Project Management in the Oil and Gas Industry
Practical Risk Management for Oil and Gas Projects
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2.Project management in the oil and gas industry 2016
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8 Practical Risk Management for Oil and Gas Projects
287 8.1 Introduction 287 8.1.1 The Risk Management Process 288 8.2 Project Risks 289 8.3 Risk Assessment 293 8.4 Risk Identification 294 8.4.1 Methods of Defining Risk 296 8.4.1.1 Brainstorming 296 8.4.1.2 Delphi Technique 297 8.4.1.3 Nominal Group Technique 298 8.4.1.4 Crawford Slip 299 8.4.1.5 Expert Interviews 299 8.4.1.6 Root Cause Identification 300 8.4.1.7 Checklists 300 8.4.1.8 Documentation Reviews 300 8.4.2 Grouping the Risks 301 8.5 Define Priorities 302 8.5.1 Matrix Method 302 8.5.2 Tabulated Method 303 8.6 Risk Response Planning and Strategies 305 8.7 Risk Monitoring and Control 306 8.8 Example 307 8.9 Operations risk 310 8.10 Methods of Risk Avoidance 312 Quiz 313 References 315 Preface Oil and gas projects have special characteristics that need a different tech- nique in project management. The development of any country depends on the development of the energy reserve through investing in oil and gas projects through onshore and offshore exploration, drilling, and increasing facility capacities. Therefore, these projects need a sort of management match with their characteristics. Project management is the main tool to achieving a suc- cessful project. This book focuses on using practical tools and methods that are widely and successfully used in project management for oil and gas projects. Most engineers study all subjects, but focus on project management in housing projects, administration projects, and commercial buildings or other similar projects. However, oil and gas projects have their own requirements and characteristics in management from the owners, engi- neering offices, and contractors’ side. This book is not only addressed to graduating engineers who wish to improve their skills in project management, but also to upper level man- agement. This book covers all of the project management subjects from an industrial point of view specifically for petroleum projects. The aim of this book is to be helpful to any engineering discipline or staff in sharing or applying the work of a petroleum project. Why do the senior managers accept this project and refuse the others? Why does this company have huge investments in this country, but little investments on another countries, especially in oil and gas projects? These questions are always on our mind, so it is important to discuss them clearly. Knowledge is power. When you understand well, you will do well. Therefore, in this book, we will illustrate exactly what the project manager is thinking when they are working on a project and what their objectives and goals are. On the other hand, we will discuss what team members may be thinking through the project stages and what their objectives and goals are. xv xvi Preface The main tools in managing the project, which are time, resources, cost, and quality management, shall be illustrated by using practical examples from petroleum projects. I have worked in a major rehabilitation project for offshore structures with the best in class international companies from the owner, engineering offices, contractors, and suppliers and everything has matched with the PMP guide. The project management staff and all the team members have ideal skills and competence as described in many textbooks, but unfortu- nately the end users are not fully satisfied, which is a situation that usually faces us in industrial projects. The solution to this problem is proposed by using a whole building commissioning system that is used successfully in an administration building and this management system is clearly illus- trated in this book. This book tries to be practical and, at the same time, match with the Project Management Professional (PMP) guide, so we selected one hun- dred questions from the PMP exam to help you obtain the certificate. We chose questions that present actual cases we face in managing industrial projects. Mohamed Abdallah El-Reedy, Ph.D Email: elreedyma@gmail.com www.elreedyma.comli.com Cairo, Egypt |
