Design Engineering
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- Profiles
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Transitioning field development projects from the early project phases to the engineering, procurement and construction phase demands agility, accuracy, control and flexibility. Because these early assessments are so critical, it pays to have the right tools and people in place.
Siemens Oil & Gas Consulting offers field development planning, concept selection and design, and front-end engineering and design (FEED) for onshore and offshore upstream projects. Our capabilities, tools and experience help ensure rapid, configurable and auditable transitions from the concept stage to the EPC stage.
Our consultants deliver complete technical definition, capital expense and operational cost estimates for oil and gas projects worldwide. We offer a full range of project, process, mechanical facilities, I&E design and engineering disciplines.
- Concept selection/screening studies
- Concept development
- Cost estimating
- FEED or conceptual products
- Design reviews
- Brownfield project development
- Project management
- Facilities engineering
- Process engineering
- Mechanical engineering
- I/E engineering
- Drafting
Novel Gas Transportation Technology Company
The purpose of this project was to perform engineering design work required to provide a cost estimate based on an end user flow rate and composition, dealing with a near offshore production of stranded gas fields, liquefaction and marine transport to a site within a one or two day sail for regasification. The pre-FEED execution was carried out entirely in Houston by the Siemens Upstream team. Support was provided by various Siemens groups where our product solutions were quoted (compression, turbine drive power generation, variable frequency drives, integrated control/safety/power management system, water treatment and potable and fresh water).
Project Outcome
- Project design basis
- Project cost estimate
- Simulation
- Process flow diagrams
- P&IDs
- Equipment sizing
- General arrangement drawings
- Weight estimate
- RFQs and budgetary estimates for major items
- Integrated control system topology
- Instrument index and I/O count
- SAFE charts
- Electrical one lines and load list
- Hazardous area location drawings
Major U.S. Pipeline Company
The purpose of this project was to enhance the safety systems at the facilities via consolidation into a single facility. Existing equipment from one salt-dome storage facility was re-located to the other. A new 69 kV electrical feed (coordinated with the utility company) was required to operate the pumps. There was ample space at the new storage facility to construct a new manifold and piperack, move, refurbish and install eight pumps leading from one facility to the other, install a new maintenance flare system (flare, KO drum and pump), upgrade the instrument air system (new compressor and receiver) and install a new analyzer building, pump control building and a substation and transformer.
Project Outcome
- Project design basis
- Project cost estimate
- Project schedule
- Surveys
- Process flow diagrams
- P&IDs
- Plot plans
- Electrical drawings
- Interface with the utility company
- Data sheets
- Process and electrical studies
- Supporting calculations
- Piping isometrics
- Civil drawings
- Preparation of RFQs, bid tabs, and POs
Major National Oil Company
The development space for this project was a 6,500 km2 area that comprises a number of separate hydrocarbon deposits located in Algeria. The development consisted of fields within two blocks. The main objective of this study was to identify the most appropriate course of action for the development of the blocks to maximize value for this company. In order to meet this objective, the study selected the optimum surface facilities.
Project Outcome
- Design basis
- Process simulations
- Heat & material balances - Process flow diagrams/utility flow diagrams
- Equipment list
- Cost estimate and report
| Client | Project Location | Project Type | Project Scope |
| Nordstream | Baltic Sea | Detail Engineering | Provide Process, automation and Safety engineering for a large gas pipeline from Russia to Germany |
| Chevron | Angola | Pre-FEED | Offshore Oil and Gas production development |
| SeaOne Martime Corporation | South China Sea | Feasibility Study | Basic Engineering Package for novel gas liquefaction facility offshore |
| ExxonMobil Pipeline Company (EMPCo) | USA | FEED and Detailed Engineering | Provide FEED and Detailed Engineering Services for consolidating two pipeline terminals |
| BP Exploration Alaska (BPXA) | Alaska North Slope | Project Benchmarking | Technical and Cost benchmarking for onshore oil and gas developments |
| ExxonMobil Development Company (EMDC) | Various | Concept Evaluation | Provide conceptual estimates and designs for various onshore and offshore field development projects. |
