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Engineering Project Delivery at PetroEcuador

PMI-aligned feasibility, engineering coordination and technical documentation improved project workflow and software cost.

2020EP PetroEcuador, Ecuador
FIELD ENGINEERING DELIVERYEngineering Project Delivery at PetroEcuador
01FIELD NEEDsafety / reliability / throughput
02ENGINEERINGrequirements / design / feasibility
03INTEGRATIONmechanical / electrical / control
04COMMISSIONconfiguration / testing / troubleshooting
05IMPROVEperformance / response / cost

A traceable path from operational need to deployed system performance.

01

Problem or Industrial Need

Engineering initiatives required stronger definition, feasibility control, coordination and documentation across project phases.

02

Engineering or Scientific Solution

A PMI-aligned delivery process connecting initiation, planning, pre-feasibility, feasibility and engineering documentation.

03

Sebastian's Technical Contribution

Managed project definition, feasibility assessment, engineering coordination and technical documentation while identifying more efficient software solutions.

04

Methods and Tools Used

  • PMI project lifecycle
  • Pre-feasibility and feasibility assessment
  • Conceptual and basic engineering coordination
  • Software and resource optimization
05

Prototype, Simulation and Experimental Evidence

deployment

Operational project workflow

The structured process was applied to active engineering-project delivery.

06

Measurable Result or Published Finding

30%

reported workflow improvement

Project coordination improved conceptual, basic and detail-engineering workflow.

20%

reported software-cost reduction

More efficient software choices reduced project expenditure.

07

Diagrams and Publications

FIELD ENGINEERING DELIVERYEngineering Project Delivery at PetroEcuador
01FIELD NEEDsafety / reliability / throughput
02ENGINEERINGrequirements / design / feasibility
03INTEGRATIONmechanical / electrical / control
04COMMISSIONconfiguration / testing / troubleshooting
05IMPROVEperformance / response / cost

A traceable path from operational need to deployed system performance.

08

Role, Team Attribution, Institution and Project Context

Project Manager; EP PetroEcuador, January-June 2020.

Industrial Engineering & Field DeliveryLeadership, Education & Technology Transfer

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