History of OREDA
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (now: Petroleum Safety Authority) initiated the OREDA Project in 1981. The primary objective was to collect reliability data for safety equipment. It was agreed that OREDA was to be run by a group of oil companies in 1983. The objective of OREDA was subsequently expanded to collect experience data from the operation of offshore oil and gas production facilities to improve the basic data in safety reliability studies. The OREDA project has since its start been run in phases normally lasting for 2-3 years. The OREDA phases with subsequent major activities and milestones are summarised in the table below.
In addition to the build-up of a large reliability databank, and the use of data by the participating companies, achievements in the OREDA Joint Industry Program include:
- An ISO Standard based on the OREDA concept was issued in 2006 (ISO 14 224: Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries, Collection and exchange of reliability and maintenance data for equipment).
- Guidelines and software for data collection and data analysis.
- Publication of reliability data. Five public editions of a Reliability Data Handbook have been issued and sold in more than 50 countries world-wide.
- Data used in analyses for decision support for e.g. concept selection, design optimisation.
- Exchange of reliability knowledge between the participating companies, and co-operation with miscellaneous parties such as manufacturers, research institutes etc.
- Formalised co-operation with the subsea system suppliers Aker Solutions, FMC Technologies, GE and OneSubsea.
- Promotion of the OREDA concept and OREDA data application by > 40 papers at various international conferences.
- Training courses and material for OREDA data users.
- Data used in various research projects and student theses.
| Phase | Time Period | Members | Achievements and Milestones |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | 1981-1984 | 8 | OREDA Reliability Data Handbook (’84 edition) |
| II | 1985-1988 | 7 | Issued phase II reliability database Guideline for Data Collection Software for data storage and analysis (DOS) |
| III | 1989-1992 | 10 | Issued phase III reliability database 2nd handbook issued (’92 edition) Initiated vendor cooperation |
| III-IV | 1993 | 10 | Data analysis methods developed and tested Cost-benefit study Promoted the OREDA concept as ISO standard |
| IV | 1994-1996 | 10 | New software for data collection and analysis (Windows) Collected data on preventive maintenance Neq guideline, also included in new software |
| V | 1997-1999 | 10-11 | 3rd Handbook issued (’97 edition) ISO 14 224 issued (first edition) New subsea software Software tool for automated data transfer (ADT) |
| VI | 2000-2001 | 10 | Strengthen focus on subsea equipment Co-operation with subsea manifacturers established |
| VII | 2002-2003 | 8 | 4th Handbook issued (2002 edition) Focus on safety and subsea equipent |
| VIII | 2004-2005 | 9 | Continuation of phase VII New associated member (Gassco) Involved in revised ISO 14224 standard (second edition) |
| IX | 2006-2008 | 9 | Continuation of phase VII New associated member (Gassco) Involved in revised ISO 14224 standard (second edition) |
| X | 2009-2011 | 8-10 | 5th handbook issued (2009 edition) Development of new analysis software SIL data based on OREDA New associated members (GdF Suez and Petrobras) |
| XI | 2012-2014 | 8-10 | Development of new data collection software 6th handbook issued (2015 edition) QA of existing database New OREDA webpage New graphical profile |
| XII | 2015-2017 | 8 | New webshop solution Collaboration with ESReDA on webshop |
| XIII | 2018-2020 | 7 | Digital access to OREDA database: OREDA@Cloud |