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Sample of a few VE / VIP Workshops facilitated by Sid Anwar and his Associates

Gas Development Project -  Middle East. (1,000 MMSCFD Gas Plant)

  • Product Pipelines

  • Sulfur Handling Terminal

  • Gas Gathering System

  • VE Savings = $125 Million

The Plant Rejuvenation and Revamp Project - Far East.  (Project revamping in order to optimize the plant production and operations)  

  • Smokeless Burn Pit

  • Acid Gas Removal Unit (AGRU)

  • Steam Trap Improvement

  • Distributed Control System (DCS) Upgrading

  • Plant Electrical System

  • Control Valves and On-Off Valves replacement strategy

  • VIP Savings = $19.5 Million

Refinery Expansion Project - Middle East.  (400,0000 BPD Crude Oil Refinery)

  • Sulfur Recovery Unit (SRU)

  • Di-Glycol Amine Regeneration Unit (DGA)

  • Sour Water Stripper Unit (SWS)

  • Flare System

  • Steam System

  • Electrical System

  • Instrumentation and Controls (I&C)

  • Crude / Vacuum Distillation Unit (CDU / VDU)

  • Diesel Hydrotreater Unit (DHT)

  • Naphta Hydrotreater Unit (NHT)

  • Continuous Catalyst Regeneration Unit (CCR)

  • VE Savings = $80 Million.

Refinery Expansion Project - Europe. (110,000 BPD expansion including new and revamp units)

  • Delayed Coker Unit

  • Gas Concentration Unit

  • Vacuum Distillation Unit

  • Hydrocracker Unit

  • Sulfur Recovery Units

  • Crude Unit

  • Amine Regeneration Unit

  • Sour Water Stripper Unit

  • Cooling Tower System

  • Instrument and Plant Air Systems

  • Steam and Condensate Systems

  • Boiler and Demin Water Systems

  • Cogeneration Systems

  • Fuel Oil Systems

  • Spent Caustic System

  • VE Savings = $TBD

Central Gas Processing Plant - Far East. (Includes modification to existing plant)

  • Compression Plant

  • Central Gas Processing Debottlenecking Plant

  • VE Savings = $40.0 Million

Industrial Gasification Project - Texas.

  • Slurry Prep and Gasification Unit

  • Acid Gas Removal / PSA / CO2 Compression

  • Shift Reactors and Cooling Train

  • Steam Turbine / Electrical Generation

  • Piping Systems

  • Water Treatment Systems

  • Support Buildings

  • Electrical Distribution

  • VE Savings = $TBD

Clean Fuels Project - Middle East. (650,000 BPD Crude Oil Refinery)

  • Delayed Coker Unit

  • Hydrocracker Unit

  • Diesel Hydrotreater Unit

  • Naphta Hydrotreater Unit

  • Fluid Catalytic Cracker Unit

  • Crude Distillation Unit

  • Vacuum Recovery Unit

  • Cooling Water Systems

  • Steam Generation Systems

  • Boiler Feed Water Treatment Systems

  • VE Savings = $TBD

Oil Sands Project. - Canada.

  • Diluent Recovery Unit

  • Delayed Coker Unit

  • Mixed Gas Oil Hydrotreater Unit

  • Naphtha Hydrotreater

  • Hydrogen Compression

  • Sulfur Recovery Unit

  • Tail Gas Treating Unit

  • Sour Water Stripper

  • Amine Regeneration Unit

  • Utilities and Off-Sites

  • Coke Handling System

  • VE Savings =  $TBD

SAVE Approved Module - I Training Workshop - Several US and International Clients.

  • Trained Managers and Senior Technical staff in VE fundamentals

  • Client provided projects used during workshop training

  • Class size varied from 8 to 30 individuals

  • Includes a comprehensive workshop training manual

  • SAVE approved Module-I certificate of completion for each participant

Hamaca Crude Upgrader Project – Petrolera Ameriven, Venezuela, South America.

