Phases of conceptual design for field development

Key words: major projects, stages of major projects, conceptual design.

This article considers efficiency evaluation instruments for the projects dealing with integrated development of new assets. It represents description of the approaches Gazprom Neft JSC uses to accomplish conceptual design of major projects realization at different stages. The article also covers general requirements concerning the scope of related activities and the order they follow during the conceptual project engineering of field development.