ABB Consulting is a leading international technical consultancy focused on process industries like oil and gas. They have over 145,000 employees globally including 500 in their UK Oil and Gas head office. They provide a wide range of engineering, safety, and operational services to support clients throughout the entire asset lifecycle. Their services include process safety, integrity management, operations improvement, inspection, technical engineering, training, and software. They have a strong track record supporting major oil and gas companies around the world.

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ABB Consulting
Oil and Gas Services
Outstanding engineering, technical
and business solutions

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ABB Group
§ Headquarters: Zurich, Switzerland
§ More than 145,000 employees in about 100 countries
§ Orders in 2012: US$40 billion
“A leading international technical consultancy focused on process
industries”
§ Oil and Gas Head Office in Aberdeen (Altens)
§ 500 employees
§ Upstream Oil and Gas growth of greater than 100% over last 3 years
§ World-class safety performance
§ Operating Globally in Azerbaijan, Denmark, Malaysia, Norway, Thailand,
U.A.E. & U.S.A.
§ FPAL Verify Accredited
§ Members of Energy Institute, EIC and NOF
ABB Consulting

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Clients include

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Supporting the Complete Life Cycle
Capital
Investment
Operations
Improvement
Asset
Management
Licence to
Operate
Site
Divestment Asset Life
Cycle

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ABB Consulting Services for Oil and Gas
Process safety Integrity management Operations improvement
InspectionTechnical engineering Technical training
Technical software

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Process safety
§ Identification and quantifying potential safety problems together with advising on
compliance with safety legislation
§ Services provided:
§ Alarm management
§ ATEX / DSEAR
§ Fire safety reviews
§ HAZOP and Process Hazard Reviews (PHR)
§ Human factors
§ Pressure relief
§ Process Safety management (PSM)
§ Process Safety in Design Verification
§ Relief and Flare Studies
§ SIL / IEC 61508
§ A pragmatic and risk based approach gives customers more risk reduction for
their safety consultancy spend

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Integrity management
§ Assessing the state of assets and designing the programmes necessary for
them to operate safely for the remainder of their planned life
§ Services provided:
§ Ageing plant
§ Asset health checks and audits
§ Asset life studies
§ Asset Life Extension and KP4
§ Criticality and risk review studies
§ Technical due diligence
§ Vulnerability Studies
High level functional expertise and risk based methodology focuses attention on
the key issues

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Operations improvement
§ Improving the productivity of manufacturing operations
§ Services provided:
§ Business project implementation
§ Competency Assessment
§ Maintenance and reliability
§ Operations improvement
§ Turnaround improvement
§ Operation improvement projects
§ Experienced practitioners help customers to deliver increased
availability and reliability

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Inspection
§ In service inspection for signs of deterioration and impending failure
§ Services provided:
§ Inspection management
§ Pressure systems inspections
§ Civil and structural inspections
§ Risk based inspection (RBI)
§ Inspection expertise that gives confidence that not only will relevant
issues be identified, but technical support is available to effectively
resolve them

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§ A versatile and experienced engineering team available to customers from our
main UK offices
§ Services provided:
§ Specialist design services
§ Operations support
§ Interim management services
§ Functional engineering
§ Process engineering
§ Furnace / boiler
§ Machines
§ Vessels and piping
§ Control and electrical
§ Materials and corrosion
§ Buildings, civil and structural
§ Process Engineering Library (PEL) software
§ Experienced technical expertise as and when needed via professional services
agreements
Technical engineering

