Our Company Profile

At Rig Inspection Services (RIS), our

diversity of people and services are
driven by our core values of Reliability,
Integrity and Serviceability. This has
enabled us to develop a high level of
capability in the oil and gas industry.

RIS recognises the importance to an

Operator and Contractor of proper asset
management in order to maximise the
return on their investments. Therefore at
RIS we offer a diverse range of specialised
industry knowledge and experience
with the aim of providing a prompt and
efficient service tailored specific to our
clients’ needs.

With divisions located in Singapore and Western Australia, RIS provides a broad range of
specialised services in the survey and inspection sector of the oil and gas industry.

Our reputation in the oil and gas industry is of the highest standard in terms of quality
and service. This has been achieved through the resourcefulness, professionalism
and dedication of our surveyors and inspectors with the committed support of RIS
management and support staff. This gives RIS a valuable competitive edge in the oil and
gas industry. To build on this advantage, we strive to hire and retain the most qualified
personnel available and maximize their skills and opportunities for success through
training and development.

Reliability
Integrity
Serviceability
Our Core Services
At RIS we offer specialised industry knowledge and
experience with a diverse range of expertise. Depending
on client demand, RIS surveyors and inspectors are on call
24/7 specifically to provide for and assist in the following
services within the oil and gas industry:
• Rig Acceptance & Safety Surveys
• Rig Condition & Benchmark Surveys
• Pre-Shipyard Evaluation Surveys
• Commissioning & Project Engineering
• Equipment Condition Evaluation & Inspection
• Subsea & Surface Well Control Equipment Inspection
• QA Services & Project Management
• Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG)
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Lifting & Lifted Equipment Inspection
Pre-Load Out Inspection
Our target market is largely based on clients in the oil and
gas industry, and we adopt a very serious approach to
providing quality service and at the same time maintain
our outstanding industry reputation within the oil and
gas industry.
At RIS we view every client as a business partner. We
have dedicated administration staff to handle different
clients’ accounts to ensure that there is a highly reliable,
efficient and personal standard of service that is delivered
with integrity.
Our People
Our surveyors and inspectors are all highly qualified
in their respective fields, with our senior personnel
having over 20 years experience working in the key
competencies of the oil and gas (both offshore and
onshore) industries. These key competencies are
Mechanical, Electrical, Well Control/Subsea, Marine/
Naval Architecture, OCTG, Lifting/Lifted, and Pre-load
Out.
This approach of offering specialized services enables
our clients to obtain the maximum efficiency out of
our surveyors and inspectors, as it permits a much
higher level of dedicated service to our clients.
RIS has a comprehensive Quality System that includes
Working Procedures as well as a HSE system, which all
our personnel work and abide to at all times.
Health & Safety
While our personnel are required to travel to various
locations for projects, both offshore and onshore,
it is essential that they be medically fit before
embarkation. For this reason, RIS ensures that every
personnel undergoes a UKOOA Offshore Medical
test to obtain a clean bill of health. For the purpose
of engaging in offshore projects, RIS also ensures
that our personnel have up-to-date Basic Offshore
Safety Induction & Emergency Training (BOSIET)
certification.
RIS maintains high standards of professionalism with
company and client QHSE policies.

RIG INSPECTION SERVICES

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Our Survey & Assessment Services
RIS undertakes extensive surveys and inspections, and then recommends measures to remediate any apparent defects
observed.

Rig Acceptance & Safety Surveys

• Testing of equipment including the protective
safety devices and safety systems
• Reviewing of certification as well as ensuring
conformity on critical well control and drilling
equipment
• Reviewing of NDT reports and lifting databases
• Reviewing of maintenance on critical equipment
Evaluating the condition of selected equipment
• Reviewing of past audits and updates on status
of action items

The scope of these surveys is tailored towards our clients’

requirements and these surveys also provide assurance
that the rig’s equipment is fit for purpose.

Rig Condition Surveys

• Drilling equipment
• Electrical generation & distribution
• Cranes & Hoisting Systems
• Main & Auxiliary equipment
• Mud systems
• Well control equipment
• Jacking system assessment
• Marine and Safety equipment
• Maintenance task compliancy
• Asset management and budget planning

Relevant standards such as the API, IADC and OEM

specifications are referenced. Also includes evaluation
of equipment and systems, recording of all parameters
and technical data on equipment condition evaluation
datasheets.

