Project Management in the Oil and Gas Industry

Library of Congr ess Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
ISBN 978-1-119-08361-0
Printed in the United States of America 
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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This book is dedicated to the spirits of my mother and my father, and 
to my wife and my children Maey, Hisham, and Mayar.

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Contents
Preface xv
About the Author 
xvii
1 How to Manage Oil and Gas Projects 
1
1.1 The Principal of Project Management 
1
1.2 Project 
Characteristics 
2
1.3 Project Life Cycle 
5
1.3.1 Initiation of the Project 
7
1.3.1.1 Getting to the Scope Baseline 
9
1.3.2 Feasibility 
Study 
10
1.3.3 FEED (Preliminary) Engineering 
11
1.3.4 Detail 
Engineering 
15
1.3.5 Decision Support Package 
17
1.3.6 Design 
Management 
19
1.3.7 Execution 
Phase 
20
1.3.8 Commissioning and Startup 
21
1.4 Is this Project Successful? 
22
1.4.1 Project Management Goals 
22
1.4.1.1 Project Integration Management 
23
1.4.1.2 Project Scope Management 
23
1.4.1.3 Project Time Management 
24
1.4.1.4 Project Cost Management 
24
1.4.1.5 Project Quality Management 
24
1.4.1.6 Project Human Resource Management 
25
1.4.1.7 Project Communications Management 
25
1.4.1.8 Project Risk Management 
25
1.4.1.9 Project Procurement Management 
25
1.5 Project Management Tasks 
26
1.5.1 Define the Project Target 
26
1.5.2 Define the Scope of Work 
27
1.5.3 Define the Time Frame 
27

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1.5.4 Define the Available Resources 
27
1.5.5 Define the Cost 
28
1.5.6 Evaluate the Master Plan 
28
1.5.7 Accept the Master Plan 
28
1.5.8 Schedule Follow Up 
29
1.5.9 Cost Follow Up 
29
1.5.10 Comparing Between Actual Work
and Master Plan Cost 
29
1.5.11 Performance 
Evaluation 
29
1.6 Project Manager Skill 
30
Quiz 31