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International Standards and OR&A™

BS EN ISO 9000 - Quality Management
Operations Readiness & Assurance (OR&A™) is a management system for the deployment of the OR&A™ process in a structured project. The ISO 9000 standard defines as a set of international standards on quality management and quality assurance developed to help companies effectively document the quality system elements needed to maintain an efficient quality system. By definition, this standard is intended to guide a company to develop and maintain a robust, logical and structured process by which to manage their business.

BS EN ISO 20815 - Production Assurance and Reliability Management
Introducing the concept of production assurance within the systems and operations associated with exploration drilling, exploitation, processing and transport of petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas resources,. ISO 20815:2008 covers upstream (including sub-sea), midstream and downstream facilities and activities.

ISO 20815 focuses on Production Assurance of oil and gas production, processing and associated activities, including analysis of reliability and maintenance.

This standard prescribes the use of processes and activities, requirements and guidelines for systematic management, effective planning, execution and operation of production assurance and reliability technology to achieve a cost-effective solutions over the life cycle of an asset-development project..

Although the title of this standard infers that it should be used in the OPERATE phase, the content is very specific about the need to deploy it throughout all phases of a project. As such, it is very close to a standard specifically for OR&A.

BS EN ISO 55000 - Asset Integrity
To an Asset Operator, it is essential that Asset Integrity is established during the early design process. Asset Integrity is built into the asset during construction and demonstrated during the delivery and handover stages. An Asset Integrity Plan, processes and procedures can then be implemented to ensure that Asset Integrity can be maintained throughout the life of the asset.

The OR&A Process follows the development of Asset Integrity throughout the Project phases to provide assurance to the Asset Operator that the key objectives of ISO55000 can and will be achieved and that Operations Excellence is possible

BS EN ISO 14001 - Environmental Management Systems
This standard is intended to provide organizations with a framework to protect the environment and respond to changing environmental conditions in balance with socio-economic needs. It specifies requirements that enable an organization to achieve the intended outcomes it sets for its environmental management system.

This systematic approach to environmental management can provide senior management with information to build success over the long term and create options for contributing to sustainable development.