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operators, stakeholders, designers, project managers, business managers,

consultants, project analysts, senior e­ xecutives, project team members, mem-
bers of project management office, project customers, functional managers,
trainers, and researchers. It can also serve as a guidebook for technical con-
sultants and as a textbook resource for students and educators. It is also useful
as a supplementary reading for practicing engineers and as a handbook for
field operators. It will appeal to petroleum industry professionals because of
its focused treatment of oil and gas projects.
The book also contains case examples of applications of project manage-
ment tools and techniques to real-life project scenarios. These could serve as
lessons learned for best practices in project management.

Adedeji Badiru
Samuel Osisanya