Engineering

Our multi-disciplinary team is experienced in all aspects of engineering design and work as part of an integrated team with our clients to suit specific project demands.

We believe that successful planning and design comes from the execution of detailed engineering covering the full definition of a project and its requirements.

Our robust project management practices and specialist knowledge allows us to have an insightful perspective towards creating valuable solutions.

Petroka provides the following services:

  • Pre-concept
  • Conceptual Design
  • Basic Design
  • FEED, Tender Design
  • Permit Application Design
  • Guide Design
  • Detailed Design
  • Construction Design
  • Design Review
  • As-built Documentation
  • Integrity Assessment
  • Rehabilitation Design
  • Modification Design
  • Decommissioning Design
  • Plant optimization studies.
  • Heat & Mass balance using HYSYS / UniSim.
  • Single/Two phase pressure drop calculation in pipe.
  • Pump hydraulic analysis.
  • Pressure drop calculation in network.
  • Two/Three phase separator (Horizontal / Vertical) sizing calculations.
  • Flare K.O. Drum (Horizontal / Vertical) sizing calculations.
  • Thermal rating of shell & tube heat exchanger using EDR.
  • Process Calculation for Instruments.
  • Control Valve Sizing.
  • Process calculation for Safety Systems.
  • Estimation of PSV loads for various contingencies.
  • PSV / RD sizing.
  • PVRV calculations for atmospheric storage.
  • Blowdown study.
  • Process design of tank heating coils.
  • Heat gain-loss calculation.
  • Determination of hydrate formation & estimation of methanol injection rate.
  • Process calculations / Simulations studies.
  • Development of P&ID’s from PFD’s.
  • Process Simulation/Calculations training sessions for process engineers.
  • Plant trouble-shooting activities.
  • Plot Plan Development of process plant.
  • Preparation of Conceptual/ Study piping Layouts.
  • Preparation of Piping general arrangement drawings using AutoCAD.
  • Preparation of Equipment layouts.
  • Preparation of Nozzle Orientation of Process Equipment.
  • Preparation/Checking of Construction Isometrics.
  • Preparation of As Built Drawings.
  • Selection of Pipe supports.
  • Checking of Vendor supplied GA drawings for Approvals.
  • Technical Evaluation of various vendor packages and piping items.
  • Preparation of Piping Material Specification and Data Sheets of piping items.
  • Preparation of design documents such as Design Basis Memorandum.
  • Preparation of Tender Documents and Material Take Off for tendering and cost estimates.
  • Stress Analysis of various piping systems using CAESAR II / AutoPIPE V8i SELECT series5
  • Pipe modeling in 3D using PDMS.
  • Storage Tank design as per API 650, API 620, AWWA D-100, UL-142, and UL-58.
  • Pressure vessel design as per ASME Section VIII Division 1.
  • Pump Sizing and Selection.
  • Review of vendor’s fabrication drawings.
  • Preparation of specifications for machinery (pump, compressor, turbine etc.).
  • Preparation of Specifications & Fabrication details of static equipment (heat exchanger, storage tank, pressure vessel, drum, filter etc.).
  • Preparation of Mechanical Data Sheets.
  • Inspection and testing guidelines.
  • Preparation of Structural and Foundations details for pipe supports.
  • Preparation of Structural and Foundations details for equipment, platforms, pipe racks, pipe bridges etc.
  • Preparation of Roads & drainage drawings and calculations.
  • Preparation of RCC details for foundations, roof slabs, trenches etc.
  • Softwares like STAAD Pro, Foundation 3D used.
  • Single Line Diagram.
  • Electrical & Instrument Cable Routing Layout.
  • E & I Cable Sizing and Schedule.
  • Electrical MTO, Specifications, Data sheet.
  • Electrical Power requirement calculations.
  • HV and LV Switchboard design.
  • ETAP Analysis.
  • Hazardous area classification & layout drawings.
  • Earthing, Lighting & Lightning System calculations.
  • Instrument MTO.
  • Instrument Index.
  • I/O list.
  • Instrument Loop Diagram.
  • Lighting, Earthing layout and GA.
  • Instrument Hook Up Drawings & Mounting Details.
  • Flare K.O. Drum (Horizontal / Vertical) sizing calculations.
  • Instrument Cable and JB Schedule.
  • Specification for Integrated Control and Safety System (DCS-SIS-FGS).
  • Overall block diagram.
  • SIL study close out report.
  • Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) participation.
  • Telecommunication and Fire and Gas engineering deliverables.
  • Telecommunication and Public Address & General Alarm items.
  • Main Control Room (MCB) and Field Auxiliary Room (FAR) Layout.
  • Firefighting system layout.
  • Layouts of fire and safety equipment and escape route layout.
  • Design of water spray, Fire water Hydrant ring main and sprinkler & foam system.
  • Loss prevention philosophy.
  • Fire protection philosophy.
  • Hazardous area classification drawing.

Subsea engineering services are applicable to various stages of a project including Pre-FEED, FEED and Detailed Design. The extent of the study deliverables depend on the Client’s expectation and project’s EPCI schedule as a whole. Numbers of engineering disciplines will be involved In a subsea project as outlined in the chart.

A Pre-FEED study aims to find a general solution or development option without dealing with details. However, the main challenges and concerns need to be addressed as well.

A FEED study is supposed to address all uncertainties and suggest a robust solution. In fact track projects there will be very limited possibility to meet project milestones if procurement is postponed till the end of the detailed design. Therefore, FEED needs to be mature enough to ensure no major change occurs in the next phases of the project as the procurement forlong lead items need commence by the end of the FEED.

A detailed design studies is supposed to address all engineering issues in details.

Construction and installation will be finalised based on the detailed design reports and drawings. Therefore, detailed design is supposed to provide a very extensive coverage on all aspect of the project.

Petroka has capability to perform flow assurance and process design of subsea and onshore pipelines.

Our experiences in flow assurance of multiphase production fluid starting from the reservoir, through the production tubing, Xmas Tree, Choke and subsea pipeline up to the subsea or onshore processing facilities.

We are also specialised in single phase oil, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and natural gas flow assurance.

We have long experience in hydraulics of special petroleum products like Aviation Turbine Fuel, which needs special treatment. Our areas of expertise is shown in the chart.

  • Petroka philosophy for selection of materials for oil and gas assets is a full life cycle material selection approach as illustrated in the chart.
  • Information gathered from concept selection study will be further developed in FEED and detailed design stages.
  • Parameters related to material manufacturing (operational integrity) will be also selected and checked.
  • Procedures for welding, coating, forging, heat treatment, Mechanical testing, NDT and final inspections will be reviewed on behalf of the client.
  • Advanced analysis such as HISC analysis using FEA and to DNVGL-RP-F112 will be also performed for Super-Duplex forgings exposed to CP.

Advanced analysis is a requirement for most oil and gas projects. With increasing computational power of personal computers, more complicated Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis (NFEA) is replacing the traditional linear elastic methods.

Petroka has successfully delivered Advanced Finite Element Analysis projects since its establishment covering the areas demonstrated in the chart on this page.