  • Process/Mechanical Systems
  • Offsite Utilities
  • Electrical Systems
  • Instrumentation and Control Systems
  • Developed a Contracting Strategies for the project
  • Facility Buildings
  • Developed and implemented a Value Improving Practices (VIP) program Ranked “Best-in-Class” by Independent Project Analysis, Inc.
  • VE Savings = $11.5 Million

CENEX - Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD) Project.

  • Preliminary design package for a grass-roots Hydrotreating Unit

  • Produce ULSD (21,000 BPSD capacity)

  • VE Savings = $3.0 Million

LPG Project - Middle East.

  • Process Systems (Feed Gas Compression / Acid Gas Removal / LPG Treating / Sulfur Recovery, etc.)

  • Utilities and Offsites Systems

  • Central Control Room modifications

  • Flare System Optimization

  • VIP implementation for IPA review

  • VE Savings = $41.0 Million

Master Plan Community Project - Middle East.

  • Office Complex

  • Residential Housing

  • Hospital Accommodation

  • Schools

  • Shopping Centers

  • Sports Facilities

  • Industrial Facilities

  • Infrastructure Development

  • VE Savings = $70.0 Million

Team Building Session - Several US and International Clients.

  • Team Building session for large projects with participation from several organizations with different internal cultures.

  • Included Executive Managers and Senior Technical personnel

  • Session size varied from 15 to 30 individuals

  • Developed Project Mission Statement

  • Developed Project Stretch Goals

  • Developed Group Needs and Responsibilities

  • Developed Group-to-Group Commitments

  • Developed Implementation and Monitoring plans

  • Monitor and Follow-up Sessions

Offshore Platform Crude Production Facilities - Middle East.

  • 300 MBCD Crude Oil facility

  • Included well-head platforms and trunk line

  • Electrical cable to onshore facilities

  • Control and communication systems

  • VE Savings = $56.0 Million

Billings - Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD) Project.

  • Grass-roots Hydrotreating Unit to produce ULSD

  • Preliminary design package

  • Process Simplification at 10% design

  • Value Engineering at 30% design

  • VE Savings = $TBD

NOVA Chemicals - Sarnia, Canada.

  • Preliminary design package upgrades

  • Tank Vapor Recovery Systems

  • Oily Water Containment Sewer Systems

  • Selection and implementation of VIP's on the project

  • VE Savings = $2.5 Million

Control Systems Upgrade Project - Middle East.

  • Control Systems Upgrades

  • Design and upgrade of existing control systems

  • VE Savings = $4.0 Million

U.S. Steel - No.5 Pickle Line Project, Fairfield Works, Alabama.

  • Developed Functional Criteria using the FAST diagram for the selection and short-listing of bidders.
  • Developed a list of key attributes essential to obtaining a world class facility.
  • Ranked criteria to establish an objective scoring system.
  • Selected Critical VIP’s (Value Improving Practices) for the project in order to achieve “Best-in-Class” performance based on IPA recommended guidelines.

NOVA Chemicals - Indian Orchard Plant.

  • Preliminary design package

  • Several Process Systems (NAS, XTAL & Product Handling Systems)

  • Raw Material Handling and Utility Systems

  • Utility Systems

  • VE Savings = $288,000

Power Systems Upgrade Project - Middle East.

  • Power Systems Upgrade for 33 KV System

  • Location and size of generators

  • HRSG system

  • VE Savings = $25.0 Million

San Diego County Water Authority - Lake Hodges Project.

  • Pump house / Pipeline / Shaft & Tunnel

  • Electrical Facilities / Operations & Maintenance Buildings

  • VE Savings = $12.75 Million

Crude / Gas Pipeline Project - Middle East.

  • Conversion of Pipeline to Gas

  • Conversion of the Pump Stations

  • Crude Batching in Pipeline

  • NGL Boiler Conversion

  • VE Savings = $61.0 Million

Syncrude – Upgrader Expansion (UE-1) Project.  Alliance 21/CoSyn Technologies, Edmonton, Canada.

