Engineering for production and fluid handling facilities, with a coordinated approach to process, utilities and asset life.
Surface facilities connect production to treatment, transport and delivery systems. Their configuration depends on fluid characteristics, operating scenarios and site conditions.
Options assessment helps identify constraints and establish a design basis. For existing assets, reviewing capacities, documentation and equipment condition helps define the scope of new tie-ins or modifications.
Disciplines are coordinated around project boundaries and operational interfaces.
The design integrates gathering, separation, conditioning and fluid handling with the utilities the facility requires. Consistency between balances, equipment and control informs the selection of options.
Facilities engineering connects production scenarios, fluid properties and delivery interfaces. The level of definition is adapted to the asset's lifecycle stage.
The gathering and separation configuration must respond to feed variations and the requirements of the next process stage. Studies connect balances, equipment capacity and control conditions.
Gas conditioning and compression are integrated with the facility's utilities. The assessment considers product quality, available capacity and requirements for power, water and support systems.
Water characteristics and handling conditions inform treatment and integration options. Engineering coordinates equipment, conveyance and storage with site requirements.
Introducing new streams requires a review of the receiving asset's capacity and condition. Options take account of integrity, process limitations and the scope of modifications required.
Define inlet conditions, delivery points and the production scenarios the facility must accommodate.
Develop engineering with reviews across disciplines and operations. Record changes and interfaces to maintain a consistent technical basis.
Plan verifications, final documentation and maintenance requirements. Prepare an orderly handover of each system to operations.
Explore capabilities applicable to new facilities and operating assets.
Coordinate processes, equipment and infrastructure from studies through to detailed design.
Explore the scopeDevelop improvements and expansions with consideration for interfaces with operating facilities.
Explore the scopeConnect condition, deterioration mechanisms and criticality to prioritise interventions.
Explore the scopeDepending on the project stage, the scope may include design bases, balances, process flow diagrams and piping and instrumentation diagrams, data sheets and equipment layouts. Recording interfaces, assumptions and recommendations maintains the link between the studies and the resulting design.
The assessment starts with inlet conditions and the capacity of the receiving system. Documentation, field information and operational constraints are reviewed to determine what must be modified. Test and handover planning is coordinated with project and operations responsibilities.