Company Profile
Company Profile
Gulf has completed projects all over the world under some of the harshest
conditions that nature offers, from the icy expanse of Alaska to the searing
desert heat of the Middle East. On land or sea, in mountainous terrain
or pristine valleys that must be returned to their original condition, the
Company has successfully executed and participated in oil and gas
projects characterized by the most complex logistics.
It is the policy of Gulf Interstate Engineering
to provide quality engineering services to our
clients, meeting or exceeding contract goals.
Gulf recognizes the fundamental importance of
an effective Quality Assurance Program as an
integral part of the Company’s scope of work.
Gulf is committed to a process of continuous
quality improvement in the production of
engineering work products and management
services.
In the past ten years, Gulf has managed the implementation of projects
having a combined capital cost in excess of $6.0 billion. During the same
period, Gulf procured and delivered, on behalf of clients, more than $2.0
billion dollars of project materials and equipment.
engineering for oil and gas production, transportation and storage systems
services
feasibility and system optimization capital and operating cost estimates tariff and cost of service
analysis financial studies risk and sensitivity analysis facility appraisals
economic studies
project execution plan and procedures budget development and cost control planning
and scheduling contract administration quality assurance
project execution
management
right–of–way and regulatory and ownership research permit applications and acquisition route
selection alignment and topographical control surveys land acquisition and
land acquisition support aerial photography geotechnical and oceanographic investigation
engineering and conceptual design preliminary engineering detailed engineering design basis
documentation hydraulics and surge analysis civil/structural design stress
design analysis process, mechanical and piping design electrical and instrumentation
design SCADA and communications design mapping & GIS 3D Modeling
pipeline risk assessment/risk management pipeline rehabilitation HAZOPS and
HSE analysis material and equipment specifications engineering and design
quality control
procurement technical and commercial specifications bid solicitation and evaluation purchase
order and contract development expediting and material control logistics,
transport and field materials handling vendor surveillance and inspection
operations and start-up assistance personnel training operations and maintenance manuals
engineering support of operations contract operations and maintenance
maintenance
engineering for oil and gas production, transportation and storage systems
corporate organization
Gulf International
Corporation
Gulf Interstate
Gulf Interstate Gulf Interstate Gulf Interstate Antares Offshore Post Oak Engineering L&T-Gulf
Engineering Field Services Engineering Peru L.L.C. Graphics Company Branch Private Limited
Canada, Inc. S.A.C. Office in Russian
Federation
wholly owned subsidiary wholly owned subsidiary wholly owned subsidiary partially owned company wholly owned subsidiary wholly owned subsidiary joint venture company
providing project providing construction providing project providing subsea, providing providing project with Larsen & Toubro
management and management management and pipeline, and offshore complete in-house management and providing engineering
engineering services in and construction engineering services in engineering services reprographic services engineering services in and design services
Canada inspection services Peru and other Latin the Russian Federation
American countries & other FSU countries
management organization
Manager of
Quality Manager
Engineering & Design
Jennifer Abram
JD Balch
Indonesia
Coordination Office
Mexico
Gulf International de Mexico,
S. de R.L. de C.V.
Peru
Gulf Interstate Engineering Peru S.A.C.
Faridabad
L&T-Gulf Private Limited
Abu Dhabi
Coordination Office
In addition to the offices shown here, Gulf also has a number of project, alliance partner and joint venture offices worldwide.
resources
The staff of Gulf Interstate Engineering, Antares Offshore, Gulf Interstate Field Services, and L&T-Gulf Private
Limited includes project management, engineering, design, procurement, construction management, operations and
maintenance personnel possessing a wide range of management and engineering talents, comprising a worldwide
staff of over 800 specialists, distributed as shown below.
Project Management
Engineering and Design and Project Control
45% 10%
Procurement
5%
MIS and Other
Support
5%
engineering for oil and gas production, transportation and storage systems
project management systems
Gulf utilizes a comprehensive Project Man- Using the System’s generic templates, Gulf
agement System that addresses project plan- develops and customizes a cost database for
ning, budgeting, cost accounting, scheduling, projects. The cost database is used to define
progress measurement, risk management and commitments and cash flow, record actual
forecasting. This System takes advantage of a project costs incurred and forecast remaining
combination of in-house developed and third expenditures. The project budget is maintained
party software applications to streamline the as a separate module, or table, within the cost
management of project data and generate re- database.
ports that allow us to effectively analyze and
track a project’s schedule, costs and progress. Gulf’s Project Management System is a state-
of-the-art, web-based application that allows
We develop logic-based Critical Path Method clients as well as our management team to work
(CPM) schedules utilizing Primavera or MS collaboratively on projects regardless of their
Project software. These schedules are used work location. The System allows for accurate,
to monitor schedule performance and are de- timely reporting of project progress, whether in
signed to provide summarization at various the design phase or during construction.
levels of detail to support project execution
analysis and project management reporting re-
quirements, including the activities of subcon-
tractors and third party participants.
progress measurement and tracking
Gulf uses the earned value method for measuring and tracking project progress. A Work Breakdown Struc-
ture (WBS) is developed during the planning phase to organize the components of the project. For each
WBS component, activities and deliverables are assigned a weighted value in proportion to that item’s
relationship to the overall project budget. Our database application, LOGS, accommodates the line item
entry for each activity and deliverable required, defining the engineering and procurement documentation
for the project. Periodic production milestones for each item are defined and a date for each milestone is
scheduled. As the work progresses and milestones are achieved, the cumulative value of the work prog-
ress is calculated and compared to the plan. This physical percent complete information produced by the
LOGS program correlates with the actual man hours and schedule time expended to yield an earned value
with respect to the plan. Comparative analysis of this result indicates productivity achievements, supports
predictions of future progress and directs project management attention to items that are lagging. Results
are displayed in graphic and tabular formats for reporting and analysis purposes. Similar earned value
techniques are used for monitoring the progress of Gulf’s subcontractors or other contractors for who we
have reporting responsibility.
engineering for oil and gas production, transportation and storage systems
technology and innovation
In each area of the company’s operations, Gulf stays at the forefront of technology and
proactively invests in the hardware, software, systems, tools and training that will add value to
all the projects we complete. Using an array of industry standard and proprietary software, Gulf
addresses computing requirements for all functions related to project management, financial
analysis, engineering, design and construction management. These investments pay off for
our clients in greater efficiencies from reduced costs and improved schedules.
