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visory Board decision and project authorization. message at the end of FEL2 evaluation was that
Most of the time this decision process results in a the project has clear and documented objecti-
period where engineering activities are interrupted. ves, an optimal definition which provides a good
The IPMA complies with OMV Petrom’s approval foundation for reaching Best Practical FEL defini-
path, required to get the approval to proceed. In tion at authorization and the Team Development In-
fact, the practice of issuing the RFP after a phase is dex resulted in ‘good’ which is higher than industry
completed, associated with the use of pre-tailored average.
contracts that require only the compilation of sim- The planned sequence of events is aiming to con-
ple forms with an indication of estimated hours and firm the third-party analysis in terms of economic
preparation of a few qualifications for the technical robustness and expected final cost saving objec-
scope, allows the recovery of the time gap needed tives.
by OMV Petrom to pass the authorization gates.
Once the approval is released, the ASC can be
awarded in a very short time. This is evident in the
projects implemented up to now.
The early involvement from the very
first phases of the projects led to a
Polyfuel Project – IPMA continuous and successful progression
factual effectiveness into subsequent phases

A very recent and outstanding example of the effi-
ciency of the improved contractual scheme is the
execution of the Polyfuel project, a grass root plant
integrated within Petrobrazi refinery configuration To meet these targets, the Polyfuel project inclu-
that will allow for a shift in refinery production of des, as agreed with OMV Petrom, some specific
up to 50,000 tons of gasoline and middle distillates execution requirements related either to the execu-
from LPG components. tion of the engineering and procurement services
and the strategy for construction works.
The Front End Loading engineering development First of all, as already positively experienced in
started with a Process Design Package developed other projects, early detailed engineering services
by the process licensor of the unit; FEL2 and FEL3 and procurement were carried out during the FEED
were developed and completed by Amec Foster phase for the main equipment, to achieve the Re-
Wheeler and now the EPCm and Supply & Work ady for Order step before the EPCm phase was
contracts are under execution. The new unit is ex- awarded. Once the ECPm contract was in place,
pected to be fully operational beginning of 2019. in few weeks all main equipment was ordered, en-
IPA (Independent Project Analysis) Pacesetter key suring the timely delivery of vendor general arran-

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