Exploration & Production
GENERAL SPECIFICATION
Telecommunications
GS EP TEL 700
Telecommunications Engineering Services
04
01/2011
Add some deliverables
03
10/2008
Telecom Spec summary and revision
02
10/2005
Inclusion of ATEX standard clause + change of Group name
and logo + addition of EP root to GS identification
01
07/2003
Commissioning procedures
00
05/2001
First issue
Rev.
Date
Owner: EP/FEI/SI
Notes
Managing entity: EP/FEI/SI
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Contents
1. Scope ....................................................................................................................... 3
2. Reference documents ............................................................................................. 3
3. Engineer scope of work .......................................................................................... 4
3.1
Basic engineering study.....................................................................................................4
3.2
Detailed engineering ..........................................................................................................6
4. Performance of the work ........................................................................................ 9
4.1
Liaison with local administrations ....................................................................................10
4.2
Quality assurance ............................................................................................................10
4.3
Drawings ..........................................................................................................................11
4.4
Documents.......................................................................................................................12
Appendix 1
Telecom Specification summary ........................................................................13
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1. Scope
This General Specification applies to engineering services to be supplied during the design and
fabrication of telecommunication equipment intended for use in hydrocarbon production and/or
processing plants.
The contracting parties mentioned in this General Specification are listed hereafter:
• COMPANY:
the party which signs the contracts and purchase orders
• CONTRACTOR:
the party which works for the COMPANY. In Basic Engineering
phase, the contract is an Engineering activities contract. After
EPCC contract award, the contract is an Engineering,
Procurement, Construction, Pre-commissionning and/or
Commissionning contract
• SUBCONTRACTOR:
the Telecom integrator qualified by COMPANY which handles
all Telecom EPCC discipline activities under a contract either
from COMPANY or from EPCC CONTRACTOR
• VENDOR :
the supplier of the equipment
The verbal forms used to indicate levels of requirement are specified in ISO/IEC Directives,
Part 2, and Characteristics of good requirements (INCOSE symposium 1996).
2. Reference documents
The reference documents listed below form an integral part of this General Specification. Unless
otherwise stipulated, the applicable version of these documents, including relevant appendices
and supplements, is the latest revision published at the EFFECTIVE DATE of the CONTRACT.
Standards
Reference
ISO/CEI Directives part 2
Title
Rules for the structure and drafting of International Standards
Professional Documents
Reference
Title
Not applicable
Regulations
Reference
ATEX directive 94/9/CE
Title
Equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially
explosive atmospheres
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Codes
Reference
Title
Not applicable
Other documents
Reference
Characteristics of good
requirements
Title
Requirements Working Group of the International Council on
Systems Engineering (INCOSE symposium 1996)
Total General Specifications
Reference
Title
Not applicable
3. Engineer scope of work
The CONTRACTOR / SUBCONTRACTOR scope of work shall vary according to the phase of
the project. The Basic Engineering phase of the project shall be based on the Pre-Project
documents generally produced by COMPANY. The Detailed Engineering phase of the project
shall be based on the Basic Engineering project documents.
3.1 Basic engineering study
3.1.1 Scope of work
During the basic engineering study, CONTRACTOR shall define the telecommunication
systems architecture and performance substantiated by calculation sheets. CONTRACTOR
shall prepare the telecommunication systems specifications, systems block diagrams,
equipment lay out drawings and schedules.
CONTRACTOR scope of work shall include the following tasks:
1. Prepare the telecommunication philosophy, systems description and block diagrams. This
study will also list the applicable regulations and standards.
2. Prepare the telecommunication shutdown philosophy, according to the SAF Company
referential and to the project safety concept.
3. Determine the telecommunication systems architecture to meet the project requirements.
This will imply liaison with other disciplines to define the additional requirements arising
from the basic engineering design.
