Shutdown windows
The window is fixed. The schedule shows the work that must finish before it, and the start-up logic after it.
OIL AND GAS
Planning and Scheduling for Oil and Gas
Oil and gas planning is dominated by shutdown windows, vendor data and a commissioning sequence that has to be safe the first time.
Oil and gas
Plan the shutdown, then plan everything that must be ready for it
On brownfield work the shutdown is the scarce resource. Fabrication, delivery, permits and isolations all exist to make that window productive. A schedule that starts with site labour and hopes the materials arrive will lose the window.
We link engineering deliverables, procurement, fabrication, logistics, site execution and commissioning. Systems completion is planned by system, not only by area, because handover follows the plant, not the plot plan.
Owners and EPCs both use the file: one for assurance, the other for execution. Coding keeps those views apart without keeping two schedules.
On the programme
What has to be got right
Vendor data
Late vendor drawings delay fabrication. That link belongs in the network.
Systems completion
Mechanical completion by system, punch lists and ready-for-start-up are sequenced, not lumped.
How we help
How EVM Solutions supports the team
Planning, scheduling and project controls from a Manchester-based consultancy, deployed to the programme rather than tied to a local office in every city.
Shutdown readiness
A baseline that proves, or disproves, that the window can be met with the current procurement dates.
Progress the EPC can update
A structure package engineers will actually maintain.
Delay traceability
A record of which deliverable or delivery moved the shutdown.
Also in this section
Other sectors
Construction
Buildings and campuses, where trade sequence, access and sectional completion decide the finish date.
Read the pageInfrastructure
Rail, road, water and utilities, where possessions, third parties and linear access drive the dates.
Read the pageData Centres
Shell, long-lead electrical plant, MEP and phased commissioning for halls that must energise on a promised date.
Read the pageEnergy & Utilities
Power, renewables, networks and utilities, planned around outages, commissioning and regulatory dates.
Read the pageIndustrial
Factories and process plants, where equipment installation and production ramp-up sit on the critical path.
Read the pageMarine
Ports, harbours and waterfront civils, planned around tide, weather and scarce marine plant.
Read the pageGovernment
Public infrastructure and government programmes that need assurance, stage gates and reporting a non-planner can audit.
Read the pageFAQ
Questions we are often asked
Do you work on both greenfield and brownfield jobs?
Yes. Brownfield work is usually dominated by the shutdown. Greenfield work is dominated by engineering, procurement and systems completion.
Can you follow an owner WBS?
Yes. We map contractor detail to the owner coding so assurance reporting does not require a second plan.
Is this the same team as the energy and utilities page?
The service is the same consultancy. The oil and gas page exists because shutdowns and systems completion need their own explanation.