Pre-Shipyard Evaluation Surveys Commissioning & Project Engineering

• Pre-dry dock inspections for a definitive shipyard
work scope
• Compiling of accurate project work scope based
upon allocated timeline and budget
• Long term planning for asset management
• Forecasting for long lead time equipment and
parts
To assist the asset owner in determining their exact
requirements for shipyard or out-of-service periods.
• Commissioning of new build or upgrades of all types
onshore and offshore drilling rigs types
• Endurance and Performance testing of equipment
• Supervising or assisting in project engineering
support
RIS has completed several successful projects for MODUs
that are now operating under a safety case regime in
Australian waters.
Our Survey & Assessment Services

Equipment Condition Evaluation

• Analysing and verifying of internal clearances,
rotating equipment parameters and machinery
alignment
• Prioritising of unit/equipment for overhaul

All recommendations made during such an evaluation are

based on O.E.M specifications and standards. Technical
data on equipment condition is recorded on evaluation
datasheets.

Subsea & Surface Well Control

Equipment
• 1st to 6th Generation well control systems
• Hydraulic and Mux control systems
• Wireline/Inline tensioning and RAR systems
• Compensating systems – CMC, AHC & DSC
• Marine Riser Inspection and verification
• Choke and Kill Systems

Examination and analysis of critical well control

equipment. Identifying, assessing and developing control
measures to mitigate the risks of hazardous situations and
business interruptions.

QA Services & Project Coordination

• Validation services
• Verification services
• Coordination of shipyard or out of service periods for
onshore and offshore installations

RIS has represented Drilling Contractors for Validation

of Vessel Safety Case as well as for verification of
corrective action on improvement notices. We provide a
comprehensive report package including data sheets for the
equipment inspected.

We believe document control is essential when dealing with raw data

and information from surveys and inspections in order to maintain
a high level of accuracy and detail. We use a customized software
package known as Rig Survey Manager (RSM), which efficiently
compiles all of the surveyors’ input to create, edit and produce
reports within the shortest amount of time. This allows clients to
keep permanent records on the status of equipment for future
benchmarking and trend analysis purposes. This also ensures that
clients receive reports in the shortest possible time after inspection,
and also that the standard of our reports is of the highest quality.

RIG INSPECTION SERVICES

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FPSO Inspection Services
FPSO Inspection Services (FIS), a subdivision of Rig
Inspection Services (RIS), was established in 2009 by
experienced survey and inspection personnel with
‘worldwide’ FPSO Survey and Inspection expertise. FIS
is located in Singapore, with additional operational
capability and services provided from office and
workshop facilities in Perth, Western Australia.

FIS is therefore geographically placed to serve the

FPSO ‘community’ in South East Asia and Australasia,
through all phases of FPSO development, from
concept and project, to commissioning, operation
and decommissioning.

Integrated Inspection Services are available,

particularly with the advent of the FDPSO; an FPSO
with a drilling capability.

Why FPSO Inspection Services?

FIS has been established with personnel having
industry backgrounds in two main areas of expertise,
namely the marine and petro chemical production
sectors. The understanding therefore, of the diversity
of skills required for the FPSO to maximize the
operational efficiency of the FPSO has encouraged
FIS to work with and support the FPSO community
in the development and provision of Asset (the FPSO)
Integrity Management Services.

Traditional survey and inspection companies have

offered their services across a very broad spectrum
to the offshore oil and gas industry, with no one
particular focused area.

Inspection companies in general, offer inspection

services only, inspection reports and findings are
then typically submitted to clients or third parties for
review.

It is the fundamental principle in the creation of FIS

to offer services exclusively to the FPSO community.

FIS incorporates engineering expertise in order to

offer authorized recommendations and engineering
solutions, particularly with regard to the maintenance
and repair of piping systems and pressure vessels.

FPSO Inspection Services aims to support owners

and operators in maximizing the value of their assets,
by working together in the implementation and
undertaking of successful IMR strategies on the key
components of an FPSO.
FPSO Inspection Services
Inspection Services Provided By FIS
(Part 1)
FIS provides the following services and work scopes to the
FPSO community:

• Topside Process Pressure Vessel, Process &

Marine/Utility PipingEndurance and Performance
testing of equipment
• Quality Assurance and Quality Control
• Provision of Inspection Methodologies and
Plans
• Provision of Non Destructive Testing Techniques
& Disciplines
• Remote Camera / Boroscope Inspection
• BASE LINE SURVEYS – piping and pressure
vessels
• CONDITION MONITORING – API 570, 510, AS/NZ
3788 or as specified

• Hull
• Hull Structural Thickness Measurement Surveys
in accordance with Owners and or Classification
Societies Requirements
• Assistance given to Classification Societies for
Close-up Survey
• Steel Renewal Surveys
• Compilation of Hull Inspection Maintenance
Plans for Owner requirements and for
Classification Society Approval

• Electrical
• COMMISSIONING
• HAZARDOUS AREA SURVEYS
• Electrical Thermographic Surveys

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FPSO Inspection Services
Inspection Services Provided By FIS
(Part 2)
FIS provides the following services and work scopes to
the FPSO community:

• Lifting Equipment
• Load Testing
• Associated non-destructive testing
• Compilation of Lifting Equipment Register

• Maintenance & Repair

• Develop repair procedures for pressure
vessels and piping
• Rope Access weld repairs
• Rope Access coating repairs

• Consultancy Services
• Mechanical Integrity Engineering
• Marine Surveying
• FPSO Audits
• Inspection Repair & Maintenance

In addition to aforementioned survey and

inspection services on key components of the FPSO,
complementary services such as Project Management
and assistance with CMMS (computerized, maintenance,
management systems) may also be provided upon
request from clients.