4. Prepare the design of the Satellite, Optical Fibre and/or microwave links. The design shall
detail the overall link budget, the target transmission standards (from CCIR
recommendations) such as link availability, noise level, data transmission performance
and the like, and performance prediction.
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- The study shall also detail the equipment characteristics, such as Satellite Earth
Terminals mechanical, electrical and radio-electrical characteristics, the antenna size,
bearing and clearance.
- All the above, including aerial sizing and power consumption, shall be substantiated by
calculations.
5. Prepare the design propagation/coverage study of the UHF radio network, the marine
VHF/FM, the aeronautical VHF/AM and the MF/HF radios. The study shall include
calculation notes substantiating, in particular, the necessary transmitted radio power, the
antenna size, gain, elevation, the radio coverage and beam clearance.
6. Prepare a Public Address coverage study with a view to specifying the required acoustic
power, the loudspeaker loop distribution, the power amplifier and power supply sizing. The
study shall also detail the Public Address system philosophy and operational
requirements.
7. Prepare general lay out drawings including equipment arrangements, field equipment
layout, equipment rooms layouts and main cable routing.
8. Prepare the telecommunication tower design, if any
9. Prepare telecommunication systems electrical earthing schematics.
10. Determine Uninterruptible Power Supply and battery sizing for all telecommunication
systems.
11. Specify interfaces with the other project packages
12. Specify the telecommunication systems interface with other equipment, such as the
Telemetry system, the Process Control system, the Fire and Gas system, the Emergency
Shutdown system, etc.
13. Specify interfaces with the existing systems, if relevant
14. Define radio frequency allocation requirements
15. Prepare the telecommunication equipment specification
16. Prepare the telecommunication equipment list
17. Prepare the Telecom Integrators list and the Telecom Vendors List
18. Prepare the Request For Quotation documents.
19. Issue the Call For Bids and analyse the vendors tender documents
3.1.2 List of deliverables
CONTRACTOR shall produce the following documents:
1. Telecommunication philosophy document
2. Telecommunication systems shutdown philosophy specification.
3. Telecom systems general block diagram
4. Satellite links design report
5. Optical Fibre link design report
6. Line Of Sight radio links design report
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7. UHF radio network, marine VHF/FM radio, aeronautical VHF/AM radio and MF/HF radio
propagation/coverage study
8. Public Address and General Alarm coverage study
9. Telecommunication equipment specifications, as per Annex 1
10. Telecommunication equipment numbering specification
11. Telecommunication equipment list
12. Telecom interfaces document
13. Telecommunication Equipment Rooms lay out drawings
14. Telecommunication field equipment lay out drawings
15. Radio aerials lay out drawings including telecom tower
16. Telecommunication cable routing drawings
17. Telecommunication UPS/battery sizing specification per system
18. Telecommunication electrical power supply single line diagrams
19. Telecommunication heat and power dissipation
20. Telecom subcontractors list and telecom vendors list
21. Telecom maintenance tools list
22. Telecom package Request for Quotation (when Telecom package out of EPC SOW)
23. Call For Tender dossier (when Telecom package out of EPC SOW)
24. SUBCONTRACTORS bids analysis procedure (when Telecom package out of EPC SOW)
3.2 Detailed engineering
Depending upon the Project contracting policy, two contractual frames may be selected :
• either a contract between COMPANY and SUBCONTRACTOR, awarded during the Basic
Engineering and Call For Tender phase, and then endorsed by CONTRACTOR
• or a contract between CONTRACTOR and SUBCONTRACTOR, part of the main EPCC
contract
3.2.1 Scope of Work
3.2.1.1 CONTRACTOR
1. shall ensure inter-discipline coordination of the work and shall resolve the interface
problems with other packages or systems whether internal or external to the plant or
installation.
