What is the role of Piping Engineer in delivering oil & gas Project?

Please describe in detail?

A Piping Engineer has the responsibility to deal with the various aspects of piping such as
installation, repair and maintenance and replacements.
Piping Engineer Goes through:
1. Preparation of piping layouts, isometrics, support Drawings;
2. Stress analysis
3. Procurement assistance;
4. Preparation of drawings for statutory approvals;
5. Preview of vendor drawings;
6. Coordination with various engineering groups & site.
And ends with completion & commissioning of plant.
Activities of Piping Engineer:
Most important documents produced by design engineer:
1) Plot plan:
Arranging all plant units in a logical manner to take care of Material flow, statutory
requirements, & good engineering Practices. 2) Equipment layouts:
Document showing layout of all equipments satisfying the Process requirements, safety &
statutory Regulations, operability ease of maintenance & economy.
3) Piping layouts:
Document showing layouts of piping network to carry fluids from one equipment to another in a
process plant satisfying the requirements as mentioned above.

Details engineering documents:

These mainly covers the following documents:
1) Piping layouts drawings
2) Material take off (MTO / BOM) for piping items
3) Nozzle orientation for fabricated equipments
4) Stress analysis;
5) Piping isometric drawings;
6) Piping support drawings;
7) Firefighting specification
8) Drawings for statuary approvals,

Review of other documents:

1) Utility summary:

This document shall reflect the various utilities consumed by each equipments with duty
conditions like pressure, temperate, flow, state of fluid, critical data like freezing point etc.
2) Conceptual equipment layouts:
This document gives the general arrangement of the Equipments considering the process
requirements like Inter-distances & approximate elevations of the equipments;
3) Piping material specification:
Basic material for piping items, valve specifications, special, flanges & gaskets required, any
other specific requirement.
4) Type of storage required: This document shall mention the state of the fluid & type of
equipment to be used for the storage like API Tank, silo, dehumidified atmosphere (warehouse),
bullet horizontal / vertical) etc.
Plot plan
Plot plan shows overall areas & locating co-ordinates of:
1. Process unit
2. Raw material storages
3. Finished product storage
4. Utility generation areas
5. Pipe racks
6. Electrical receiving and distribution substation
7. Facility blocks e.g. Work shop, Weigh Bridge, canteen,
8. Administration lock, security, car/lorry park etc.
9. Flare system,
10.Effluent treatment,
11.Green belt,
12. Future requirements etc.

Equipment layout
Equipment layout must show the following:
All equipments including tanks, vessels, process Pumps and other rotating machinery giving
three locating Co-ordinates.
1) Package items
2) Pipe racks
3) Electrical & instrument cable trays.

4) MCC and control rooms

5) A/C ducting
6) Offices & maintenance areas
7) Building features including columns, beams, walls, floor Openings, staircases, passages etc.
8) Show tube removal space for heat exchangers
9) Show monorails lifting bays & hoists etc.

Piping Layouts
Document required to develop piping layout:
1) Equipment layouts
2) Process P&IDs
3) Utility P&IDS
4) Line designation list
5) Piping specification
6) Equipment data sheets /vendor drawings
7) Civil drawings
8) Inline instrument details
9) Insulation requirements