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Next generation plant integrity management solution

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DNV GL is the world-leading provider of software for a safer, smarter and greener
future in the energy, process and maritime industries
Our solutions support a variety of business critical activities including design and engineering, risk assessment, asset integrity and optimization, QHSE, and ship management. Ourworldwide presence facilitates a strong customer focus and efficient sharing of industry
best practice and standards.
Nearly 50 years of developing quality software
In providing your business with the best software solutions we are always striving to live
up to our values: • We build trust and conidence • We never compromise on quality or
integrity • We care for our customers and each other • We are committed to teamwork
and innovation • We embrace change and deliver results

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Synergi PlanT– a Proven SoluTion
Synergi Plant software has been an accepted solution
for leading operators in more than 20 countries in
Europe, America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.
Synergi Plant was designed by engineers working
onsite, built to remove engineering and management
concerns in managing asset integrity for sites.
Recent accidents demonstrate the need for stricter
regulatory requirements and more practical systems
regarding risk management of onshore plants andoffshore processes. Although breaches in plant
integrity happen infrequently, they are high impact
accidents and may have devastating consequences.
DNV GL – Software’s plant integrity management
software solution, Synergi Plant, allows operators
to take full control of operation assets and identify
equipment that needs to be inspected, repaired or
replaced. The risk assessment modules allow ourcustomers to establish integrity management standards
and practices efficiently and accurately.

Since the first version, we have been able to continuously improve our Synergi Plant solution. The many
global customer projects and continuous enhancements from DNV GL engineers have been the main
contributors in this process. With our web-based
solution, flexible rule engine and integration for
qualitative and quantitative RBI, add-on RCM,
inspection and maintenance management, the risk
management dashboards, and the rich integration
capability, we can proudly present a solution that isbuilt for today, and ready for the future. Our goal is to
be one step ahead, offering the best possible tools toimprove safety and business performance. We are
happy to welcome you to our growing next-generation asset integrity management community.

Are Føllesdal Tjønn,Managing Director, DNV GL Software

SYNERGI PLANT
DNV GL’s Synergi Plant software manages integrity of the entire infrastructure of onshore and offshore facilities, and is
especially fit for oil and gas plants, refineries, chemical plants, LNG terminals, power plants, as well as offshore topside.
Synergi Plant is used by customers operating oil and gas infrastructures from upstream to downstream, onshore and offshore. It is used for safe and cost-efficient operation, reducing unplanned shutdowns, and for life extension of ageing assets.
Synergi Plant is based on the principles and processes of evergreening, managing and mitigating risk continuously.

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Establish integrity management standards
accurately and efficiently© Getty Images

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iMProve SaFeTy anD
PerForManCeAs the focus on plant safety increases, stricter regulations and safety awareness demand better solutions
for integrity management. In addition to full compliance, operators are also looking for practical systems
that can cater to their day-to-day needs and overcome
practical issues.
Synergi Plant is a scalable risk and integrity management system for onshore and offshore process
operation – a complete and user-friendly solution.
It features support for international standards(e.g. ASME, API), qualitative, semi-qualitative, andquantitative risk assessment, time and risk-basedplanning, execution, reporting, with a management
dashboard and comprehensive system integrations.

At DNV GL – Software, our ambition is to fully support
our customers in all stages of the integrity lifecycle,
from assessing the plant’s risk to managing andanalysing inspection data, to predicting asset conditions and planning for follow-up, anomaly tracking,and mitigation actions. Over the years our closeworking relationships with our customers have led
to continuous improvements and value-adding
functionality.

