Engineering and integration of process facilities to assess capacity, modernise equipment and plan improvements compatible with operations.
A unit's performance depends on its feed, equipment and supporting utilities. Assessing capacity constraints requires these relationships to be reviewed before defining a modification or a new process configuration.
Integrating engineering and operations helps identify effects on other units, utility consumption and maintenance needs. The scope is structured around existing conditions and the available intervention sequence.
The analysis connects process, infrastructure and execution within new or operating facilities.
Studies review balances and operating conditions to identify constraints. Options comparison considers interactions between units and product quality requirements.
A plant improvement requires a review of its effects on the whole facility. Engineering maintains a common basis for process units, utilities and field intervention.
The assessment compares operating conditions with the design basis and equipment behaviour. Models and balances help compare options and identify constraints between units.
Steam, water, power and instrument air systems are reviewed alongside the process scope. Their capacity and reliability may constrain expansion or modernisation.
Equipment selection or replacement requires coordination of piping, structures, power and instrumentation. Reviews incorporate access, inspection and maintenance, as well as the site's physical constraints.
Defining work packages connects engineering, procurement and field activities. The sequence must consider tie-ins, inspections, testing and system availability for handover.
Relate operating data to design and equipment condition. Identify the constraints to be resolved and their likely causes.
Compare options and integrate the scope across disciplines. Consider process safety, constructability and maintenance from the design stage.
Establish acceptance criteria and handover documentation. Review system behaviour to confirm its alignment with the project basis.
Connect the study, intervention and asset support.
Compare technical alternatives, identify constraints and establish a basis for project decisions.
Explore the scopeDevelop improvements and expansions with consideration for interfaces with operating facilities.
Explore the scopeDevelop strategies for maintenance, resources and equipment performance monitoring.
Explore the scopeThe project stage determines the level of development of balances, diagrams, data sheets, drawings and specifications. Documents must include the limits of the modification and its interfaces with existing facilities, together with review recommendations and information requiring field validation.
Acceptance criteria are linked to the objectives of the intervention and the affected systems. The handover scope includes verification records, equipment information and as-built drawings. Responsibilities and outstanding items are coordinated with operations and maintenance before transfer.
