Project Definition

PROJECT DEFINITION PROCESS (FRONT END ENGINEERING - FEED)

To develop the technical definition of the preferred development concept in order to provide the Engineering, cost and scheduledefinition in support of the recommendation, leading to Project Sanction.



FREQUENCY
Implement once a project development has passed the “select option” phase, and funding has been secured for thisphase.


MAIN DELIVERABLES
• Updated measures of Project success
• Benchmarking results
• Updated Contracting & Procurement Strategy
• Class II estimate
• Updated Statement of Requirements.• Project Design Basis

Process design basis detailing feedstock, product yields, product specifications.


Process design and operating philosophy.

Detailed processdescription.


‘Approved for Design’ issue process flow diagrams (PFD’s) one per process system, showing all items of process equipment and all major control loops plus heat and materialbalance data.

Utility design basis including preliminary utility load tabulations, utility supply conditions.

Utility design philosophy.

Detailed utility description.‘Approved for Design’ issue utility flow diagrams (UFD’s) –one per utility system, showing all items of equipment including packaged items, all major control loops plus process conditions and flows.Equipment list detailing tag number, number off, service, size, operating and design conditions.

Piping and instrument diagrams (P&ID’s) - one per unit operation showing:all items of equipment


equipment data summary label with equipment number and title


all interconnecting pipework


instrumentation including control loops,trips, alarms, shut-down valves, relief valves, blowdown valves and pressure, temperature, level and flow measurement.


all process piping sized


all equipment and...