10 GOOD REASONS FOR CHOOSING SYNERGI PLANT

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Complete solution supporting a full PDCA AIM process
Easy web user interface
Options to integrate with SAP and Maximo
Option to integrate with other Synergi asset solutions to get the risk dashboard in wider range
Understanding and mitigation of risk in a continuous and efficient approach
Reduction of unplanned shutdowns, improvement of asset life extension
Conigurable qualitative and semi-quantitative RBI and add-ons for fully quantitative
RBI and RCM, saving time and creating accurate standard practices for the company
8. KPI and dashboard support decision-making
9. Rich in functionality and easy in use
10. Fully conigurable to meet your requirements, for today and for the future

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Synergi Plant is licensed to customers
in more than 20 countries worldwide© Getty Images

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Manage, TraCK,aCT anD iMProve
ConTinuouSly
Integrity decision makers use Synergi Plant to manage, track and act, basing theiractions on a real time KPI and a traffic light dashboard. Track all damage mechanisms and risk factors, predict corrosion, plan inspections and manage anomaly
and follow-up maintenance activities. Track schedules and work packages, taking
into account any operational impact. Do RBI with design, operating, inspection,measurement and monitoring data with standard or configurable methodology.
Perform calculations and propose new plans continuously. Synergi Plant offers anevergreening risk reduction solution with full traceability of integrity decisions.

Professional risk
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Systematicmanagingof risk andcondition

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The integrity manager
With Synergi Plant integrity managers can manage
overall planning and scheduling of proposed, planned,
current, and prior activities, including optimization oftime-based and risk-based inspections and maintenances. They can review and approve inspection andmaintenance engineers’ work and oversee the trendof asset conditions.
The inspection engineer
With Synergi Plant the inspection engineers have theoptimal solution for inspection planning, execution,
reporting, and follow-up management in one place.
They can have everything they need before visiting
the site, recording onsite, and creating reports andIntuitive data
viewing

Rapid
access to
manageddata

Powerfulconfiguration

analyses after inspections. Carrying out the inspection
and contributing to risk re-assessment is convenientand easy.
The operation and maintenance manager
Synergi Plant makes it easy for operation andmaintenance managers concerned about the impact of
the integrity activities to see proposed and planned
activities such as inspections waiting for shutdown,
recommended changes of facility, critical safety
equipment performance, proposed maintenanceschedules and works, and thereby make quality
decisions in tuning the asset operations.
IT staff
Synergi Plant software is fully web-based and easily
deployed and maintained by your IT staff. Rich
configuration capability allows system administrators
to adapt to organizational changes and changes inpractice. DNV GL – Software implementation andtechnical support provides support during installationand operation of the software.

Access control toequipment data andworkflow

Anomaly and remaining
life assessment© Ole Jørgen Bratland/Statoil

The executive
Synergi Plant gives instant oversight of all processunits and outstanding risk and works through its
practical overview and KPI views, making it easy forexecutives to focus on outstanding high-risk assets
and associated works.

10 DNV GL – Software Synergi Plant“The software and implementation services offered by DNV GL – Software
are a total solution focusing on mechanical integrity and reliability. With thiscomprehensive solution USI has confidence in managing safety and integrity
risk and we are able to stand out in the competitive petro-chemical market.”
Chung Yung Wen
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SuPPorTing all STageSoF THe liFeCyCle
Synergi Plant covers all stages of the integrity lifecycle: assessing the asset risk,
managing and analysing inspection data, planning mitigation actions and followups, re-assessing risk based on inspection and measurement results, taking inoperating data and comparing with integrity operating windows.

Data management
Synergi Plant is an integrated system platform,
designed using the robust STEP data model to hoststatic and dynamic data of all assets. It supports theoverview of asset performance indicators under the
management KPI views, as well as process andtechnical data needs.

Plan-do-check-act
At the heart of the plant integrity lifecycle is a robust
and configurable system with seamless movement ofdata between lifecycle stages. Synergi Plant is webbased, allowing you to work from anywhere at any
time.

