Integrity means ensuring a pipeline and all its associated equipment are operating properly.
The physical integrity of equipment is designed to operate within certain limits. At some prescribed interval, companies should review the safe operating limits (SOL) of their equipment and ensure that all of the required safeguards are in place and are consistent with current design. This requires a thorough review of equipment in service, it’s design parameters, current protection systems, and alarm functions. The intent of a SOL review is to ensure that no changes have been made to a system that would allow it to operate outside the designed operating conditions.
