Global reliability data for the energy industry

From offshore platforms to onshore facilities,
powering safer, more reliable operations worldwide.

OREDA members

Trusted by leading energy companies since 1981, OREDA is the world’s most authoritative source of reliability and maintenance data for topside and subsea equipment.

Multiple regions covered:

  • North Sea,
  • Gulf of Mexico,
  • West of Shetland,
  • Angola,
  • Caspian
  • Adriatic
  • and more

OREDA in numbers

43+

Years of continuous
data collection

21,000

Topside
equipment items

47,000

Topside
failure records

87,000

Topside
maintenance records

What is OREDA?

A collaborative foundation for reliability excellence

OREDA is a not-for-profit UK Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG) with directors from the energy company members providing industry-validated reliability data for the energy sector.

For over four decades, OREDA has provided the industry with a trusted, neutral forum for:

  • Continuous improvement of equipment performance and safety
  • Data-driven reliability analysis
  • Development of best-practice methodologies
  • Contribution to international standards

From Data to Standards

Shaping global reliability standards

OREDA’s work underpins some of the most influential international standards in the energy sector. Its datasets and methodologies have directly contributed to:

  • ISO 14224 — Collection and exchange of reliability and maintenance data
  • ISO 20815 — Production assurance and reliability management
  • ISO/TR 12489 — Reliability-centred maintenance guidance

OREDA is widely recognised as the scientific cradle of modern reliability data practices in oil, gas and lower carbon.

OREDA@Cloud, Reliability data, digitally delivered

OREDA@Cloud provides company members, associate members, and
non-members with secure, online access to various datasets with different levels of filtering capabilities to retrieve specific failure and maintenance data.

Software-as-a-Service
access

Structured
searchable datasets

Consistent
methodology and definitions

Designed for engineers,
analysts, and decision-makers

Collaboration at the Core

A trusted collaboration of industry leaders

OREDA is built on collaboration. Member companies actively contribute data, expertise, and governance, ensuring the quality, neutrality, and relevance of all outputs.

Membership offers:

  • Direct influence on data scope and methodology
  • Enhanced filtering capability to deep dive into the datasets
  • Early access to datasets and research
  • Participation in technical forums and working groups
  • Contribution to international standards development

For over four decades, OREDA has stood at the intersection of data, engineering, and collaboration — supporting safer, more reliable energy production worldwide.