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Project definition
onshore and offshore

Project definition
Petrofac undertakes field development planning, feasibility,
concept and FEED studies for offshore and onshore
projects. It is during these phases that our Engineering
Services consultancy team can potentially provide world
class solutions to positively progress the project forward
both technically and commercially. We execute work for
both greenfield/new and brownfield/existing developments.

Offshore concept development

Identification and assessment of development options for
offshore facilities, whether they are based on fixed or
floating structures concepts, is crucial in the selection of
the most cost effective solution to take forward to the
following project phases and to support customers
investment decisions.
Heavy lift
assessment

0%

Risers and
umbilicals

Influence
curve

Installation
analysis

Consultancy services

EPC

Detailed
Design

FEED

Concept

Mooring
design

Feasibility

Opportunity to influence value

100%

Project
Process

Petrofac has extensive experience in the design of

onshore/offshore facilities for both oil & gas treatment
facilities and, therefore, is able to produce designs that
are fully integrated with any downstream facilities.
Our concept development work is supported by a cost
estimating function that reflects the very latest cost
information through our worldwide procurement capability.
At the concept level our design teams provide robust and
practical solutions which incorporate Petrofacs extensive
EPC and operations experience both onshore and offshore.
This experience has been gained through executing
projects in some of the most environmentally and climatic
challenging regions of the world. Using this approach
ensures that the correct level of experience is mobilised at
the earliest opportunity within a project where its influence
can add the most value.
Integrated field development planning
For execution of field development planning, Petrofac
consultants and engineers are accustomed to interfacing
with client sub-surface personnel to jointly develop the
optimum sub-surface/surface solution for the asset.
Hence, particularly within our consultancy team, there is
an understanding and appreciation of the potential issues
associated with aspects such as flowing wellhead
pressure on productivity, gathering network pressure
drop, artificial lift methods, water injection for reservoir
pressure maintenance, gas injection for reservoir pressure
maintenance and plateau production periods. Our
workflow methods for feasibility and concept studies
typically include means of handling data uncertainty by
developing and costing options for variation in wellhead/
arrival pressures, artificial lift and injection/disposal of gas
and water and fluid composition.

Offshore
design

Vessel
motions

Transportation
analysis

Facilities
design
Jacket
design

Onshore concept development

Feasibility phase
The objective is to demonstrate both technical and
economic viability.
Petrofac recognises that every project is unique and we
develop specific solutions considering issues such as
hydrocarbon properties, impurities (H2S, wax, sand, salt),
production gathering system architecture, plant and camp
location, processing scheme, refinery configuration, export
& storage of products (oil/gas/NGL/LPG/LNG, gasoline,
diesel, kerosene), power generation, utility systems
integration and enhanced oil recovery methods. Our cost
estimates at this stage are developed at screening level.
Concept phase
On completing feasibility assessment, the objective would
be to select the best option(s) and further define to reduce
risk and improve project cost estimate accuracy. Typical
issues include; multi-phase or single phase production
flowlines, optimum facilities location, conceptual plant
layout, materials selection for plant and pipelines, process
plant technology selection (oil, gas, LNG, refining and
GTL), process and safety studies, operability, control,
overpressure protection, power generation/supply,
machinery selection, long lead Item identification,
environmental and disposal issues.
The cost estimate will consider market conditions,
construction methodology, country specific infrastructure
and labour productivity. Our estimating function utilises
the very latest cost information through our worldwide
procurement capability.

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FEED phase
Following successful option identification and assessment
during the concept phase, a FEED is an essential part of
the project lifecycle. A robust FEED will deliver not just the
final concept to be taken forward into construction, but
will also provide the estimate for final sanction together
with the documentation for the next contracting phases.
In addition, in the current climate where schedules are
challenging and key equipment often on long delivery
times, the FEED output will enable procurement activity to
commence prior to main contract award.

Group synergies
In addition to the experience and capability within
Petrofac Engineering Services, we can call upon a range
of Petrofac group companies in order to deliver an
optimised development service.

Offshore FEED
We have extensive experience in executing projects for
offshore oil and gas production facilities including the
development of both greenfield and brownfield
developments that cover the following:

well construction and operations (SPD)

- well construction, well engineering and drilling
consultancy

minimum facility fixed platforms

floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO)
integrated drilling, processing and export platforms
mobile drilling and production units
subsea production facilities.

