Quality Management in Oil and Gas Projects Quality Management and Risk Series

This book provides the tools and techniques, management principles, procedures, concepts, and methods to ensure the successful completion of an oil and gas project while also ensuring the proper design, procurement, and construction for making the project most qualitative, competitive, and economical for safer operational optimized performance.

It discusses quality during design, FEED, detailed engineering, selection of project teams, procurement procedure of EPC contract, managing quality during mobilization, procurement, execution, planning, scheduling, monitoring, control, quality, and testing to achieve the desired results for an oil and gas project.

This book provides all the related information to professional practitioners, designers, consultants, contractors, quality managers, project managers, construction managers, and academics/instructors involved in oil and gas projects and related industries.

Features

• Provides information on the various quality tools used to manage construction projects from inception to handover
• Discusses the life cycle phases, developed on systems engineering approach, and how it is divided into manageable activity/element/components segments to manage and control the project
• Includes a wide range of tools, techniques, principles, and procedures used to address quality management
• Covers quality management systems and development of quality management systems manuals
• Discusses quality and risk management, and health, safety, and environmental management during the design and construction process

SECTION 1 Quality Tools and Techniques in Oil and Gas Projects 1. Overview of Quality. 2. Quality Management System. 3. Overview of Oil and Gas Industry. 4. Quality Tools for Oil and Gas Industry. 5. HSE in Oil and Gas Projects. SECTION 2 Quality Management Principles, Procedures, Concepts, and Methods in Oil and Gas Prohects 6. Overview of Quality in Oil and Gas Projects. 7. Selection of Project Teams. 8. Quality Management during Oil and Gas Project Phases. 9. Operation and Maintenance of Oil and Gas Projects.

Abdul Razzak Rumane Ph. D. is a Chartered Quality Professional-Fellow of The Chartered Quality Institute (UK) and a certified consultant engineer in electrical engineering. He obtained a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) degree from Marathwada University (now Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University) India in 1972, and received his Ph.D. from Kennedy Western University, USA (now Warren National University) in 2005. His dissertation topic was “Quality Engineering Applications in Construction Projects”. Dr. Rumane’s professional career exceeds 47 years including 10 years in manufacturing industries and over 37 years in construction projects. Presently he is associated with SIJJEEL Co., Kuwait as Advisor and Director, Construction Management.

Dr. Rumane is associated with a number of professional organizations. He is a Chartered Quality Professional-Fellow of The Chartered Quality Institute (UK), Fellow of The Institution of Engineers (India), and has an Honorary Fellowship of Chartered Management Association (Hong Kong). He is also a Senior Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (USA), a Senior Member of American Society for Quality, a Member of Kuwait Society of Engineers, a Member of SAVE International (The Value Society), Member of Project Management Institute. He is also an Associate Member of American Society of Civil Engineers, a Member of London Diplomatic Academy, Member of International Diplomatic Academy, and a Member Board of Governors of International Benevolent Research Forum. As an accomplished Engineer, Dr. Rumane has been awarded an honorary doctorate in engineering from The Yorker International University, USA (2007). Vision World Academy honored him with “Global Visionary Award”. World Quality Congress awarded him “Global Award for Excellence in Quality Management and Leadership”. The Albert Schweitzer International Foundation honored him with gold medal for “Outstanding contribution in the field of Construction