• Reducing Non-productive Time - Increasing Performance

  • Specialists in QA/QC, Accreditation and Standards, Engineering and Training

  • Stay updated on NS-1™, NS-2™ and NS-3™

  • Years of Drilling Experience Available to Help Improve Performance

Equipment Design Reviews

Fearnley Procter Engineers often perform failure reviews on all types of equipment. The key learnings from these reviews are fed back to the report sponsor, but also captured in our in-house database.

At Fearnley Procter we strive to put that captured knowledge back into commissioned Equipment Design Reviews for new or modified equipment.

Design reviews look at several key areas:

  • Material suitability 
  • Load bearing capacity of individual components and the complete structure
  • Chemical & fatigue resistance/engineering practices
  • Possible failure modes

When working to NS-1™ for a design review there are several levels of review available.

Level 1 - Quality & Inspection for Manufacture This is the lowest level of review, where the applicants manufacturing, assembly and inspection procedures alongside manufacturing drawings are checked to ensure equipment meets requirements as specified within the appropriate section(s) of Standard NS- 1™ and other related Standards such as NS-2™ if applicable.

Level 2 - Review for Failure Prevention (includes Level 1) Along with the areas covered in a Level 1 review, Level 2 reviews ensure that the equipment has been designed with consideration to failure avoidance. Evaluations are conducted based on failure modes more commonly observed when equipment is used for purposes to which they were designed, and may require calculations to be performed for determining the maximum loading conditions equipment may be subjected to.

Level 3 - Fitness for Purpose (includes Levels 1 & 2) Along with the areas covered in Level 1 and Level 2 reviews, Level 3 reviews ensure that equipment has been assessed for functionality with tests performed and witnessed by the reviewing engineer in order to demonstrate that the equipment is capable of meeting and performing the physical functions to which it was designed for. Testing may be conducted either on surface or downhole.

Level 4 - Measurement and Analysis (includes Levels 1, 2 & 3) Plus a full process audit to assess, analyse and measure the company’s capability to maintain the necessary engineering and manufacturing controls on a continual basis or for the duration of a specific contract life.