Routine Progress Meetings and Conferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817
The Master Construction Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818
Monitoring the Construction Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818
The Field Move In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819
Monitoring the Field Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819
Final Activities of the Project Team-Mechanical Completion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820
Developing the Operating Manual, Procedures, and Plant Commissioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820
Developing the Operating Manual and Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820
Appendices to the Operating Manual . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 824
Plant Commissioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824
Start-Up and Lining Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 827
Performance and Guarantee Test Runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828
Process Guarantees and the Guarantee Test Run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828
Description of the Design Feedstock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830
Test Run Conditions and the Guarantee of Product Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831
The Hydraulic Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832
Utility Consumption Guarantees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832
Appendix 1: An Example of a Process Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 833
XYZ Refinery Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 833
Appendix 2: An Example of a Process Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 835
XYZ Refinery Project Contract 1234 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 835
Thermal Cracker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 835
Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 836
Qualifications for Guarantees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837
Performance Test Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 838
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.
Keywords
Refinery • Project • Front-end loading • Guarantee • Specifications • Flow
diagram
Introduction to Project Execution
This chapter deals with the activities that are carried out by a refinery in installing
a new or revamped facility which has been approved by the mechanism defined
in the handbook chapter “▶ Petroleum Refinery Planning and Economics.” Much
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The Master Construction Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818
Monitoring the Construction Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818
The Field Move In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819
Monitoring the Field Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819
Final Activities of the Project Team-Mechanical Completion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820
Developing the Operating Manual, Procedures, and Plant Commissioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820
Developing the Operating Manual and Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820
Appendices to the Operating Manual . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 824
Plant Commissioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824
Start-Up and Lining Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 827
Performance and Guarantee Test Runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828
Process Guarantees and the Guarantee Test Run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828
Description of the Design Feedstock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830
Test Run Conditions and the Guarantee of Product Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831
The Hydraulic Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832
Utility Consumption Guarantees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832
Appendix 1: An Example of a Process Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 833
XYZ Refinery Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 833
Appendix 2: An Example of a Process Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 835
XYZ Refinery Project Contract 1234 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 835
Thermal Cracker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 835
Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 836
Qualifications for Guarantees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837
Performance Test Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 838
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.
Keywords
Refinery • Project • Front-end loading • Guarantee • Specifications • Flow
diagram
Introduction to Project Execution
This chapter deals with the activities that are carried out by a refinery in installing
a new or revamped facility which has been approved by the mechanism defined
in the handbook chapter “▶ Petroleum Refinery Planning and Economics.” Much
788
D.S.J. Jones and S.A. Treese