Offshore Projects and Engineering Management

Offshore Projects and Engineering Management delivers a critical training tool for engineers on how to prepare cost estimates and understand the most recent management methods. Specific to the oil and gas offshore industry, the reference dives into project economics, interface management and contracts. Methods for analyzing risk, activity calculations and risk response strategies are covered for offshore, FPSO and pipelines. Supported with case studies, detailed discussions, and practical applications, this comprehensive book gives oil and gas managers a management toolbox to extend asset life, reduce costs and minimalize impact to personnel and environment.

Oil and gas assets are under constant pressure and engineers and managers need engineering management training and strategies to ensure their operations are safe and cost effective. This book helps manage the ramp up to the management of offshore structures.

• Discusses engineering management for new and existing offshore platforms, including FPSOs and subsea pipelines
• Presents everything a reader needs to understand the most recent PMP modules and management methods
• Provides the best tools, tactics and forms through several practical case studies

Project manager; project engineer or any technical discipline working for offshore projects

1. Offshore Projects characteristics
1.1 Offshore projects
1.2 Offshore project management
1.3  Offshore project stages
1.4 Offshore project scope
1.5 Project execution plan
1.6 Offshore Brown Field Project 
1.7 Offshore project management characteristics
1.8 The successful offshore project
1.9  Offshore Project staff roles
1.10 Offshore project management task

2. Engineering and Interface Management
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Engineering management for offshore project
2.3 Offshore project interfaces
2.4 Interface management role
3. Offshore project economics and cost estimate
3.1 Economic analysis
3.2 Cost estimate
3.3 Project cost control

4. Offshore Project Time schedule
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Responsibility of the team
4.3 Expected activity time duration
4.4 Calculate the activity time period
4.5 Preparation of time schedule
4.6 Time schedule and project measurement
4.7 Planning summary

5. Human Resource Challenges
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Offshore Project Organization types
5.3 Work break down structure WBS
5.4 Organization breakdown structure OBS
5.5 OBS/WBS Matrix
5.6 Work packages
5.7 Project manager roles and responsibility
5.8 Allocate resources to the project plan
5.8 Relationship between project parties
5.9 Document and Information Transfer
5.10 Project Information Transfer protocol

6. Contracts and procurement
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Bidders prequalification
6.3 Offshore projects Contracts
6.4 Contract For Engineering Studies
6.5 Project Tender Package
6.6 Concept of ISO project Contracts
6.7 Concept of FIDIC Contracts
6.8 Contracts General Conditions
6.9 Concept of Arbitration Process
6.10 Offshore projects Tenders Types
6.11 Procurement process
6.12 Project Closeout Report

7. Construction, installation and quality management
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Construction and installation management
7.3 Total quality management
7.4 Contractors quality evaluation
7.5 Construction and Installation phase
7.6 Quality in Commissioning and Start up Phase

8. Practical risk management for offshore structure
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Risk Definition
8.3 General project risks
8.4 Sources of Project Uncertainty
8.5 Offshore project Risk Assessment
8.6 Filtering and Grouping the Risks
8.7 Methods of Analyzing risks
8.8 Risk Response Planning, Strategies and mitigation
8.9 Ways of Risk transfer

Appendix-A: Project abbreviations
References