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Services
Helping petrochemical-focused businesses during strategic business decisions, project development & implementation, asset improvements, and troubleshooting.

​We help clients to identify and set a direction for opportunities (new or existing assets) toward key goals and long-term objectives. We work together with owner teams to turn these ambitious goals and objectives into reality. 

We help our clients to become industry leaders.
Client base includes
  • Chemical Companies
  • EPC and Services Providers
  • Suppliers of technology-based products and services (specialized equipment, catalysts, etc.)
  • Investors and Financial Institutes (due diligence etc.)
  • Owners/Attorneys (litigation-related expertise) 
  Example of services and successful track record
  1. ​We have helped a major company during the feasibility, Process Design Package, Front End Engineering Design, Detailed Engineering, and Procurement phases of a large grassroots ethylene-based petrochemicals complex. During the feasibility phase, we helped the client during the bidding stage and selection of technology/FEED contractor based on a holistic evaluation approach. During PDP/FEED, Detailed Engineering/Procurement phases; helped the client with reviews, key technical decisions, and technical risk management; key/critical equipment, catalysts, adsorbents, chemicals procurement, etc. for the complete cracker plant including cracking furnaces.
  2. We worked with a chemical company on a schedule-driven challenging expansion of an existing ethylene plant, during the project review of the FEED package and early stage of the EPC phase, in reducing the overall risk profile by reducing the construction activities during the turnaround. In addition, we helped improve the performance efficiency and overall reliability of the operation (including cracking furnaces operation). 
  3. We carried out an independent analysis of an existing world-scale ethylene plant operation over multiple years for assessing the plant capability in comparison with actual utilization along with gaps in operation and maintenance approach as compared to the top performers.
  4. We have developed strategic whitepapers, including case study real-life examples, to help companies in understanding the competitive landscape to support their management deliberations and decisions. 
  5. We advised a major chemical company from conceptual project development through the FEED phase of a large and complex facility based on mixed-feed ethylene crackers. This facility included NGL separation, mixed feed cracker, C4s Train (for Butene-1, MTBE, and Butadiene production), Pygas Hydrogenation and BTX recovery, and Polyethylene and Polypropylene units. The suggested configuration approach, in combination with process integration/simplification, resulted in more than 10% savings in capital investment for the whole complex. Lead the technology selection team and participated in commercial evaluations to recommend the bidder(s) for preparing an open book lump sum EPC package at the end of the PDP/FEED phase. During the PDP/FEED phase helped the client with reviews, key technical decisions, and technical risk management.
  6. We carried out a competitive scope review and helped develop a unique project execution approach for keeping the cost focus and competitive pressure during all project phases leading to the lowest possible cost. This project involved major investment for cracking furnaces island of an existing mixed-feed ethylene plant. The client’s business manager’s message is a testimony to their satisfaction “I would like to take the opportunity to thank you for the services you provided. We were very pleased with your participation in this review. Combining your technical and industry knowledge with (management consulting company) approach was very powerful.”​
  7. We reviewed the FEED package of a petrochemical complex (including mixed feed cracker, PE, PP, utilities, and off-site) to identify and mitigate risks along with the structured financing partners. Helped identify opportunities to lower the total cost by 10%, as requested by financing entities, with minimum impact on project economics.
  8. Review of trial runs using anti-coking treatment for cracking furnaces and help explain the observed behavior  with and without anti-coking as compared to long term successful applications in high selectivity furnaces.
  9. We helped a major chemical company in identifying the root cause for severe fouling and vibration problems in the cracked gas compressor of an ethylene plant. The analysis also included recommendations for addressing the root cause for improving operational reliability. Helped the client in statistical analysis of the operation data for developing a predictive model.
Consulting & Advisory Services in Following Key Areas

Early Development & Feasibility Phase

  • Strategic thinking
  • ​Breadth of knowledge to evaluate options, identify opportunities for improving long-term economics based on optimum investment
  • Opportunities and approach for integration with the refinery, gas processing, and downstream derivative units
  • Help in developing an approach for sensitivity analysis
  • Technology evaluation, performance guarantees approach, license agreements

PDP, FEED, Engineering & Procurement

  • Focus on business and project objectives
  • Problem Solving, options evaluation, and decision-making (design, process control, safeguarding)
  • Help clients identify risks (technical and business) and mitigation approach
  • Evaluation and selection of key/ critical equipment, catalysts/adsorbents, chemicals
  • Focus on performance and reliability

Energy Transition/ Decarbonization, Circularity

  • Independent consulting help to develop and select an energy transition approach
  • Help evaluation and selection of decarbonization options & technologies
  • Evaluation of circularity options, integration with steam cracker
  • Strategies and evaluation of new technologies 

Independent Project Review for lowest possible total investment

  • Ensuring the minimum possible and competitive technical scope to meet overall objectives and goals
  • Lowest risk profile to achieve a lower total investment
  • Opportunities for optimizing execution approaches 

Asset Improvement & Troubleshooting

  • Focus on top-quartile performance and industry leadership
  • Fresh thinking 
  • ​Optimum strategy for performance and reliability  improvements
  • ​Hands-on experience with all major technologies

Customized Training & Workshops

  • Strong technology background
  • Operation, control, troubleshooting
  • Impartial view of technology options
  • Hands-on experience with all major technologies
  • Olefins-focused training

Strategic Business Development​

  • Broad market understanding
  • Industry Insights
  • Business drivers