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title: "API 580 / API 581 — Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) for fixed equipment in the oil, gas and petrochemical industry — KYE Protocol™ coverage"
description: "API 580 / API 581 — Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) for fixed equipment in the oil, gas and petrochemical industry coverage by KYE Protocol™ — every requirement bijection-mapped to the KYE™ artefact that enforces it."
url: https://kyeprotocol.com/compliance/api-580-581/
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source: "KYE Protocol"
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> API 580 / API 581 — Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) for fixed equipment in the oil, gas and petrochemical industry coverage by KYE Protocol™ — every requirement bijection-mapped to the KYE™ artefact that enforces it.

API 580 / API 581 — Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) for fixed equipment in the oil, gas and petrochemical industry

# API 580 / API 581 — Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) for fixed equipment in the oil, gas and petrochemical industry — 38% of in-scope requirements covered.

4 requirements · 4 in scope (2 designed · 2 advisory). The 38% is weighted over the in-scope base.

**Source:** API Recommended Practice 580 (RBI methodology) + API 581 (RBI quantitative technology) governing inspection planning for fixed equipment (vessels, piping, tanks) by probability × consequence of failure. KYE™ governs the authority and evidence of an AI-recommended inspect/repair/replace action and records the inspection-interval + failure-mode reference vocabulary; KYE™ does not compute the RBI probability or consequence. Starter requirement set (Wave-Ralph-Industrial); deepen by graft. · **License:** API recommended practices are copyrighted; KYE™ registry paraphrases each requirement's intent and cites the official identifier for mapping purposes only.

## By category

| Category | Reqs | Enforced | Designed | Advisory | Deferred | Coverage |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| API 580 — RBI methodology | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | **38%** |
| API 581 — RBI quantitative technology | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | **38%** |

## Every requirement → the KYE™ artefact that enforces it

| ID | Title | Status | KYE™ enforcement |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `api-580.6.0` | RBI assessment drives inspection interval and action | advisory | **dictionaries**: `internal` **constitution\_refs**: `constitution/25-EDGE-GOVERNANCE.md` |
| `api-580.10.0` | RBI decision documentation and review | designed | **rule\_packs**: `kye:rule-pack:industrial-asset-integrity` **constitution\_refs**: `constitution/21-DELEGATED-AUDITABILITY.md` |
| `api-581.2.4.3` | Probability of failure determination is engineering-owned | advisory | **dictionaries**: `internal` **constitution\_refs**: `constitution/25-EDGE-GOVERNANCE.md` |
| `api-581.5.0` | Consequence of failure and named accountability for high-consequence actions | designed | **rule\_packs**: `kye:rule-pack:industrial-asset-integrity` **dictionaries**: `internal` **constitution\_refs**: `constitution/21-DELEGATED-AUDITABILITY.md` |

Canonical KYE™ surfaces referenced on this page: [KYE Protocol™](https://kyeprotocol.com/).