Refinery assessment and quick wins
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Process configuration
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Appraisal of process units and utilities systems
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Identification and analysis of bottlenecks
Low/no capex debottlenecking options
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Maintenance and inspection best practices
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Tank farm assessment
Profitability and Performance Improvement
KPI definitions and monitoring in several refining key operations areas:
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Cash operating expenses and margin
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Reliability and Maintenance
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Energy optimization
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Oil losses
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Refinery utilization and availability
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Identify the performance gap versus industry leaders
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Develop with the Refinery gap closure plans:
Improvements with a better use and management of all the available resources and facilities
Minor investments for upgrading the day by day operations and practices
Identification of structural inefficiencies and improvement roadmap definition
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Process engineering is supported by a modern chemical laboratory and hydroprocessing pilot plants:
Catalyst performance evaluation
Feedstock quality impact on process performance
Process optimization
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Selection of the most appropriate technology in complex projects as owner representative
Depending on the current refinery configuration and performance, a comprehensive improvement plan can yield up to 1-2 $ / BBL
Energy optimization
Energy cost often represents more than 50% of cash operating expenses in a typical Refinery
Energy consumption is evaluated using the Solomon Associates methodology
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Identification of gaps versus best performers
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Gap closure plans development
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Tracking of improvement plans results
Technical Assistance and Troubleshooting
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Scheduled turnarounds and units’ start-up
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Technical services:
catalyst monitoring
fractionation monitoring
hydrogen balance
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Assistance to the Refinery staff during the take off phase of improvement programs
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Operating problems analysis to identify best solution and assistance in implementation
Reliability and maintenance optimization
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Review of maintenance work practices in use
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Resource usage optimization
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Implementation of reliability practices (Asset Management):
Risk Based inspection (RBI)
Fitness for Service assessment (API 579)
Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)
Software selection and implementation
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Review and optimization of turnaround practices and sequences
