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Oil and gas project and operations

management
24 September 2015, London, UK
EI member 2,300.00 (2,760.00 inc VAT)
Non-member 2,500.00 (3,000.00 inc VAT)

About this course

This course will

contribute to
your CPD

Oil and gas project and operations management Topics include:

Who should attend?

Project and operations management play major

roles in determining the success or otherwise of
oil and gas projects and companies. Key project
and operations management skills and techniques
relevant to the oil and gas industry include:
planning, estimating, modelling, organising and
controlling resources and schedules, with a view
to optimising performance and quality. In addition
teamwork, problem solving, motivation, contracts,
negotiations, risk management and handling data
and documentation are essential requirements for
successful projects and operations.

This course is designed for a multi-disciplined

audience from the project and operations sectors of
the oil and gas industry, including both professional
and support staff. The skills and industry insight
provided are also of value to corporate staff involved
in project management and planning.

The skills taught are oil-and-gas-industry specific

and can be widely applied at upstream, downstream
and corporate levels. It focuses on integrating
knowledge of projects and operations along oil and
gas supply chains.

Upstream professionals, such as engineers,

geoscientists and planners.

Attendees should include:

Managers, supervisors and project/operations

team members involved in planning,
implementing, supervising and directing
operations and projects.

Downstream professionals, such as facility

engineers and plant operators.
Corporate and asset team members involved in oil
and gas assets.

Day one:
Project management in an oil
and gas industry context

Day two:
Detailed planning, analysis and
modelling

Day three:
Performance and problem
solving

Overview of project and

operations management
process and skills

Project networks and critical

path analysis

Project team organisation,

teamwork and motivation

Exercise: precedence diagram

construction and critical path
determination

Large-scale deepwater FPSO

project developments and
operations

Planning: an essential
requirement of projects and
operations

Flawless start-up concept

Leadership, direction and

management skills

Offshore field development

Parallel engineering and

problems that arise

Project structures: activity stages

and decision gates

Videos: Deepwater drilling and

offshore field development

Videos: gas processing plant

case study

Data management, relational

databases and documentation

Probabilistic approach to project

cost-time forecasting

Project and operations risk

registers and risk assessment
methodology

Cost estimating and approval/

authorisation for expenditure

Chemical plant construction:

alternating critical paths
simulated

Exercise: ongoing operating

performance monitoring and
targets for a producing field

Project management
frameworks: PMBOK, PRINCE
and Six Sigma

Review of project planning,

scheduling and risk-analysis
software

Delegating and assigning

responsibilities effectively

Resource scheduling exercise:

developing Gantt charts

Cost-time control: milestone

monitoring, earned value and
achievement analysis

Exercise: estimating under

conditions of uncertainty

Key attributes of highperforming project managers

FEED and EPC contracting in
the oil and gas industry
Video: gas liquefaction (LNG)
plant construction project
Quantifying risks and
opportunities
Exercise: evaluating extreme
risks and contingencies
Strategies to reduce risk and
enhance opportunities

Contracts and procurement:

issues and risks
Exercise: tendering, competitive
bidding and bid evaluation
Resource procurement and the
supply chain
Contracts that share risk:
alliance, incentive and gain
share contracts

Quality, health, safety, security

and environmental systems
Managing pipeline and other
transportation assets
Key performance indicators
for measuring operating
performance
Problem solving versus decisionmaking
Structured and systematic
approaches to problem solving
Innovation and creativity
Confronting a crisis and
contingency planning
Securing project closure and
learning from the outcomes
Delivering project and
operational objectives

For more information please

contact Nick Wilkinson
t: +44 (0)20 7467 7100
e: [email protected]

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