Client: Qatar Energy
Location: Ras Laffan, Qatar, Middle East
Sector/Industry: Chemical Production and Manufacturing
Completion: 2024
Project Background
As a part of its site development and investment project, which included the introduction of new processes with associated equipment, RVA was engaged by Qatar Energy (QE) to support its local team in the preparation of a comprehensive scope of work that would enable them to invite EPIC companies to bid for the decommissioning, dismantling and demolition consultancy of selected existing assets. In addition, as the client’s master plan was to retain and continue to operate several other essential production areas of the site, which relied for security on a range of uninterruptible common utilities and infrastructure, the RVA brief extended beyond the boundaries of decommissioning to interface with specifying a complex programme of service diversions, rerouting, installation of new utilities and infrastructure.
RVA’s Consultancy Approach
Whilst familiar with working in the Middle East region generally and specifically in Qatar, having previously supported Qatar Petroleum, RVA is sensitive to the fact that systems and expectations vary from company to company. It was essential that understanding QE’s requirements and procedures was at the top of RVA’s team integration list.
Two of RVA’s technical engineering consultancy team were on site, surveying and defining the fine detail of the project. The objective was to identify both the workscope for the decommissioning and plant removal, and the extent and requirements upon the EPIC in respect of pre-enabling works, to be completed before any dismantling or demolition could take place.
As some of the skills and experience required to complete this scoping exercise lay outside of RVA’s core services, the need to work closely with QE’s local engineers to define a detailed scope was a priority. To achieve a successful outcome, the RVA team spent considerable time in the field with the client’s staff physically identifying all the utilities to be adapted, rerouted or removed. A similar process also applied to the new installations required, including civil engineered infrastructure, electrical substations, water distribution systems, etc.
Key Project Highlights
- Working with the client to develop a comprehensive set of documentation to ensure a complex programme of pre-enabling works could be undertaken in advance of, but without technically or financially compromising, the subsequent decommissioning and dismantling works.
- The ability to integrate some of the tested and proven RVA HSE and technical protocols into the project, adding value and providing the QE with alternatives and innovations it had not considered.
Please find below the before and after photos.
