Front End Loading in Oil & Gas Projects

What are the Goals?

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

• Learn about the life cycle of oil and gas projects
• Understand how to select between different field development options
• Determine the main elements of project management stages
• Identify different risks encountered in the oil and gas projects
• Appreciate the challenges encountered during the FEL phase

Who is this Training Course for?

This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Engineers from all disciplines who are new to the oil and gas industry
• Managers and executives
• Project engineers
• Planners and cost control engineers
• Operation and maintenance engineers and technicians
• Engineers who are new to the offshore and subsea industries
• Engineers who have experience in oil and gas industry but want to enhance their understanding of different of FEL. 

Daily Agenda

Day One: Introduction to Front-End Loading (FEL) in the Onshore, Offshore and Subsea Industries

• Oil and Gas Field development and Life Cycle   
• Introduction to Shallow water Offshore Engineering 
• Introduction to Deepwater Subsea Engineering          
• Introduction to FPSO
• Selection and Field Development options (Offshore structures, FPSO, subsea systems)    
• Major documents and deliverables in the pre-FEED and Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) stages (Example for onshore and offshore projects)   
• Project team organisation and project interfaces
• Workshops and Group exercise  

Day Two: The FEL Stages

• Shallow water and deep water development options (dry tree versus wet tree)
• Planning for the field development (main items such as site survey and geotechnical investigation for onshore and offshore projects, etc)
• Project schedule (overall life cycle project schedule and schedule of FEL phase)
• Life Cycle Costing in Oil & Gas  
• Cost estimation (role of thumb of high level cost estimation, benchmarking of project cost estimation for shallow water, subsea and onshore projects)
• Next stages (main deliverables of detailed engineering) –
• Case studies, Workshops and Group exercises   

Day Three: Project Management and Risk Management

• Oil and gas project management process and stages (Initiation, Planning, Controlling & Monitoring, Close-out   
• Planning & Progress Measurement (Document register, S curves, Measuring progress, etc) 
• Management of Change (MOC)
• Risk in Asset Management  
• Risk assessment process (risk register, risk matrix, risk mitigation, etc)
• Risk management and Risk based inspection   
• Risk assessment tools and methodologies
• Workshops and Group exercises

Day Four: Challenges and Threats

• Route Selection                       
• Flow Assurance             
• Material Selection and quality management          
• Threats to Onshore pipelines     
• Threats to Offshore pipelines and subsea facilities 

Day Five: FEED Stage Design Considerations for Offshore Facilities

• Offshore Topside Facilities Layout     
• FPSO layout
• Design and Operation Considerations
• Class, Regulations, Operation, Inspection, Maintenance Requirements
• Metocean data, mooring lines, anchors