Web-based solutions developed by Gulf support remote officing capabilities. These include
corporate and project Intranets for project and construction management reporting. Document
control, remote drawing reviews, file transfer and information sharing are other features of
Gulf’s virtual office approach. All project reporting, from engineering progress through daily
field inspection reports is Web-enabled, allowing project personnel, corporate management
and clients to review and comment via a browser interface.
Gulf has obtained licenses for the lead CAD software products in general use today: AutoCAD
and MicroStation. In addition, Gulf has obtained licenses for several CAD third-party software
programs that tailor the generic CAD drawing environment to a particular design discipline; i.e.,
Mapping, Piping or Electrical. These software programs offer additional tools and capabilities
not available in the standard AutoCAD or MicroStation environment.
Gulf uses 3D CAD models and “smart” software for its facilities design. Benefits of Gulf’s
engineering approach are automated interference detection, accurate Bills of Materials,
reduction in checking time and minimal construction delays. Specific software applications for
engineering and design solutions include commercial and proprietary applications to address
hydraulic modeling, flow analysis, stress analysis, process simulations and other multi-
disciplinary requirements of oil and gas facilities design. Gulf’s engineers are accomplished in
the use of these programs for problem solving and to enhance their work products.
Gulf’s offices contain hundreds of engineering and business workstations fully networked for
complete sharing of information and system resources. A collection of peripheral devices provides
Gulf with an extensive capability to process and print large format, full-color graphic images
for mapping applications and management presentations. E-mail, electronic conferencing and
knowledge management are supported by round-the-clock high-speed Internet connections.
clients a partial listing
engineering for oil and gas production, transportation and storage systems
project schedule
major projects–pipeline systems Gulf scope of work
projects including a pipeline system which may also include station facilities
engineering for oil and gas production, transportation and storage systems
project schedule
major projects–pipeline systems Gulf scope of work
projects including a pipeline system which may also include station facilities
engineering for oil and gas production, transportation and storage systems
project schedule
major projects–station facilities Gulf scope of work
pump, compressor, metering and other facilities
Spearhead Project
Enbridge (U.S.) Inc.
Gulf provided project management and engineering services for the refurbishment of seven contract award–2005
existing pump stations, installation of one new pump station, and installation of the Hartsdale completion–2005
Lateral to achieve reverse flow for the Spearhead Pipeline. The pipeline consists of 655-miles project management
of 22-inch to 24-inch refurbishment pipeline from Hartsdale, IN to Cushing, OK. The pump engineering
stations are as follows: Hartsdale (new) and seven existing: Flanagan, Forest, Quincy, Key, design/drafting
Gunn, Caney and Cushing.
project schedule
major projects–station facilities Gulf scope of work
pump, compressor, metering and other facilities
engineering for oil and gas production, transportation and storage systems
project schedule
major projects–field development Gulf scope of work
oil and gas field development projects
Amazon Production
Occidental Peruano, Inc.
Installed in the Amazon Basin of Peru, this gathering system included a treating/desalting plant, contract award–1975
a production processing unit, flow lines, metering, well manifolds, gas/oil/water separators, completion–1984
heater treaters, wash tanks, storage tanks, electric power generation equipment, pumps, gas project management
lift, compression equipment and camp facilities. engineering
detail design
procurement
construction management
commissioning and start–up
engineering for oil and gas production, transportation and storage systems
project schedule
major projects–consulting engineering Gulf scope of work
feasibility studies, cost estimates and pipeline integrity assessments
engineering for oil and gas production, transportation and storage systems
major projects–consulting engineering project schedule
Gulf scope of work
feasibility studies, cost estimates and pipeline integrity assessments
Gas Pipeline
Shell International
This feasibility study evaluated a 550-km gas pipeline with a 100 MM BTU/hour intermediate contract award–1993
heating station to maintain the integrity of the buried pipeline traversing permafrost, discontinuous completion–1994
permafrost and non-permafrost soils in northern Russia. Gulf performed pipeline optimization feasibility study
and configuration studies and developed a capital cost estimate. The feasibility study included a preliminary engineering
set of hydraulic analyses with operating temperature ranges to protect the varying soil thermal cost estimate
conditions along with construction cost estimates based on arctic installation.
Yamal–Center Pipeline
Gazprom
This project included a 415-km, 56-inch diameter natural gas pipeline with three compressor contract award–1993
stations and one gas chilling station located in the Yamal Peninsula region of Russia. The gas completion–1994
chilling was required to lower the gas temperature below freezing to prevent thaw of the frozen feasibility study
soil around the pipeline. This section is the northernmost segment of a proposed 2,400-km gas preliminary engineering
export pipeline system. Gulf’s feasibility study included development of detailed specifications for cost estimate
a compressor station’s major materials and equipment and the preliminary design of buildings,
foundations and structures for installation in frozen soils.