Case study 03 / Modular topsides & commissioning
A modular, automated injection unit — plug-in ready for the Gulf of Thailand.
Scope
Design, engineering and supply of a modular and fully-automated Seawater Injection Unit for deployment in the Gulf of Thailand. The unit needed to be self-contained, transportable, and ready for plug-in installation on existing platform infrastructure.
Modular oil & gas packages live or die on attention to interfaces. The work front-loaded equipment definition, instrumentation specification and skid layout, then converged on a HAZOP-cleared design that the Factory Acceptance Test could prove out before the unit ever left the yard.
Approach
End-to-end project management with the contractor as single point of accountability to Chevron — from design through FAT and into field commissioning.
O&M procedures and operator-training material were prepared in parallel with build, so commissioning could move quickly once on platform. Installation and commissioning support followed deployment, closing out the engineering scope at handover.
Engagement
Engineering and Project Manager, owning the full scope from concept through Factory Acceptance Test and field commissioning. Single point of contractor accountability to Chevron throughout.
Deliverables
- Project schedule, planning, budget and resourcing
- Project reporting through every phase
- Equipment sizing — static and rotating
- Instrumentation sizing and definition
- Complete PFDs and P&IDs
- Equipment and instrument datasheets
- HAZOP participation and report
- Factory Acceptance Test procedures
- O&M manuals
- Installation and commissioning troubleshooting
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