{"id":15243,"date":"2025-10-08T10:17:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T09:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekton.us\/?p=15243"},"modified":"2025-10-08T22:50:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T21:50:37","slug":"building-bulletproof-erp-integration-oil-gas-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekton.us\/pt\/building-bulletproof-erp-integration-oil-gas-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a Bulletproof ERP Integration for Oil and Gas Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Introduction<\/strong><\/p>

Oil and gas megaprojects, like Gorgon LNG ($20B overrun) and Ichthys LNG ($10B overrun), face catastrophic risks when financial systems (Enterprise Resource Planning, ERP) and project controls (scope and schedule) are disconnected. Poor integration leads to untracked costs, overstated progress, and audit failures, as seen in Gorgon\u2019s year-long delay and defective welds. This article outlines a practical framework to integrate ERP with project controls using Business Intelligence (BI) tools like Power BI, ensuring cost-progress alignment. By structuring Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Control Accounts (CAs), and Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) correctly, and leveraging BI for real-time insights, projects can avoid disaster and deliver on time and budget<\/p>

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1. Scope-Pure WBS: Define Deliverables, Not Execution<\/strong><\/h3>