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Technical training - available in-company or run as
open courses
§ Alarm Management *
§ An Understanding of Process Safety
Management
§ Area Classification *
§ ATEX / DSEAR Training for Mechanical
Technicians
§ Delivering Energy Savings *
§ Design & Operation of Piping Systems *
§ Electrostatic Hazard Assessment *
§ Essentials of Pressure Systems *
§ Hazard Study Awareness *
§ Hazard Study Leaders
§ HAZOP Leaders Training
§ Human Factors in the Workplace
§ Human Factors Incident Investigation
§ IEC 61508 / 61511 SIL Determination *
§ Maintenance and Reliability Improvement
§ Managing Deterioration of Plant
Equipment *
§ Mechanical Legislative Awareness
Training
§ Pressure Relief *
§ Process Safety Management Best
Practice
§ Process Safety Management Leadership
§ Project Management in the Process
Industries
§ Risk Based Inspection (RBI)
§ SIL Awareness Training for Control /
Electrical Technicians
§ SIL Determination and Hazard
Assessment *
* approved courses

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§ TRAC - SIL Determination Software
§ TRAMS - Trip and Alarm Management
§ PEL - Engineering Tool Kit
Technical software

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ABB Consulting
Track record

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ABB Consulting support to BP on and offshore including:
Aberdeen, North Sea Offshore, Sunbury, Sullom Voe, Grangemouth, Hull, Seal
Sands, Coryton, Dimlington, Egypt, Azerbaijan
§ HAZOP/ Re-HAZOP / PHR
§ Flarenet Modelling
§ IEC61508 and SIL determination support
§ Asset Life Studies
§ Fire pressure relief study
§ ATEX / DSEAR improvements
§ Process engineering
§ Risk Based Inspection (RBI) and Inspection services
§ Piping standards
§ Occupied buildings
§ LPG storage safety audit
§ COMAH support
§ Automation studies / Alarm Reviews
§ Vessel assessment
Oil and Gas customers

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Oil and Gas customers
§ Centrica Energy
§ RBI
§ PHR
§ LOPA
§ ATEX / DSEAR
§ Alarm Management
§ Integrity support
Centrica Storage
§ Site engineering contract
§ Offshore Inspection
§ Structural Inspection
§ RBI & WSE
§ Asset Life Scoping Study
§ Process Safety Mgt Audit
§ Alarm Management Health
Check
§ ESD 61511 Audit
§ Maintenance organisation
Assessment
§ RCM Compressor system

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Oil and Gas customers
BG Group
§ Process Hazard Reviews
(World-wide)
§ Alarm Management
§ Design Verification
§ Developed philosophy
§ Completed Verification
studies
§ ATEX/DSEAR Reviews
§ New terminal Safety Assurance
Talisman Sinopec
• Ageing Asset Integrity studies
• Incident Investigation
• Alarm Rationalisation
Total - UK, France
§ RBI
§ Pressure relief improvements
§ SIL Determination
§ Environmental consultancy
§ ATEX assessment
§ Integrity audits
§ Process studies
Shell
§ Vessels and piping design
§ Process studies
§ IPPC refinery and
petrochemicals

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Oil and Gas customers
Marathon Oil
§ Platform shutdown
management
§ Safety training
BHP Billiton
§ Reliability assessments
§ ATEX / DSEAR Support and
audits
§ Offshore studies / audits
§ Site training Hydrates, ATEX
etc
ConocoPhillips - Norway, UK
§ Project process and
management training
§ Process engineering support
§ ATEX / DSEAR
§ Offshore platform Integrity and
plant life studies
§ Design and projects support
Petronas
§ Asset life studies
§ Competency assessment
§ Training
§ Safety assessments

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Why ABB Consulting
§ Unique breadth and depth of services combining
§ Specialised consultancy
§ Professional Consulting
§ Operational experience
§ Local and global delivery
§ One-stop shop
We focus on value and performance improvement
through asset management and operations
improvement

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For further information contact
Michail Tzouvelekis
Business Development Manager, Oil and Gas
ABB Consulting
Hareness Road, Altens Industrial Estate
Aberdeen
AB12 3LE
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 1224 579570
Mob: +44 (0) 7702 279861
Email: michail.tzouvelekis@gb.abb.com
Web: www.abb.com/consulting

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