Abstract
The Qatargas LNG Plant Project is the first LNG plant project completed under the mega gas development program of the country for its world's largest single gas reservoir "North Field" in the State of Qatar. This Project demonstrated a successful application of various updated engineering/information technologies (IT) available and of the latest ways of project management, and resulted in an earlier completion of the Plant, despite various adverse circumstances, such as, limited availability of the infrastructure and particular location of the construction site. This paper presents how these technologies were systematically applied and how these latest ways of project management/IT were introduced for the Project. The main aspect of this project management is to have established clear objectives, applied new project management tools and kept a better communication among the people concerned all through the life of the Project, and maximally utilized various lessons learned. The Project received the PMI International Project of the Year Award 1999 from the Project Management Institute. This is the first project received such an honorable award, outside of North America.
