Solutions through technology, engineering and people
Projects in any kind of industry can be very complex especially in down stream industry i.e. refining of the
crude oil. Working globally takes a good understanding of how systems operate in emerging markets.
Large corporations spend a lot of money to properly develop project, however project promoters and/or
project holders of privately owned projects no matter the size of it, often fail to understand the importance
of proper project development. One of the biggest mistakes they make is when they make the decision to try
to save money in initial stage of project development.
Such bad decisions are in reality the worst case scenario and always have catastrophic consequences.
Every single decision in the project development phase will have a major impact not only in the duration of
the project but in the whole life cycle of it as well i.e. good decisions would have a positive impact and bad
decisions would have a negative impact with a snow ball effect. More money you spend upfront on studies,
better understanding of the potential problems you will have, and you will be able to work on solutions now
rather than wait until unexpected things happen when the project is already underway and the problems
are not any more under your control.
Time is money, and every delay is very costly.
We always try to underline the importance of proper project consulting in the beginning of the project i.e.
a proper project initiation with project definitions, project vision, project objectives (business & technological),
the project scope, conducting a conceptual design study etc.
Such approach with a qualified project consultant will save some major headaches to the client, and will in
initial stage set the right path and put the client in the right direction rather than let him go "all over the
place in every direction".
The results will be that the client will spend a fraction of money for a consulting work and conceptual design
study and based on the results from it, they will be able to make a decision like: what process
configuration will be the most suitable under the given circumstances, new equipment vs. used one,
is the project economically and technically feasible or not ...and as a result, they will be able to decide if
the project is a GO or NO GO.
Word of wisdom: start the project from the beginning and not from the middle i.e. don't look for
equipment unless you have your project properly defined and your conceptual design study done.
Services we are offering:
- Project consulting and management
- Feasibility studies from conceptual design to O&M
- Third party project assessment and evaluation for financial institutions
- Relocation studies
- Plant relocations: 3D scanning, intelligent modeling for relocation purposes i.e. match marking, re-engineering, dismantling, re-erection
- Construction of industrial plants, storage tanks, pipelines and power generation plants
- Facility Assessment
- Technology Transfer
- Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) and Life Cycle Methodologies (LCM)
Short summarized references:
- Complete work with erection
of steel structure, processing equipment, pipe bridges, piping
system, electrical equipment and installations; Insulation works,
Fire proofing, Refractory works, Overhaul and maintenance in a
115,000 BPD complex refinery with cracking capability
- Erection of steel structures and processing equipment, processing
and interconnecting piping, pump and compressor stations, boiler
plant, fire alarm, ethylene discharging unit, fire- protesting
system; Overhaul and maintenance in a 200.000 MT/Y organic chemical
industry complex
- Erection of steel structure processing equipment, equipment,
pipe-bridges, piping system sand pump station, Refractory works in a
70,000 BPD refinery
- Erection of steel structure pipe bridges, processing bridges,
processing equipment, processing and interconnecting piping,
chemical water treatment plant industrial water treatment plant,
process steam plant, thermal insulation of piping and equipment in
two different FCC-Aromatics Complexes, one with Penex unit
- Dismantling of old and erection of new vacuum column (8,5m in
diameter, 43m high)