Our core facilities design expertise is supplemented with

specialist offshore capability that includes installation
design (transportation and lifting), mooring analysis, riser
design, offshore piling design, vessel motion analysis and
flow assurance.
Onshore FEED
Our onshore FEEDs are supported from our full in-house
multi-discipline engineering resource pool including:
process engineering (including flow assurance and
dynamic simulation)
instrument engineering (control systems, field
Instruments and metering)
electrical engineering
metallurgy and materials engineering
piping layout design
piping engineering (including piping stress analysis and
materials)
civil engineering
structural engineering
risk, safety & environmental engineering
pipeline engineering.

These include:
Plant Asset Management (PAM)
- maintenance and structural integrity
- operational and project management consultancy

petroleum technology (Eclipse)

- field development optimisation
- production modelling
- well life cycle risk management
- production optimisation software PetroAtlasTM.
Global support
The Engineering Services consultancy is a company
centre of excellence for conceptual development studies.
Its experienced personnel provide consultancy and
support from feasibility through all phases of project to all
aspects of operation, maintenance and inspection to its
customers around the world as well as to other Petrofac
offices in Sharjah, Chennai, Mumbai, Indonesia, London
and Aberdeen.

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Offshore design experience

Petrofac has been involved in a variety of projects that
include the following:
Norwegian North Sea: conceptual development of
floating production facilities
Conceptual development of facilities to support 60
100,000 bopd production in a 400m water depth in the
Norwegian North Sea. Options considered covered both
new build and using an existing FPSO.

integration with existing facilities and preparing design

and operating philosophies, preliminary plot plans, safety
and constructability reviews, interfaces and tie-ins and a
CAPEX cost estimate.
Turkmenistan: conceptual design & FEED of early
production phase
Concept study and design of 5BCMA treated gas export
from future 20BCMA project gathered from 40 operating
wells.

Tunisia: conceptual and FEED design of normally

unmanned facilities
Concept development followed by FEED for normally
unattended facilities to support new 150 MMSCFD gas
processing and treatment plant. Scope included a 110km
18 multiphase subsea pipeline.

Oman: concept engineering on four fields

Study to identify and cost a minimum equipment
development scheme for the production of 170 MMscfd
gas with minimum overall cost fit for purpose gas receipt
facilities to transfer gas and condensate from the fields to
the gas plant.

Malaysia: concept development using mobile

production unit
Concept development in 65m water depth using wellhead
tower, converted mobile production unit and tanker
offloading system.

United Kingdom: conceptual and feasibility studies for

oil and gas field developments
Field development planning studies, pre-FEED and FEED
engineering, technical assurance, risk, safety and
environmental engineering.

UK North Sea: concept development and FEED for

Southern North Sea
Concept development for shallow water gas development
that included the use of an innovative subsea cooler
system.

Tanzania: conceptual development of onshore facilities

Conceptual development of facilities fed from 3 offshore
and 12 onshore wells, to increase production from
70MMscfd to 110MMscfd.

Nigeria: FEED development for shallow water fixed

platforms
FEED for near shore facilities for production of 60,000
bopd. The facilities included separation, utilities and
power generation and were bridge linked to existing
facilities. Petrofac subsequently undertook the detail
design of the facilities.
UK North Sea: FEED and EPC for tie-back facilities
Additional module for single well tie-back to support 15
MMSCFD production together with compression facilities
and 10km subsea pipeline. Concept based on standalone
hang off module installed on an existing platform was
specifically designed to maximise onshore completion
and commissioning thus minimising expensive offshore
construction work.
Onshore design experience
Algeria: concept study for LPG extraction system
Study to investigate technology options and development
of optimized LPG extraction system. Scope included

Algeria: FEED design competition

FEED for oil and gas gathering system and central
processing facilities to tie in to existing facilities. Peak oil
production of 30,000 BOPD with 100 MMscfd gas.
Uganda: FEED service for oil plant and export pipeline
Production gathering, main process plant with capacity
for 40,00BOPD and 80km heated pipeline.
Kazakhstan: FEED project for phase III facilities
FEED to manage the increasing Gas Oil Ratio (GOR) of the
reservoir fluid with time and capturing the value in the gas
reserves. Project focused on delivery of 16 BCMA of gas to
existing customer in Russia, which entailed an increase of
approximately 8 BCMA over previous gas export quantities.
Gabon: conceptual design for gas treatment and
compression facilities
Concept for gas treatment and compression systems with
water make-up, treatment and injection facilities including
associated pipelines/flowlines. This involved maximising
the use of free-issue turbo-machinery (LP & HP
compressors, power generators and water injection pump).

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