Oil & Gas Firm in Africa Liaises with L&T Technology Services

​Client Profile:  The client is a national oil & gas company in Angola, Africa with operations in exploration, research, development, marketing, production, storage, transport, and refining of hydrocarbons and its derivatives.

Business Need: The client was looking to transform a current site into a terminal with facilities to load and unload various hydrocarbon products. For this, the client wanted a solution partner with engineering expertise and experience of designing and developing similar facilities. The client also wanted to achieve this with minimal cost and was looking for global procurement support.

Solution Implementation: L&T Technology Services provided comprehensive Detailed Engineering & Procurement services. The sourcing support services provided by L&T Technology Services includes costing, procurement support, value engineering, competitor benchmarking, supplier search, and many more. L&T Technology Services, India provided the entire gamut of support services.  This helped to reduce the cost and saved time. The scope of the engagement included:

• Developing the design to accommodate even the largest product carrier
• Basic design of marine and offshore technology (MOT) topside
• Preparing the technical specifications and data sheets
• Procurement engineering
• Detailed engineering for construction

The major activities under engineering scope are listed below:

• MOT topside design
• Piping and pipeline design
• Firefighting system design
• Fire pump room design
• Security and access control system
• UG and AG pipeline design
• Pig launcher and receiver design
• Electrical sub-station and control room building
• Administration building
• Storage tank farms

The approach comprised of the activities listed below:

• Collated available technical data for the project and created a project design that complied to all the engineering codes and standards
• Created and maintained drawing control index and document submission list
• Developed a comprehensive schedule showing critical milestones and engineering deliverables

Achievements:  The solution provided by L&T Technology Services optimized the company's CAPEX and also reduced costs. L&T Technology Services also developed designs to facilitate uninterrupted port operations. They deployed a team from the India office, ensured an efficient turnaround time, and consequently reduced the time-cycle.

Keywords: ARC Advisory Group, Engineering Services, L&T Technology Services, Oil & Gas