Project Governance

Project Governance

Project Governance By Herman van Heerden, Freek van Heerden, Jurie Steyn   Introduction Ed Merrow (2011), in his book Industrial Megaprojects, maintains that much of the pathology we see in megaprojects today reflects the nature and problems of the modern industrial...
Black Swan Risk Management for Projects

Black Swan Risk Management for Projects

Black Swan Risk Management for Projects By Jurie Steyn. Introduction Decimus Junius Juvenalis, known in English as Juvenal, was a poet active in the period AD 110 to 130. He wrote sixteen satires on the vices, abuses, and follies of Imperial Rome and is regarded by...
Small-scale versus Large-scale LNG Plants

Small-scale versus Large-scale LNG Plants

Small-scale versus Large-scale LNG Plants By Jurie Steyn.  Introduction Consumption of natural gas (NG) has grown rapidly over the past three decades and today accounts for nearly a quarter of the world’s primary energy supply. Although global primary energy...
Outlets and Applications for Natural Gas

Outlets and Applications for Natural Gas

Outlets and Applications for Natural Gas By Jurie Steyn   Introduction South Africa’s energy sector has been in a state of insecurity for many years, and this will probably continue into the foreseeable future. Carbon emissions are high due to an over-reliance on coal...
Learning from All Projects

Learning from All Projects

Any organisation should strive for continual improvement in the way they execute projects. A good way to do this is to ensure that mistakes of the past are not repeated.