■ Stores configurable asset hierarchy, facility andequipment data, technical details, inspections,maintenance, RBI, RCM, and other activities for
all levels of assets■ Classiies equipment by type and group fordata storage and analysis■ Speciies equipment design and operation
parameters using configurable data sheet
templates■ Builds in static equipment types including vessel,
piping, heater, heat exchanger, PSV, crane, flare,storage tank, and rotating equipment types■ Allows user-conigurable new equipment types,
technical forms and inspection forms■ Allows user-definable calculation rules andlook-up tables using rule-based formula engine■ Enables user reporting including data sheets,
inspection reports and other listing and summary
reports■ Allows generic searches for speciic equipment
by keyword or technical attributes

Risk assessment
and IM planning

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Fully integrated with onshore
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Synergi Plant is web-based,
allowing you to work fromanywhere at any time

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Powerful engineering database
Synergi Plant has a configurable and flexible data
storage mechanism and rule engine, which allows
users to define and keep all the standards, calculation
formulas, corrosion manuals, failure details, pipingclasses, etc. It supports calculations from ASME, BS,
and other formulas. Users can change or define new
formulas for calculations, together with input andoutput fields.
■ Includes standard industrial references,e.g. corrosion types, damage mechanism,
inspection types, etc.
■ Allows for local site data and references
adding to the data bank
■ Enables users to store and accumulate site
corrosion manuals■ Computes remaining life, short term and longterm corrosion rate, and next inspection datebased on standard international formula or user
defined formula■ System computes T-min values and conditional
levels based on standard international or user
defined formula■ Allows definition of corrosion loops and associatedmeasured positions and position types■ Links inspection sketches and SOP to theequipment and their inspection tasks
Inspection programme and schedule
Synergi Plant supports all kinds of scheduling,including time-based, quantum-based, conditionbased, risk-based, and mixed scheduling. The
condition-based scheduling can be used withconfigurable formulas, and the risk-based schedulingworks seamlessly with different RBI modules.
■ Register routine inspection schedules for facilities
or tags for on-stream and off-stream inspection
programmes, including multi-dimensionalschedule code classification■ Schedule time-based, quantum-based, conditionbased and risk-based inspection■ Allow forecast and automatic generation of one
or multiple scheduled inspection works■ Update risk-based inspection schedulingautomatically when RBI is completed■ Use master plan work packaging for siteplanning and execution plans for contractors
Inspection work management andmeasurement recording
Synergi Plant can manage all kinds of inspection
works, including visual test (GVI, CVI or VT), NDT
inspections (UT, PT, LT, RT), and other user-definable
inspection tasks. Inspection workflow helps anorganization to adjust to working practices. Userdefinable monitor data recording is also available.
Inspection and measurement results can be used by
the RBI module to achieve evergreening risk reduction.
■ Use built-in inspection workflow, inspection task
forms, and reports with configurable extensions■ Capture and record monitored data, calculate
corrosion rate and remaining life based on
configurable formula■ Input and store associated inspection measured
points, including ultrasonic and radiography
thickness points, corrosion monitoring points,
magnetic flux leakage records, vessel and storagetank inspection records, and check points, etc.
■ Utilize standard NDT inspection tasks and reports
available, including Ultrasonic Test (UT), Magnetic
Particle Test (PT), Liquid Penetrant Test (LT), andRadiographic Test (RT) – additional inspection or
testing tasks are configurable■ Capture measured data both online and via batchloading or via standard data logger integration■ Use inspection and measurement results
automatically in the RBI re-assessment process
Document sharing
Synergi Plant has a built-in module for document
sharing. This includes all types of documents, drawings, photos, and videos. Users can create physicaldocuments stored in Synergi Plant as a reference toequipment, inspection, or RBI study, or can create avirtual document with hyperlinks to external document management systems.

