Project Management in Petroleum Industries (2) (*Updated – 8/1)

1. Lecture
(1) Project Management Body of Knowledge® (PMBOK®) fundamentals (by preliminary e-learning, under PMAJ supervision)
(2) The petroleum industry in Japan (by preliminary e-learning, JCCP)
(3) Project management from the perspective of an oil refining company, which is the Project owner.
  a) Key points of each phase, initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and project closing phases, and the startup operation after the project
  b) Strategy of technology, capital investment, an EPC contract, etc.
(4) Project cost & risk management
(5) Construction project simulation, gamification
(6) Team building & stakeholder engagement.
2. Workshop (Group Discussions)
(1) Challenges of project management for each participant
3. Site Visit: 
(1) Refinery & chemical plants: 
・Japanese petroleum companies’ endeavor into Sustainable Energy
(2) Engineering companies:
・EPC project engineering by utilizing IT (advanced work packaging)
・Harnessing sustainable energy and its cutting-edge technologies 
(3) Ironworks and manufacturer of high-pressure vessel & pipe
・Latest technologies of stainless pipe and tanks for hydrogen storage
(4) CCS Plants
・Overview of CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) Projects & Plant site visit

Thirteen project specialists from twelve countries in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Africa participated. They actively discussed the challenges related to projects and corporate strategies in each country with the JCCP lecturers, deepening their understanding of project management.