ Conformity Assessment of Equipment or Complete System against European
Directives (CE marking) or any other applicable standards (ASME). This
involves independent Design Review combined with Shop and Site Inspection.

Offshore Facilities
■ Fixed Offshore Platforms and Floating Units
■ Rigid or Flexible Risers and Flowlines
■ Pipelines and Subsea Systems
Technical Services and Expertise
Conformity Assessment
■ Design Review or Certification of Offshore Systems.
■ Overall Project Certification covering Engineering, Procurement, Construction,
Commissioning and Start-Up of the Project.
■ Independent Analysis of offshore structures using NSO BV software.
■ Pushover Analysis or Life Extension of offshore structures using in particular
SACS Software.
■ Type Approval and Project Certification of Bonded or Non-Bonded Flexible Pipes.
■ Verification and Certification of Risers and Flowlines.
■ Fitness-For-Service studies versus applicable standards of new,
damaged or repaired systems.
Asset Integrity Management
■ Risk Based Inspection studies on topsides using FAME+ software.
■ Safety & Risk Management studies including HAZID, HAZOP
and Quantitative Risk Assessment.
■ Safety Integrity Level assessment studies for Safety Instrumented Systems.
■ Process System Integrity studies to address vibration induced fatigue in process piping.
■ Maintenance management optimization using in particular condition based monitoring approach.
System Certification
■ Management System Certifications such as Quality
Management System Certification (ISO 9001),
Environment Management System Certification
(ISO 14001), Safety Management System Certification
(OHSAS 18001).
■ Personnel Certification in all disciplines such as
Electrical Personnel, Welders and Lifting Operators.
Offshore
■ Concrete Gravity Base Structures
■ Offshore LNG Plants, Export or Receiving
Terminals
Tests and Measurements
■ Performance of the full range of Non Destructive
Testing services in selected countries.
Consulting QHSE
■ Development of Standards.
■ Supplier Independent Audit.
■ Safety Management System benchmarking
with VeriSAFE in-house tool.
■ Environmental Impact Assessment.

Onshore Facilities
■ Onshore Oil & Gas Production Plants
including Storage Facilities
■ Gas Treatment Plants
■ LNG Export or Receiving Facilities
Technical Services and Expertise
Conformity Assessment
■ Refineries
■ Onshore Oil & Gas Pipelines Systems
■ Petrochemical Complexes
■ Distribution Infrastructures
■ Independent Review of all Major Systems in particular process safety, mechanical
equipment, pressurized equipment, lifting appliances, safety systems.
■ Overall Project Certification covering all phases of a Project namely Engineering,
Procurement, Construction, Commissioning and Start-Up.
■ Corrosion and Materials Expertise and Review.
■ Fitness-For-Service studies using ABAQUS software or other specialized softwares.
Asset Integrity Management
Training
Onshore
■ Risk Based Inspection using RB.eye software for Refineries
and Petrochemical Complexes.
■ Safety & Risk Management studies covering services such
as HAZID, HAZOP and Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA).
■ Safety Integrity Level (SIL) assessment studies for Safety
Instrumented Systems.
■ Process System Integrity studies to address vibration induced fatigue in process piping.
■ Maintenance management optimization based on reliability studies.
■ Technical Training in Safety and Specific Risk Management.
■ Training in Integrated HSE Management Systems.
Outsourcing
■ Inspection Management, Quality Management, Expediting
and Vendors Evaluation Services.

Selected References
Deep Water
■ FPSO
Classification or Consultancy studies on 40% of the total FPSO’s fleet in service worldwide.
■ Risers Towers
Design Reviews for Angolan and Brazilian Deep Offshore developments.
■ Flexibles Lines
Type Approval and Certification of Suppliers for Deep Water developments in the North Sea,
West Africa and Brazil.
Project Certification of Subsea Developments and tie-in systems.
Offshore
■ Fixed Platform Certification
Certification of Major Offshore Development Projects in North Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Middle East,
Far East and Brazil.
■ License to Operate
5 years contract on major offshore assets for several operators in the North Sea.
■ Risk Based Inspection
Risk Based Inspection studies on new investments in West Africa or existing assets
in the Middle East.
■ Rigid Pipelines
Certification or other Third Party activities of major offshore pipeline projects around the world.
Onshore
■ Third Party Inspection
Third Party Inspections and Conformity Assessment Activities on large Gas Treatment
Plants in the Middle East, on LNG Receiving Terminals in the Mediterranean Sea or on major
cross-country Pipelines around the world.
Third Party Verification including Design Review and inspection on Natural Gas Plant in Brazil.
■ Risk Based Inspection
Risk Based Inspection studies using RB.eye software or API software on several refineries
or processing plants in France, UK, China and Brazil.
■ Fitness-For-Service Assessment
Heat Exchanger for Oil Industry, Libya.
LNG Storage Tank, India.
Vessel Buckling, France.
■ System Certification
Management Systems Certification for Large International Oil & Gas Operating Companies
and Engineering Companies.
For the benefit of business and people
Head office: 17 bis, Place des Reflets - 92077 Paris La Défense Cedex- France
Tel.: +33 (0) 1 42 91 28 82 - Fax: +33 (0) 1 42 91 28 00
http://energyprocess.bureauveritas.com
Epicea Team Communication - 04/05 - Photos : Bureau Veritas, Getty Images France LD