2. shall be responsible of detailed design, procurement, installation and pre-commissionning
of infrastructures:
a. technical rooms and facilities (false floors, false ceilings, power supply, HVAC, cable
entries, etc…) according with telecom technical rooms layouts issued by the
SUBCONTRACTOR
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b. telecom masts and antennas supports and brackets
c. field items supports (PAGA LS and FL, telephone booths, CCTV cameras and
monitors, meteoceano sensors, etc…)
d. cable trays routing,
specifications
according
with
COMPANY
and
SUBCONTRACTOR
e. cables and sockets, including connections, according with COMPANY and
SUBCONTRACTOR specifications, except intra-cabinets cabling
3. shall be responsible for installation, connection and pre-commissionning of field items
(supplied by SUBCONTRACTOR) : PAGA LS and FL, telephone booths, CCTV cameras
and monitors, meteoceano sensors, etc…
3.2.1.2 SUBCONTRACTOR
1. shall be responsible for the detailed design and procurement of all telecommunication
systems, including their power supplies (except main power supply), as described in the
Basic Engineering documents.
2. shall resolve the interface problems with existing telecommunication systems, whether
internal or external to the plant or installation.
3. shall verify that the telecommunication systems design fully meet the project
requirements.
4. shall carry out a frequency survey in order to identify the possible interference sources
and signals within the planned frequency band and possible limitations to the radio
systems performance.
5. shall carry out detailed calculations with a view to substantiating the equipment
specifications.
6. shall perform the telecommunication equipment Call for Tender, organize the relevant Bid
Clarification Meetings, carry out the bid analysis and make a recommendation.
7. shall perform Inspection, Quality Assurance, Planning control and, in general, shall follow
up the equipment manufacturing.
8. shall review and approve Vendors documents, including electrical and mechanical
drawings, schedules, procedures, factory acceptance test and integrated acceptance test
procedures, installation, maintenance and operating manuals.
9. shall setup and host Integrated Factory Acceptance tests with interfaced telecom
systems
10. shall attend the factory acceptance tests and integrated acceptance tests and accept or
reject the equipment on the basis of the test results and inspection of the equipment.
11. shall liaise with CONTRACTORS to resolve the interfacing problems and to facilitate the
lay out, cable routing and power supply of the telecommunication equipment.
12. shall assist COMPANY in discussions with third parties.
13. shall provide assistance to COMPANY in their negotiations with the Authorities and
prepare the necessary application documents.
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14. shall up-date, complete and re-issue or prepare the telecommunication documents
produced at the Basic Engineering stage of the project, and in particular, the philosophy
documents, the design reports and coverage studies, the specifications and data sheets,
the drawings, schedules and licence/frequency application documents.
15. By the end of the fabrication stage of the project, shall up date all drawings and
schedules to the "As Built" status.
3.2.2 List of deliverables
CONTRACTOR shall produce the following documents:
1. Inter-packages and inter-discipline telecom interfaces document
2. Telecommunication Equipment Rooms lay out drawings
3. Documents numbering specification
4. Telecom subsystems numbering specification
5. Telecommunication cables routing drawings
6. Telecommunication cable tray/ladder/ducting lay-out drawings
7. Telecom structures layouts and drawings (mast, supports, brackets, …)
8. Telecom field items layouts
9. Cables and Multi-cables transit schedule
10. Junction box and cable glands schedules
11. Bulk material schedule
12. Plant or installation noise study
13. Precommissionning reports
SUBCONTRACTOR shall produce the following documents :
1. Telecommunication philosophy document
2. Telecommunication shutdown philosophy
3. Telecommunication interfaces document
4. Line Of Sight radio links design report
5. Satellite links design report
6. Optical Fibre link design report
7. UHF radio network, marine VHF/FM radio, aeronautical VHF/AM radio and MF/HF radio
propagation/coverage study
8. Radio interferences study
9. Public Address and General Alarm coverage study
10. Telecommunication equipment specifications
11. Telecom equipment tagged list
12. General block diagram
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13. Systems block diagrams