- Erection of sulphuric and phosphoric acid plant - 1,100,000 MT/Y
fertilizer plant
- Engineering, supply and complete construction of Oil, Gas and
Water pipeline systems in total length of 560 km, up to 1000 mm in
diameter
- PC - Turn Key contract for five gas processing plants (piping,
instrumentation, process part) with total capacities of 136 Million
m3/year
- EPC of several gas and oil terminals with and without jetties
- Supply, construction and erection of 33,600 m3 of spherical and
underground storage tanks for Butane, Propane, Cryogenic Ethylene,
VCM storage, with pressure up to 240 bars
- Partial manufacturing and complete erection of 1,410,000 m3
storage tanks (roughly 10,000,000 bbls) for crude oil, liquid fuel
and finished products
- Supply of equipment, erection of steel construction, processing
equipment, pipe bridge and piping of a 5,000,000 m3/day natural gas
plant
- Municipal infrastructure and distribution systems for gas and
water in the total length of 1,200 km connecting roughly 30,000
households
- Complete piping for 2 x 1244 MW, one 1215 MW and one 610 MW
Nuclear power plants, complete work on construction & installation
of 310 MW power plant, complete mechanical & electrical work on
installation of 2 x 16 MW and 2 x 25 MW power plants, complete work
on 180 MW co-gen plant
- Maintenance operation on BP, Shell and Esso refineries in
Rotterdam, as well as Esso Chemie (petrochemical complex)
- Evaluation of the 55,000 BPD and 45,000 California refineries
for relocation to Africa
- Feasibility study for relocation of 30,000 BPD Amerada Hess
refinery to Ecuador
- Feasibility study of relocation of 16,000 BPD Colorado refinery to
Ukraine
- Feasibility study for relocation of Shell's 30,000 BPD refinery
from Canada to Europe
- Feasibility study for 30,000 BPD grass root
refinery in
- Plant assessment of Chevron's refinery in
- Feasibility study, technology evaluation and inspection of a
105,000 BPD and 115,000 BPD refineries for relocation to
- Feasibility study, technology evaluation and inspection for a
relocation of Esso – Imperial Oil's 45,000 BPD Ioco refinery as
expansion of a 55,000 BPD Frisia refinery
- Inspection and evaluation of a 220,000 BPD Nerefco’s refinery
(Nerefco – Netherlands Refining Company a BP/Texaco JV in Holland)
for relocation to India
- Inspection & project
consulting on relocation of 115,000 BPD Chevrons Milford Haven
refinery to Asia
- Inspection & project consulting on relocation of 100,000 BPD Q8
(Kuwait Petroleum) refinery from Naples-Italy to Asia
- Project and
technical consultant, inspection of Aromatics complex (BTX) for
relocation to Bangladesh
- Project and technical consulting, inspection of Chevron/Texaco 16,000 BPD Guatemala refinery for
relocation to Asia
- Feasibility study of relocation
of Amerada Hess 30,000 BPD plant to Ecuador
- Feasibility study and
evaluation of relocation of 16,000 BPD Colorado refinery to Ukraine
- Feasibility study for a
Nigerian company Rivgas which got the license to construct a 30,000
BPD refinery based on our study.
- Inspection of several power distribution centers in Abuja, Jos, Enugu, Makurdi, Lafia, Port Hartcourt and Lagos.
- Project and technical
consulting for Akwete 1,000 MW project in Abia state
- Inspection & evaluation and
planning for 40,000 BPD Albany refinery for relocation to East
Europe
- Inspection & evaluation of
55,000 BPD Cenco refinery
- Project planning and scheduling for dismantling of 35,000 BPD CDU, 26,000 BPD Vacuum unit, 12,000 BPD FCC, Gas conc. plant, Naphtha HDS, 10,000 BPD Reformer, Amine unit, Sulphur plant, Isomerization, Merox ...
- Project and technical consulting on a 200,000 BPD grass root refinery in Trinidad and Tobago,
- Project consulting for Spectrum Petroleum in UAE for grass root project in Cheliyabinsk, Ural
Representative
List of clients:
BP, Schell, ESSO, Sonatracht,
GEC, Wintershall, Bayernoil, Petrol,
Leuna, Slovnaft, INA,
Janaf, Sirte Oil,
Where the equipment suppliers, engineering companies and licensers were: Forster Wheeler, UOP, Voest Alpine, Kellogg, Toyo, Dow Chemical, Howe Backer, KTI, Badger, Tissot, ABB, Petroinvest, Monenco, Snamprogetti, JGC, Mitsubishi, Uhde, Tissot, Alstom, Parsons, Westinghouse ...