EPC projects management and problems : case study of international and local EPC contractors of oil/gas and petrochemical projects in Vietnam | |
| Author | Nguyen Khoa |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.CM-08-22 |
| Subject(s) | Oil industries--Vietnam Gas industry--Vietnam |
| Note | 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. CM-08-22 |
| Abstract | 2. The Phumy PVC Plant: This project was a Joint Venture project between 04 shareholders: Petro Vietnam, Petronas - Malaysia, Marubeni - Japan and TMS - Thailand. This project located nearby the Thivai LPG Pipeline and Terminal, in the Caimep Industrial Zone, Baria - Vungtau Province, with total square around 07 ha. The outputs of this plant is Polyvinyl Chloride with capacity is 100,000 MTPA. Total investment of this project is USD70 millions and via the License of European Chloride, UK. The project has Amended Joint Venture Contract signed on 12th April 2000. Amended Investment License 1305/GPDC3 issued on 6th May 2000. EPCC (Engineering - Procurement - Construction - Commissioning) Contract awarded to Samsung Engineering and site handover on 15th May 2000. Site preparation and soil improvement works essentially completed and Piling scheduled to start end June 2001. The plant on stream by October 2002. The PVC plant uses the LPG and Natural gas as the feedstock to their inputs. In the project management perspective, this project could be a success. But in operation phase, due to Joint Venture Terms and References, this plant has to face with a lot of difficulties in production and selling their products. But it is a difference aspect of The Phumy PVC Plant. In this scope of research, the author only focus on the EPCC Contractor Project Management side and will present the detail in the Chapter 4. 3. The Thaivai LPG Terminal and Pipeline Project: This project is a complex of the 03 x 06 inches pipelines system connecting the DinhCo Gas Distribution Plant to the Thi Vai LPG Terminal with the distance of on-shore underground pipeline around 48 km. The production was transported via the pipelines system and separated into three kinds of products such as Condensate, Butane-Propane gas and LPG. Products were terminated in separate storages and exported to the customers via barges or lorries. The processing system of this project is including: 01 Pig Launcher Skid, 01 Pig Receiver Skid, 03 Line Block Valve Skids, 33 x 463m³ horizontal pressure vessels (bullets) for LPG, 02 x 6500m³ floating roof tanks for Condensate. 02 Loading Arm systems for product export, 02 LPG Compressors, Online Bu-Pro Mixing system, the Flare with burning capacity in 750³/h and the Close Drain System, Nitrogen Compressor, Diesel Generators, Fire Fighting System. 02 Product export Berths and function Buildings .etc. This project had the total budget cost was around USD 58 million and scheduled to construct in 02 years, from 1997 to 1999. But actually, this project had delay 02 years more and had a lot of contingencies that raised the budget into USD 71 millions. Finally the project had have finished and handed over to the End-User, the company named Petro Vietnam Gas Co. (PV Gas.) on the end of 2001 with 02 years delay. The EPC Contractor of this project was one of Petro Vietnam Subsidiaries - Petro Vietnam Engineering and Construction Company (PVECC). It was the biggest construction company of PVN and had construction experiences in most of mega projects which had been invested by PVN in Vietnam. This Company had about 20 Construction Enterprises underneath and they were the subcontractors for PVECC to carry out this project at that time. This project received a lot of supports from the Petro Vietnam, but could not be a success project in cost, time, and quality management aspects. In this case study, the author would like to present some of main reasons that led this project still will be a nightmare of everyone who used to be involved in, and the information of this project will be detail in the Chapter 4. |
| Year | 2008 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. CM-08-22 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Construction Engineering and Infrastructure Management (CM) |
| Examination Committee(s) | Hadikudumo, B.H.W.;Chotchai Charoenngam;Luong, Huynh Truong |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | PetroVietnam Group, Vietnam. |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2008 |