Petroleum processing projects

Abstract

There are many activities carried out by a company in installing a new or revamped facility. Much of the initial work in executing a project is carried out by the company's development engineers in a series of "Front End Loading" (FEL) stages to help insure the right facility is being built with the right economics. The discussion of project economics in the handbook chapter on economics and planning meshes with the FEL efforts. Once the facility is well-defined, the company will establish a team to execute the project. This chapter details the steps in project execution starting at the FEL stage and continuing through detailed design, guarantees, and into on-stream operation.