
API RP 2SIM
API RP 2SIM: Structural Integrity Management of Fixed Offshore Structures : Reaffirmed
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This publication was last reviewed and confirmed in 2025.
Description
This recommended practice serves as a guide for the structural integrity management of fixed offshore structures used for the drilling, development, production, and storage of hydrocarbons in offshore areas. Specific guidance is provided for the evaluation of structural damage, above and below water structural inspection, fitness-for-purpose assessment, risk reduction, and mitigation planning, and the process of decommissioning. The SIM process provided in this recommended practice is applicable to platforms installed at any location worldwide. However, this recommended practice also provides specific metocean criteria, which are only applicable for use in fitness-for-purpose assessments of platforms located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and the U.S. west coast.
Edition
1
Published Date
2014-11-11
Status
Reaffirmed
Pages
107
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Abstract
This recommended practice serves as a guide for the structural integrity management of fixed offshore structures used for the drilling, development, production, and storage of hydrocarbons in offshore areas. Specific guidance is provided for the evaluation of structural damage, above and below water structural inspection, fitness-for-purpose assessment, risk reduction, and mitigation planning, and the process of decommissioning. The SIM process provided in this recommended practice is applicable to platforms installed at any location worldwide. However, this recommended practice also provides specific metocean criteria, which are only applicable for use in fitness-for-purpose assessments of platforms located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and the U.S. west coast.








