Chemicals
	Materials

The skills and resources of our engineers and material specialists are available to support your business.

Some of the services provided by GMC are:
	Cost effective material selection of critical items thereby reducing development and maintenance costs
	Project process feed review and material recommendation
	Resolving quality problems with finished products
	Life cycle cost analysis to support purchase of the optimum quality / quantity chemicals, oils & utilities for day to day operation there by improving end product quality and overall plant availability
	Establishing and maintaining product quality systems
	Product quality margins
	Lubricant products and related services
	Crude oil quality and evaluation
	Product Blending
	Improving catalyst life & associated plant throughput

GMC’s material and chemical specialist can assist your company in any of your special chemical and materials need. We can carry out operational audit at site to achieve across-the-board improvements in analytical services by utilising best practices and ensuring fit-for-purpose plant sampling and testing practices.

Benchmark against global standards to accomplish outstanding results.

GMC will enable your business to improve its operational efficiency. Our benchmarking and performance monitoring will assist you to compare your performance against the industry and assist in building your competitive edge. This awareness will lead to optimum solutions that will continue to impact positively on your plant operating bottom line well in to the future.

We can assist by addressing:
	Manpower efficiency and organisational effectiveness
	Plant availability, utilisation and performance analysis
	Feedstock optimisation
	Plant energy usage per ton of output
	Hydrocarbon loss minimisation
	Operations - Health, safety and environment
	Reliability, availability & maintenance review/analysis and interrogation tools
	Financial analysis of operation and engineering including life cycle cost analysis critical process and equipment
	Product quality and laboratory support
	Retail database analysis and customer profiling
	Field performance analysis of pump, compressors, turbines and engines
	Field performance analysis of heat exchangers, columns, fired heaters and auxiliaries

Our services improve performance and help with continuous review of operational performance.

Our statistical analysis and risk review can provide a better understanding of your business processes. Thorough analysis can yield significant financial benefits to you in operational stock management, plant performance and quality. Our engineers routinely help customers' boost their business operating margins.

We can provide civil / structural engineering assistance to reduce your operating and maintenance expenditure on civil works, structures and protective systems. We can show you, how to minimise / avoid capital expenditure while maintaining safety and structural integrity.

Some of the services offered are:
	Buildings - heating, ventilation, air conditioning and explosion resistance
	Structural integrity inspections, due diligence, decommissioning
	Flue / flare gas stacks
	Fireproofing
	Painting and life extension techniques
	Hot and Cold insulation engineering / review to maintain effectiveness and reduce plant energy bill
	Refractory, erosion-resistant and chemical-resistant linings
	Storage tank integrity management, emission / dead stock reduction, cleaning techniques
	Water resources / storage
	Drainage and effluent water treatment planning

Our services are based on hands-on experience of our engineers. You can expect lowering of capital and operational costs.

With a proven ability and current knowledge of the latest electrical engineering developments, we can provide an effective solution to complex electrical equipment and system problems. We can provide engineering support to improve performance and cost effectiveness, safety and reliability for a wide range of electrical facilities and technologies.

Some of the services offered are:
	Electrical safety (equipment and procedures) review
	Electrical site audits and system health checks
	Electrical Power system studies, protection and controls
	Feasibility studies and master plan reviews
	Safety and operational studies
	Training: electrical engineering courses, workshops

We will assist you in benchmarking against the industry best practices and latest innovative technologies.

Raise your business margins by utilising our services throughout the business cycle, from planning and development to operation.

Business margins are operating cost dependent, therefore, lower energy consumption and an optimum energy mix is highly desirable. By analysing energy usage at your production facilities, we can assist in minimising energy usage and improving performance to increase your profitability. Using energy more efficiently can bring the additional benefit of lowering green house gas emissions.

Gross margin can be further improved by opportunistic upgrading and in addition, the focus on reducing environmental impact will assist in meeting present and future legislative requirement.