  • Process/Mechanical Systems
  • Offsite Utilities
  • Electrical Systems
  • Instrumentation and Control Systems
  • Site Layout
  • Facility Buildings
  • VE Savings = $32.0 Million (Canadian)

Maintain Gas Compression Capacity Project - Middle East.

  • 100 MMSCFD Gas Compression Train
  • Heat Recovery Steam Generators
  • Upgrade of the Flare System
  • VE Savings = $8.1 Million

TransAlta Energy Corporation: Suncor Millennium Project (360 MW Cogeneration), Calgary, Canada.

  • Process/Mechanical Systems
  • Electrical Systems
  • Instrumentation and Control Systems
  • Facility Buildings
  • VE Savings = $2.4 Million (Canadian)

Dearborn Industrial Generation Project (525 MW Cogeneration), Dearborn, Michigan.

  • Process/Mechanical Systems
  • Instrumentation and Control Systems
  • VE Savings = $416,000

Ironside Energy Corporation – LTV Steel Indiana Harbor Works Energy Facility (50 MW Cogeneration), Indiana.

  • Process/Mechanical Systems
  • Instrumentation and Control Systems
  • VE Savings = $300,000

Muskeg River Oil Sands Project - Canada.

  • Operability and Maintainability of Systems
  • Constructability
  • Ore Preparation/Extraction/Froth Treatment Systems
  • Process/Mechanical Systems
  • Piping Systems
  • Structural/Architectural Systems
  • Developed and implemented a Value Improving Practices (VIPs) program

ARCO – Cakerwala Gas Field Development Project - Far East.

  • Review Front End Loading (FEL) for the project
  • Recommend alternative design approaches within schedule constraints

Sasol – Sky High Project - South Africa.

  • Reforming Systems.  VE Savings = 70 Million Rands
  • CO2 Removal Systems.  VE Savings = 243 Million Rands
  • Synthol Reactor and Cooling Train.  VE Savings = Not Estimated
  • Electrical Systems.  VE Savings = Not Estimated

Irving Oil Limited Project, Saint John, Canada.

  • Residue Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit (RFCCU) System
  • VE Savings = $7.8 Million

ARCO Villano Petrochemical Project, Ecuador, South America.

  • Production wells, pipeline and central processing facilities
  • VE Savings = $4.1 Million

Molten Metal Technologies – M4 Combo Project, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

  • Hazardous Low Level Mixed Waste Systems
  • VE Savings = $2.2 Million

Escondida Oxide Leach Project, Chile, South America.

  • High quality copper cathode processing facility
  • VE Savings = $7.5 Million

Monitored Retrievable Storage Facility, Department of Energy (DOE).

  • Spent Nuclear Fuel remote handling systems
  • Facility Layout Optimization
  • VE Savings = $7.4 Million

Hanford Waste Vitrification Project, DOE, Hanford, Washington.

  • Nuclear HVAC systems
  • Facility Layout Optimization
  • High Efficiency Metal Filters
  • Standby Generator Systems
  • VE Savings = $7.0 Million

United Creosoting Superfund Project, EPA, Conroe, Texas.

  • Remediation of creosote contaminated soils
  • VE Savings = $1.5 Million

North Cavalcade Superfund Project, EPA, Houston, Texas.

  • Remediation process optimization
  • VE Savings = $600,000

Texarkana Superfund Project, EPA, Texas.

  • Remediation process optimization
  • VE Savings = $2.0 Million

Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Project, California.

  • Optimize conceptual design of IGCC process
  • Process optimization for Asian market

Los Angeles Metro Rail Project, Pasadena, California.

  • Developed guidelines for an effective Construction Management Services Contract for Metro Rail Transit Authority

U.S. Steel, Caster EMC Replacement Project, Gary Works, Indiana.

  • Hardware Design
  • Process Controls
  • System Optimization
  • VE Savings = $150,000

And many many more ..............

 

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