14. Telecommunication systems purchase requisitions for main and bulk equipment
15. Frequency survey report
16. Formal radio Licence and frequency application dossiers
17. Vendors bids analysis
18. Lay out drawings for telecommunication equipment,
19. Radio aerials lay out drawings
20. Terminal block diagrams
21. Termination schedules and jumpering schedules
22. Electrical and telecommunication earthing schematics
23. Uninterruptible Power Supply, battery and charger sizing study per system
24. Telecom electrical power supply single line diagrams
25. Telecommunication heat and power dissipation
26. Installation drawings and procedures showing equipment mounting details
27. Factory acceptance tests procedures
28. Factory acceptance tests reports
29. Integrated Factory acceptance tests procedures
30. Integrated Factory acceptance tests reports
31. Precommissionning procedures
32. Commissioning procedures
33. Commissioning reports
34. Equipment hazardous area certificates and other required certificates
35. Installation, operating and maintenance manuals including CONTRACTOR telecom
documents
36. List of commissioning spare parts
37. List of two years operating spare parts
38. List of maintenance tools including special tools
4. Performance of the work
CONTRACTOR and/or SUBCONTRACTOR shall carry out the above mentioned tasks as part
of their contract with COMPANY and, as a result, the contractual management procedures and
requirements for producing the documents and drawings shall apply. However, a number of
tasks, specific to telecommunications are addressed hereafter.
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4.1 Liaison with local administrations
4.1.1 General
CONTRACTOR and SUBCONTRACTOR shall comply with the laws and regulations in force in
the country where the plant or installation is to be installed and with the rules, instructions and
standards of the administrations involved.
COMPANY shall remain the only official correspondent with local authorities. CONTRACTOR
and/or SUBCONTRACTOR shall have no direct contact with local authorities without obtaining
prior written approval by COMPANY.
4.1.2 Radio frequencies
SUBCONTRACTOR shall identify the project radio frequency requirements and shall submit to
COMPANY, in due course, the radio licence and frequency application dossier, in order to have
the frequencies allocated prior to placing any order to the vendors.
The radio frequencies proposed by SUBCONTRACTOR shall conform to the following
regulations:
• National Frequency Plan
• Frequency allocation tables of the International Telecommunication Union
• Frequency allocation tables of the CCIR.
SUBCONTRACTOR shall carry out a frequency survey on the site and shall identify any
frequency liable to cause interference within the planned frequency band.
SUBCONTRACTOR shall submit to COMPANY a frequency survey report, prior to initiating the
frequency application, detailing:
• The test procedures and test equipment used
• All interference signals identified, together with transmission periods, frequencies, type of
modulation, received level, azimuth of the sources and weather conditions
• Recommended actions to prevent any impairment of the radio equipment performance.
4.1.3 Equipment certificates
The telecommunication equipment procured or rent by SUBCONTRACTOR shall be type
approved for the required service. An approval certificate shall be delivered by the Vendor with
the equipment. The equipment to be used or installed in hazardous areas must be
ATEX directive 94/9/CE certified only.
4.2 Quality assurance
SUBCONTRACTOR shall implement the quality assurance plan approved by COMPANY. The
quality assurance plan shall detail the way COMPANY requirements shall be met and shall
clearly define the responsibility of each party involved in the performance of the work.
SUBCONTRACTOR shall specify the mechanical, electrical and radio-electrical quality
objectives required for each telecommunication system. A particular consideration shall be paid
to the radio link quality objectives, such as link availability, transmission quality, equipment
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reliability, etc. The factory acceptance test procedures and commissioning procedures shall
reflect the specified quality objectives of the telecommunication systems.
4.3 Drawings
4.3.1 General
The size of the drawings shall be A1, A2, A3 or A4 only. The International Telecommunication
Union (ITU) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) terminology, units,
symbols, abbreviations and acronyms shall be used.
Every time an alteration is made to a drawing, whatever its extent, an up-revision number shall
be entered and the document shall be distributed to all contractual parties involved.