16 DNV GL – Software Synergi Plant■ Technical and inspection files in various formats,such as documents, pictures, or videos can be linked
to and accessed via facility or work items online■ Inspection photographs and videos can be
attached to the inspection tasks■ URL-type documents and hyperlinks for integration
with external EDMS are supported
Risk-based inspection (RBI) and Reliability-centred
maintenance (RCM)
Synergi Plant RBI modules can be either conigured to
it custom qualitative or semi-quantitative RBI
methodologies, or works seamlessly with advanced
quantitative RBI Onshore (API 581) and RBI Offshore(DNVGL-RP-G101) add-ons. The Synergi Plant RBI
module enables a conigurable RBI worklow forusers to perform ‘what-if’ studies, approval, and revise
the RBI r esult before it affects the final inspection
scheduling. It can also integrate with other RBI
systems or spread-sheets. The quantitative RBI addons have calculation f or probability of failure,including thinning, SCC, external damage, HTHA,
Liner, PRV fail to open, etc, and calculation forconsequence of failure, including leaking, explosion,ire, and other consequence models from DNV GL’s
QRA models.
The Synergi Plant RCM tool is a new module toperform RCM study for mass data in a process plant.
It provides functionalities to do FMEA analysis, tag
type mapping, and risk-based maintenance planning.
With the integrated maintenance records, it also
provides a framework to accumulate maintenancehistory and knowledge for improving maintenancestrategy.
■ Rule-based or bespoke RBI for custom qualitativeand semi-quantitative RBI can be implemented
by the Synergi Plant rule and formula engine,which supports decision tree, table look-up, ifthen-else, and many other types of user-definable
logic. Complex custom RBI methodology can be
implemented by configuration and customization■ The quantitative RBI add-ons include modules forrisk screening, detailed consequence analysis,
detailed likelihood of failure assessment,risk summation, and risk-based inspection
recommendation■ Additional integrity assessment for selected assets■ Acceptance of probability and consequence offailures and recommended inspection frequency
or next inspection date from RBI for updating theinspection schedules and criticality ranking■ Support of ‘what-if’ RBI analysis with deinable
workflow for risk and plan approval procedure■ Combination and optimization of time-based
and risk-based inspection plans■ RCM add-ons to support FMEA analysis, tag typemapping, and risk-based maintenance planning■ Two-way evergreening process between RBI/
RCM and inspection/maintenance management.
Inspection and measurement results can be used
for RBI reassessment, while maintenance history
can be used for RCM reassessment.
Two-way integration with SAP
Synergi Plant has its two-way integration with thelatest SAP version ECC 6.0, with ready-made directinterfaces to SAP PM and QM modules without any
third-party component or any plug-in on the SAP
side. This enables the inspection and integrity teamto create and monitor follow-up activities, creating
maintenance work notification in SAP and get work
status back.
■ Two-way evergreening process between
inspection, follow-ups and maintenancethrough the integration with SAP■ Synchronization of assets data with SAP■ Flexible integration adaptors for creating
work notifications and work orders in SAP■ Flexible integration adaptors for synchronizing
work order status and details from SAP■ Options to use Synergi Plant as the risk assessment
and risk-based planning system to a complete
the integrity work management with the SAP
integration■ Options to perform all asset integrity management
in Synergi Plant and use SAP PM and QM modules
as resource planning and cost recording tool.

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For inspection, integrity management
and other asset integrity needs© Kim Laland/Statoil

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Implementable in different
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Inspection and analysis reports
Synergi Plant has many built-in reports for data listing,analysis, and inspection reporting purposes. Users
can customize the reports using Excel to design
layout or set up extra data columns.
■ Functionality for making long term and short term
integrity plans■ Asset profile report, tag and risk element report,
and piping list report■ Tag corrosion rate report and corrosion analysis
report■ Facility service overview report and inspection
schedule report■ Equipment thickness report and material loss report■ Inspection task reports including VT, UT, PT, LT, RT■ User reporting using configurable data source andExcel as the template design tool
Traffic lights and KPI
Synergi Plant has a management dashboard with risk
and job traffic lights and KPI graphical views. The risk
trafic lights can aggregate risk from either RBI or
critical safety equipment performance standards, andthe job traffic lights can aggregate status of jobs indifferent facility hierarchies. Online KPI graphical views
provide an overview of the risk and status in the plant.
■ Online traffic lights address management concerns
and reflect the risk profile of the operating facilities■ Asset status traffic lights for static and rotating
equipment■ Traffic lights rollup along the facility hierarchy toreflect the status of the plant and each productionunit■ Job status traffic light to track overdue and outstanding jobs and their responsible unit or person■ KPI widgets to support decision-making■ Risk accumulation and risk trending■ Thinning trend and thinning history■ Job overview, work package completion status
and Gantt chart■ Unplanned shutdown improvement

