As an authorized reseller of the Equity Engineering Group’s API RBI software, Bayer Technology Services is pleased to offer this state-of-the-art software as part of our KBIS system or as a standalone product. Developed as a joint industry project by members from the major refining and petrochemical companies, API RBI software technology was vetted and standardized through the API consensus balloting process, ensuring approval and acceptance by industry experts worldwide. API RBI is the industry-wide standard for measuring risk.

API RBI V8.0 is available as a network or single-use PC application. The software drives the technology with a powerful calculator engine through an easy-to-use interface.

The core API RBI V8.0 technology has been updated and improved to produce more accurate risk calculations. Its use has been broadened to other industries, materials and process applications beyond pressure vessels and piping. Integrated modules include fixed equipment, heat exchangers, atmospheric storage tanks, and pressure relief devices.

Various companies have developed RBI approaches based on API 580, but most tend to be “black-box” approaches that are too generic to accurately define an auditable inspection/maintenance plan and provide measures of inspection program improvement. While others may focus on aesthetics, API RBI focuses on sound technology to produce risk numbers you can trust.

Updates to the technology behind API RBI will continue to be documented in API 581, Risk-Based Inspection – Base Resource Document. As custodians of API RBI, the Equity Engineering Group will continue to pioneer probability of failure and consequence modeling technology in conjunction with risk-based inspection planning methods, and bring that technology to API for standardization.