Integrity Management In The Energy Sector - An Investigation of Oil & Gas Assets

Abstract

The incessant oil and gas pipeline vandalization (sabotage) in developing nations like Nigeria has become a thing of serious concern which threatens both human and national security. Efficient oil and gas pipeline integrity management has been identified as a major way to reduce the rate of such incidents. Taking only the lifecycle view of oil and gas pipeline management cannot fully account for the problem of oil and gas pipeline vandalization (sabotage) since this problem involves certain factors external to the oil and gas pipeline. To fully account for such problem, the stakeholder perspective which puts into consideration all factors external to the oil and gas pipeline will be adopted as well.

Different leverage points for systemic interventions in the oil and gas pipeline system will be investigated and one of such leverage points considers the stakeholders of the oil and gas pipeline system. A risk analysis of oil and gas pipelines in the four Niger delta regions of Nigeria will be presented in a bid to strengthen the knowledge of the root cause of these pipeline failures while performance indicators will be developed as to help in the monitor of the integrity level of these oil and gas pipeline systems in the Niger delta region of Nigeria