Rich system configuration
Synergi Plant is a configurable platform that canbe used not only for inspection and integrity
management but also extended for other asset
integrity needs.
■ Conigurable asset hierarchy, facility and equipment
types, forms, columns, profiles, classifications,organizations and user roles■ Configurable risk assessment methodology, forms
and columns for risk evaluation and calculation,
formula and rules to derive results, workflow
with organizations and user roles to control risk
assessment process■ Configurable activity hierarchy, types, forms,
columns, profiles, working contents, recording
sheets, reference assets, workflow, work branch-out
and combinations

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RBI: Efficient and configurable risk-based
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Asset trending and re-assessment:
Industry standards and configurable
formula for calculating KPI andcondition traffic lights

Follow-up
actionACTFollow-up with maintenance works:
Two-way integration with SAP to manage followups and mitigation activities

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Inspection schedulingand planning: Combining andoptimizing time-based and risk-basedscheduling into packaged works

Inspection
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Configurable workflow and content:
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Inspection and measurement recording: Make use of
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We are your
KnoWleDge ParTner!
DNV GL is continuously focusing on your potential for increased efficiency,
accelerated growth and well-managed risk.

Implementation services■ Product experts who understand your challenges■ Project management for implementation projects■ Pipeline data and survey configuration■ Customized training■ Installation assistance■ Data import assistance■ Best practice and experience transfer in thefield of pipeline integrity management■ Assistance in technical engineering services
Training, conferences, seminars and workshops
DNV GL – Software organizes user conferences,seminars and workshops worldwide, providing aunique opportunity to communicate with our users

Project kick-off
Installation
Workshops
Configurations
Testing
Training

Customization/development

Maintenance and support

CUSTOMER ORGANIZATION

Customer support
Experience the benefits of the service level agreementwith DNV GL – Software, providing easy access to
support, new product releases and technical knowledge. As a global organization with regional support
centres, we can ensure expert support when you mostcritically need it, so that you can complete and meetyour project demands.

and receive valuable feedback. Our training catalogue includes open courses in all regions, andcustomers can request customized training. Manyof the courses are held jointly by our own software
support team and by DNV GL engineers, who bringessential domain expertise.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

We take pride in delivering professional service andin giving you access to the domain knowledge andexperience of DNV GL. Our team of IT and integrity
management experts has many years of experience inmaking Synergi Plant work for the specific circumstances and environments of each client. We can takecare of everything from implementation and installation to configuration, support and assistance.

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Synergi Plant improves your businessperformance and credibility

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THe Synergi PorTFolio
DNV GL is the global leader in enterprise software used for managing operationalrisk and performance.
The Synergi software product portfolio helps the oil& gas and utility sectors design and operate theirassets for optimal performance and best practice risk
management. With Synergi you can ensure the safetyof people and property and reduce environmental
impact.

Our consultancy team helps clients identify andimplement Synergi product solutions that are right forthem and that help them better manage operationalrisk and increase asset performance.
The combination of software and services supports
customers in making the right decisions for theirbusiness, their stakeholders and the communities
in which they exist.

Learn more about our enterprise software formanaging operational risk and performance on
dnvgl.com/synergi

Synergi enables your business to become safer, smarter and greener

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