FIS is currently a certified member of the following

quality and standards institutions and has classification
society approval as an external specialist.
Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG) Division
At RIS Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG) Division, we
offer specialised industry knowledge and experience to
clients with the aim of providinga a prompt and efficient
service tailored specifically to our client’s needs. Whilst
being a relatively new company, we are committed to the
oil and gas industry by investing in the latest technology
in equipment and training of our personnel.
Our resources and training programs ensure we have
a range of inspectors who are on call 24/7 and can be
mobilized within short notice to any drilling operation
whether it is land based or on an offshore installation.
This enables us to have meet client demand.
Our OCTG services include:

OCTG Inspectors are Qualified to ASNT Level II in:
• MPI ( Magnetic Particle Inspection )
• DPI ( Dye Penetrant Inspection )
• Drill pipe inspection (A.P.I, NS-2, DS1, Customer
Specification)
• All Bottom Hole Assembly (A.P.I, NS-2, DS1,
Customer Specification)

• UT ( Ultrasonic’s , compression and shear wave)
• EC ( Eddy Current)
• CSWIP ( BHA / Rotary )
• VARCO BJ Certified ( Castings)
At RIS we recognise the importance of providing prompt
and efficient service in the offshore/onshore drilling
industry. We are fully aware of the implications of the
hold ups with certification which is why RIS has invested
time and resources into the latest computer generated
reporting system. This has the ability of giving history
for every tool in which RIS has inspected within 48 hours
of inspection.
On site generated reports can also be done if required.
Some of the services offered by our OCTG Division
include:
• MWD/LWD Inspection (A.P.I, NS-2, DS1,
Customer Specification)
• Casing and Tubular Inspections Specialize In
Premium Threads Such as VAM/Hydril (API)
• All Hoisting and Non Hoisting Handling
Equipment
• Offshore Risers 100% internal scan without
disassembly
• FEI 3D Coiled tubing inspection
All tools can be inspected to any acceptance criteria
required whether it is DS1, NS2, API or Customer
specifications.
Some of our regular clients include:

• Visual acceptance of threaded connections

• Full dimensional reporting in accordance to

inspection criteria

• Magnetic Particle Inspection of threaded

inspections and handling equipment

• Dye-Penetrant Inspection of non ferromagnetic

materials

• Full Length Electromagnetic Inspection of

Tubular bodies

• Field repair to threaded rotary

shouldered connections

• Magnetic Particle Inspection and Eddy

Current of rig components

RIG INSPECTION SERVICES

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Lifting & Pre-load Out Inspection
Rig Inspection Services offers a quality assured Lifting
and Lifted equipment inspection division. Since
inception, RIS has been a NATA approved testing
laboratory.

Our NATA accreditations include:

AS/NZS ISO/IEC 17020

Type A Inspection Body

AS/NZS ISO/IEC 17025

Non Destructive Testing

Our lifting inspection service includes:

• Certified Visual Inspection of slings

and rigging

• Certified Visual Inspection of baskets, containers

and skids etc.

• Certified Visual Inspections on new builds /

modified units

• Non Destructive Testing:

- Magnetic Particle Inspection (MPI)
- LIquid Penetrant Inspection (LPI)
- Eddy Current Testing (ET)

• Offshore Inspection Service. Technician

available to travel to offshore facilities to
perform inspection and testing services

• Pre-Load Out Q.A. Inspections. Final inspection

prior to loading out to ensure equipment is
fully compliant with the requirements of all
Australian, International and Client Standards

• Management of the repair and recertification

process. This includes organising any third party
contractors to perform works onsite

• Database to track inspected equipment

Certified Visual Inspections of slings,

CVI
rigging baskets, containers and skids etc.
Magnetic Particle Inspection, inspection of
MPI lifting point on baskets, containers and skids etc.

Dye Penetrant Inspection of lifting points on

DP baskets, containers and skids etc.
Eddy Current Inspection of lifting points on
EC baskets, containers and skids etc.
Certified Visual Inspections on new
CVI builds / modified units
RIG INSPECTION SERVICES
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Reliability
Integrity
Serviceability
Houston, Texas

SINGAPORE

Darwin
Karratha, Northwest Shelf

PERTH

6, Beete Street
Welshpool
Western Australia 6106

Telephone: +61 8 9258 5777

Facsimile : +61 8 9258 6700
Mobile: +61 4 1893 3744
+61 4 0988 0393