Asset Integrity 7 min read
What Is Risk-Based Inspection (RBI)?
How API 580/581 focuses inspection where failure risk is highest — and safely extends intervals.
Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) ranks equipment by the probability of failure and the consequence of failure, then concentrates inspection on the highest-risk items.
Under API 580/581, this lets operators safely extend intervals on low-risk equipment, justify scope to regulators, and avoid both over-inspection and dangerous gaps. RBI is most powerful when it is fed by real NDT data — corrosion rates and damage mechanisms — which is why TESKO links the inspection it performs directly into the integrity model.