Commissioning of Offshore Oil and Gas Projects
The Manager's Handbook A strategic and tactical guide to the successful planning and execution of the commissioning of large complex offshore facilities
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This book is specifically directed at Commissioning Managers, Project Managers and senior Project Planners but also provides valuable and useful information that will assist Engineering Managers, Construction Managers, Commissioning Leads and Commissioning engineers in performing their jobs. The concept of the book has been to break the commissioning activity down into four main phases, namely; planning, preparation, execution and documentation/hand-over. The goal has been to identify the main areas where managers need to keep their focus- the key success factors – in order to prevent schedule and budget overruns. We have chosen to narrow the focus down to the single most important elements of each of the four main phases; those that contribute the most, and hence can make or break a project. Contrary to what one might think, it is not the delay of major project milestones such as sail-away from module yards, module lift at integration site or delays in offshore laying activities that constitutes the major delay factors on a project. It is all the other important big or small issues that pop up along the way that you have not properly prepared for that make the biggest difference. This book also provides some very accurate experience data on what you can expect in terms of overrunning your initial estimates if you don’t seriously pick up on, and resolve the issues dealt with herein. Figures quoted in this book reflect multi-module large projects. Smaller projects have the same issues, but figures may have to be scaled down to suit. The book focuses only on the key issues that you need to resolve and does not provide specific references or recommendations as to tools and equipment. We have tried to put the issues in a Continuous Improvement perspective throughout the book in order to encourage you to structure your work in such a way that you always analyze the issues first, then improve and follow up on actions, the Continuous Improvement Circle. To our knowledge, a book such as this has never been published before. We sincerely think that this book will assist you tremendously in performing your job, and we hope you enjoy reading it as much as we have enjoyed writing it. Good luck!
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About the Book
You have never seen a book like this before! The information, data and presentation scheme make this book unique! The book describes the utmost importance of thorough planning and preparations to streamline the execution of your project, in order to avoid the spectacular cost and schedule overruns often encountered on today’s mega-projects in the oil and gas industry. It explains, in practical terms, which strategic principles, tools, techniques, structure and organization you need to have in place to assure yourself that your project will meet the cost and schedule targets. The book focuses on the all-important Commissioning phase, the stage of the game where all the poor planning and preparations manifest themselves as costly delays. The book should be mandatory on all project managers’ desks, and in all management students’ curriculums.
About the Author
Trond Bendiksen and Geoff Young have over twenty-five years of experience each in the oil and gas industry worldwide. They have worked with all the major players in the industry and versified projects ranging from all types of fixed platforms to FPSO’s. Their excellent ability to transform their project management expertise and skills into this unique practical publication will now benefit every project manager in the industry.