The paper will describe the implementation of a sophisticated Information Management System aimed at supporting the processes related to project planning & control, interface management and change management for the Goliat project, operated by Eni Norge. The system has been developed on top of Eni?s Project Management System, named SIGEP, and it has been configured to fit the internal workflows and procedures that have been designed for the Goliat project. The system provides a framework where all project information (schedule, progress, costs, changes, interface issues, etc) can be cross referenced with each other, as well as to the main project control structures (Work Breakdown Structure, Product Breakdown Structure), therefore enforcing a consistent view of the project status from different perspectives. Moreover, the integrations of the system with SAP, Primavera and the Intergraph engineering database will be described.

Short Bio:

Marco Piantanida (Eni E&P) is a knowledge owner and technical leader within the Business Application Development group of Eni E&P in Milan, Italy. He holds an Electronic Engineering degree with ?Politecnico di Milano? and a Master degree in Information Technology. He gained the PMP (Project Management Professional) certification in 2005. He joined Eni E&P in 1992, and had been working for ten years on projects related to Expert Systems, Neural Networks and advanced algorithms for the E&P world. Since 2002, he has been working as project manager and architecture designer for technical web portals and collaboration tools. He has been in charge of the development of the IT framework supporting the processes of E&P Field Development, Exploration, Operation & Production, and Innovation Projects. He has been author of many technical papers in Oil & Gas conferences, as well as session chairman.