CONTRACTOR, SUBCONTRACTOR and vendors drawing and document registers shall be
produced and up-dated by themselves.
4.3.2 Design drawings
1. Radio coverage drawings shall show the theoretical coverage provided by the planned
radio system together with the directional antennae radiating beam width.
2. Cable routing drawings shall show the main cable routing together with the cable
reference numbers.
3. Systems block diagrams shall display, in block form, the principle of each
telecommunication system.
4. Cable block schematics shall display, in block form, the items of electrical equipment and
the cables connecting them. The terminal block reference of each item shall be stated,
along with the number and size of the conductors in the cables.
5. Terminal block diagrams shall show each terminal block with the terminals numbered and
the cores of the connecting cables identified. The core identifiers given shall be those
ferruled onto the conductors.
6. Termination/jumpering schedules shall show the termination of telecommunication and
electrical pairs and cores in the Main Distribution Frames and marshalling boxes.
7. Utilities schedules shall indicate types, consumption, voltage and power (in kW, kVA) of
all utilities required to operate the equipment.
8. Earthing schematics shall show the connection of each telecommunication piece of
equipment to the Electrical Earth, to the Telecommunication Earth and to the Intrinsically
Safe Earth when applicable.
9. Lay out drawings shall show the telecommunication equipment arrangement in the rooms
and the position of the field equipment pertaining to the various telecommunication
systems.
10. Installation drawings shall include the equipment general arrangement and mounting
drawings and shall show the space left for access and door opening.
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4.4 Documents
4.4.1 Technical specifications
Technical specifications intended to Call For Tender or purchase shall be sufficiently detailed
and accurate to prevent any ambiguity with regard to the main characteristics of the equipment.
The national and international rules, regulations, recommendations and standards shall be
called for. All items of equipment, including ancilliary equipment shall be clearly defined.
The technical specifications shall not be issued to vendors or CONTRACTORS without prior
authorization by COMPANY.
4.4.2 Reports and calculation sheets
Reports and calculation notes shall be part of the engineering documentation and as such shall
be identified with dedicated reference numbers. They will be updated according to the same
procedure as the drawings and documents.
4.4.3 Planning schedule
CONTRACTOR and SUBCONTRACTOR shall prepare a telecommunication planning schedule
covering the various stages with key dates for the production of the telecommunication systems,
viz: design, procurement, fabrication, testing, installation and commissioning. The planning
schedule shall be presented as a bar chart showing the dates of the key events within the
production schedule, such as:
• Frequency allocation
• Equipment certification
• Dates for submission of documents for approval
• Data supplied to or received from other disciplines
• Data to be supplied to Vendors or to CONTRACTORS.
4.4.4 Bid analysis
CONTRACTOR and/or SUBCONTRACTOR shall produce a technical Bid Analysis document
detailing the degree of compliance of each Tender with regard to the characteristics specified
for each equipment or system. If the bid analysis is carried out on a short list of tenders, the
short list must be submitted to COMPANY for approval and the reasons for rejecting some of
the bidders must be clearly stated.
A commercial bid analysis document shall also be submitted. This analysis shall detail all cost
and delivery implications.
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Appendix 1
Appendix 1
Telecom Specification summary
1. Scope
2. Reference documents
3. Engineer scope of work
3.1
Basic engineering study
3.1.1 Scope of work
3.1.2 List of deliverables
3.2
Detailed engineering
3.2.1 Scope of Work
3.2.2 List of deliverables
4. Performance of the work
4.1
Liaison with local administrations
4.1.1 General
4.1.2 Radio frequencies
4.1.3 Equipment certificates
4.2
Quality assurance
4.3
Drawings
4.3.1 General
4.3.2 Design drawings
4.4
Documents
4.4.1 Technical specifications
4.4.2 Reports and calculation sheets
4.4.3 Planning schedule
4.4.4 Bid analysis
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