Expert Witness

Business interruption and production loss assessments for continuous processing plants, including fuel usage, environmental issues and impact of emissions
Opportunity costs and lost sales estimates during periods of business interruption

Techno-economic assistance and technical support services to law firms, insurance companies and government agencies on a wide range of matters concerning the international oil & gas, refining, petrochemical, mineral processing and energy industries
Custom services and technical assistance for processing plant operations, discovered document classification, including drawings, technical document analysis and report reviews
Plant troubleshooting and technical services for operational improvement reviews, product quality and contamination investigations

Expertise available for major cases involving process design reviews, hydrocarbon product contamination, process plant incidents, and plant safety and operability issues
Process plant incident investigations, plant upsets & plant reliability assessments
Reports on risk management procedures, health & safety regulations and requirements

Product quality and quantity disputes, load port requirements and shipping cost evaluations
Expert opinion on hydrocarbon and mineral processing product and feedstock valuation, and plant operating costs

Data room review, plant valuation and business assessments for mergers and acquisitions
Review of commercial agreements, supply contracts, and contractual agreements concerning energy supplies, fuels and quality specifications
Development of pricing formulas, product quality differentials and freight cost differentials to assist contract negotiations

Process evaluation, including reliability, operating flexibility, ease of integration with existing plant, and techno-economic analysis of new technologies

Evaluation of gasification technologies including syngas production for IGCC, Fischer Tropsch, Methanol, DME, Ammonia and Urea processing

Expert report services for patent issues involving coal processing, refining, petrochemicals, gas processing and cryogenic facilities
Services offered for evaluating claims for novel gas processing and CO2 capture technologies including solvents, adsorbents, membranes and cryogenics