As of 5 February 2025, Gizil has officially joined USPI as a member. We are pleased to welcome Esma Gulten, who will represent Gizil on the USPI Management Board (MB). We look forward to a successful and productive collaboration.

ReVisionz officially joined USPI and the FL3DMS project as a member on January 24, 2025. We are pleased to welcome Curtis Bookout, who will represent ReVisionz as a USPI Management Board (MB) member and actively contribute to the project's in-depth discussions. We look forward to a productive collaboration!

Dear USPI members and interested parties

Hereby our annual update on the activities and plans of USPI. It starts with a summary of data standardization developments in the process industries and in

USPI. It subsequently moves on to our plans for the coming period, in which more will be published on our website in due course.

USPI Safari: Use and Benefits of 3D Models in Commissioning

USPI held a Safari session focused on the critical build-up of 3D/2D data and equipment information to facilitate successful commissioning.
The Safari was held online on Thursday, February 13, 2025, from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM (UTC+01:00) Amsterdam.

What is the Facilities Lifecycle 3D Model Standard (FL3DMS)?

FL3DMS is a USPI initiative that aims to achieve standardization across the process- and energy supply chains for the development, use and maintenance of 3D models. A team of 3D model subject matter experts were assembled from Owners, Contractors and Software Suppliers to deliver a standard.

Whilst working on the project, the team has developed a number of deliverables to achieve this goal.

·        The initial release, R 1.0 included a 3D Model Standard based on the company standards of the participants. It also included a Business Case for standardizing and maintaining 3D models during the lifecycle of a facility, based on experience from the Owners.

• An subsequent release of the standard, R 1.1, included unique numbering of the text clauses in the standard to enable requirements management, embedment in company standards and version history.
• In this latest release, 1.2, best practices for requirements writing has been applied and the requirements numbering has been extended to the 3D Model content requirements table. The release also includes a 3D Model Lifecycle Management Guide to guide Owners on how to manage 3D Models to extract more value from them.
• The future releases are expected to include greater specifics on As Built requirements, Modelling of Equipment/Skids, and 3D Model data needed to support Advance Work Packaging (AWP) and corrosion management.  An implementation guide is also planned to accompany the next release. 

Insights from the USPI Safari about Greenhouse Gas:

The USPI Safari on Greenhouse Gas recently brought together 31 experts from the oil and gas sector in a webinar, led by Ian Cornwell from Kraken IM.

The purpose of the webinar was to present and discuss a possible role of international IM standards in the domain of greenhouse gas emissions and to explore in what stage of capital projects such standards would have maximum impact on GHG emission reduction.