Hervé Baron
ProsernatHerve Baron is the author of Technip's TheOil & Gas Engineering Guide. The third edition was released in November 2018. Readers’ comments about this article are welcomed. Baron may be contacted by email.
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Take a closer look at heat exchangers, including the various types and designs available, applications, and selection considerations. This article helps the project engineer, who is not an equipment specialist, to check that economical choices are made across all involved disciplines. -
The specification and selection of equipment is the responsibility of the static equipment engineer, based on requirements specified by other disciplines, including process, materials, and plant layout. These guidelines contain cost-effective recommendations for design, materials, and fabrication.
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The EPC engineering workflow is synopsized as a one-page view.
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Do you have what it takes to manage engineering on an EPC job? This 10-question quiz will tell.
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Want to do a quick test of your project execution skills? Try this 10-question quiz.
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In the first part of this series, the author explained why the current way of performing FEED does not allow minimization of costs by optimizing the design. In this article, he describes how the current contractual setup of the EPC also fails to minimize the costs of equipment/materials and works.
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In this first of a two-part series, the author describes why the use of lump sum contracts for FEED services contract followed by an EPC contract does not fulfil the requirements to lower oil and gas facilities capex.