| Gaz de France (GdF) | Libya | Concept Evaluation | Provide a technical and cost (CAPEX and OPEX) estimate for an onshore gas field development. |
| ExxonMobil Pipeline Company (EMPCo) | USA | FEED and Detailed Engineering | Provide FEED and detailed engineering for a well conversion project. |
| SeaOne | Various | Concept Screening and Design | Provide basic engineering studies for variety of concepts/throughputs for a novel gas transmission technology |
| ExxonMobil Pipeline Company (EMPCo) | USA | Conceptual Design | Provide pre-FEED engineering for a well conversion project. |
| Gaz de France | Algeria | Concept Evaluation | Provide a technical and cost estimate for an onshore field gas development. |
| ExxonMobil Development Company (EMDC) | USA | Concept Evaluation | Provide a conceptual design for an onshore gas field in Alaska. |
| Chevron | Libya | Concept Evaluation | Provide engineering assistance with a field re-development estimate using enhanced oil recovery (EOR) with CO2. |
| ConocoPhillips | Norway | Concept Evaluation | Assist with a technical and cost estimate and comparison for a field in the North Sea. |
| Marathon Detroit Refinery | USA | Engineering Study | Evaluate and recommend solutions to a flare header freeze problem for a refinery. |
| ChevronTexaco | Nigeria | Concept Screening and Design | Provide conceptual engineering estimates for a project located in southern Nigerian creeks consisting of concrete barges. Mix of brownfield and greenfield projects, with equipment lists, utility requirements, cost and weight estimates being generated. |
| ExxonMobil Development Company (EMDC) | Various | Project Benchmarking | FPSO Benchmarking Study – Benchmark OGM against actual project data |
| ExxonMobil Development Company (EMDC) | Indonesia | Concept Evaluation | Onshore Gas Development Study – Develop estimate for onshore gas field |
| ConocoPhillips | Alaska and Russia | Concept Evaluation | Evaluate various gravity based substructure (GBS) options for offshore arctic production and drilling facilities. |
| Lukoil | Uzbekistan | Concept Screening and Design | Concept Selection and studies for an onshore sour gas field development with high H2S. |
| PetroVietnam Investment and Development Company (PIDC) | Algeria | Concept Screening and Design | Performed a feasibility study to evaluate the technical requirements, CAPEX, OPEX, risks and economics of multiple oil and gas field development options. |
| PetroVietnam Exploration and Production Company | Vietnam | Conceptual Design | Capacity evaluation of topsides systems of existing FPU unit to assess its potential use wit new subsea tie-back. Assessment included existing substructure seaworthiness. |
| Al Khafji Joint Operations | Kuwait and Saudi Arabia | Conceptual Design | Development Study for crude production and produced water injection projects |
| Marathon | Egypt, Norway, and Libya | Concept Screening | Provided an options screening estimate for three developments. Offshore gas field in Norway, onshore gas filed in Egypt, and offshore oil field in Libya. |
| Pemex | GOM | Debottlenecking Study | Performed a capacity evaluation for topsides of a fixed jacket platform complex, for all process and utility systems and evaluated conformance with original design basis against for actual production conditions. |
| Pemex | GOM | FEED | Performed a FEED for an offshore oil and gas development on a fixied platform |
| Pemex | Mexico | FEED | Performed a FEED for an offshore platform. |
| MODEC | Brazil | FEED | Topsides and facilities engineering support during FEED, including project cost estimation and initial procurment support |
| LukOil | Azerbaijan | Concept Screening | Identification and evaluation of technicall feasible development options for both oil and gas producing assets |
| ChevronTexaco | Nigeria | Concept Screening | Assessment of several concepts for, gas, oil and condensate field developments including elimination of flares at existing oil production facilities and utilization of flare gas. |
| MODEC | Ivory Coast | FEED | Topsides and facilities engineering support during FEED, including project cost estimation and initial procurment support |
| MODEC | Brazil | FEED | Topsides and facilities engineering support during FEED, including project cost estimation and initial procurment support |
| MODEC | West Africa | FEED | Topsides and facilities engineering support during FEED, including project cost estimation and initial procurment support |
| MODEC - ChevronTexaco | Brazil | Concept Evaluation | Develop the full field capital development costs for each of the options. |
| BHP Billiton | Trinidad | Concept Evaluation | Evaluate cost and weight impacts on host facility for various offshore field development options. |
| ExxonMobil | Nigeria | Detail Design, Construction and Commissioning | Process engineering design support, oversight and interface during detailed design and construction. Provided commissioning support for several critical process and utility units. |