Some of the services offered are:
	On site performance assessment with respect to energy usage, emissions and hydrocarbon losses
	Energy conservation and developmental studies
	Comprehensive reporting including costs, opportunities and potential pay back periods
	Comprehensive report covering performance, proposals, costs, benefits and pay-back times
	Retrofit of dry gas seals on existing compressors with wet seals
	Key equipment operating condition / performance review to either enhance production or minimise losses and energy usage
	On-site performance testing of pumps, compressors, turbines, engines, motors and generators
	Onsite performance review of columns, heat exchangers etc
	Basic design and engineering support
	Project specification and detailed engineering
	Process & plant performance testing and safety audits
	Plant troubleshooting and upgrading
	Operator training

A 5-10% reduction in energy consumption can be achieved. Combined with opportunistic upgrades your operating margin can be improved from 20 to 40%. An energy savings/tracking program can be developed based on a partial risk/reward-sharing contract.

We offer a wide range of engineering services related to the operation, mechanical, hydraulic and thermal design of heat and mass transfer equipment.

You can benefit from our expertise in optimal heat integration into the design and operation of safe and reliable equipment. Our solutions can lower capital investment with reduced life-cycle energy costs and higher reliability.

Some of the services offered are:
	De-bottlenecking and troubleshooting of fired equipment
	On-site and start-up assistance
	Safeguarding and control of fired equipment
	Heat exchangers design and de-bottlenecking
	Thermal insulation
	Design verification of supplier packages
	Infrared inspection of heaters

Experienced engineers can provide practical advice and support.

Minimise your maintenance cost whilst increasing your asset safety, operability and availability.

Our services can reduce maintenance costs by 15 to 50% and improve plant availability giving up to 10 days extra production per year, dramatically improving your profitability. The services are tailored to suit your existing asset base, manpower organisation and skills.

Some of the services offered are:
	Identification of opportunities
	Strategy development including review of reliability / maintenance, RCM, RBI and IPF
	Recommend improvements
	Implementation of brown field projects and opportunistic upgrades
	Site support
	Availability of engineers with extensive hands on experience in industry best practices

GMC’s approach can be applied across the entire process and manufacturing industry spectrum. It will provide you with sound strategies / initiatives coupled with immediate and long-term savings.

Global Machinery Consultants can provide you with engineering support for your offshore & pipeline compression engineering / feed assessment.

Some of the services offered are:
	Gas lift compression engineering, troubleshooting and optimisation
	Gas re-injection engineering
	Pipe line gas compression engineering and reduction of compression cost
	Compressor (reciprocating / centrifugal / screw) up-grade / re-staging / re-wheeling
	Compressor driver (turbine, motors & engines) up-grade / re-staging / re-wheeling

We can assist in compliance with Operations & Maintenance regulatory requirements. We can resolve hazard and risk issues. The experience of our engineers is based on years of field experience

We can assist you in following areas:
	Achieve regulatory compliance for the optimum cost
	Effective use of capital
	Achieve operational & maintenance compliance
	Effective implementation of health, safety and environment initiatives using our risk evaluation process to achieve savings by reducing waste and minimising fugitive emissions

Emissions compliance need not be a business cost and can actually save money. We offer a comprehensive range of risk evaluation tools including fugitive emissions compliance; dispersion calculations and fire and explosions risk minimisation techniques.

Our API 581 based risk management techniques for Oil and Gas operators, LPG suppliers and process plant operators, enable cost-effective and flexible optimisation of plant layout with-in insurance industry guidelines with resultant large savings in project costs.

Use our services for cost effective procurement of rotating equipment for lowest life cycle cost.

We provide rotating equipment engineering, procurement advice and resolution of any maintenance problem aiming their safe, reliable and cost-efficient operation with highest availability. We provide rotating equipment engineering, procurement advice and resolution of any maintenance problem aiming at safe, reliable and cost-effective operation with highest availability. We can add real value to your investigations into poor machinery performance / failures and provide technical assistance in dealing with equipment suppliers.

Every aspect of equipment life is considered when providing you with the required solutions. A comprehensive engineering database, field experience of our individual engineers and contacts with most major manufacturer's support our services.

Some of the services offered are:
	Technical specification / evaluation and engineering of pumps, centrifugal /reciprocating compressors, steam and gas turbines and auxiliaries to API, client specifications and other international standards
	Collating machinery / technology improvements through contact with user / manufacturers to improve equipment reliability and availability
	Assisting with development of site - specific best practices based on an extensive database of experience from top industry users
	Providing feed / conceptual engineering on rotating equipment selection, specification and upgrades for projects, revamps and studies
	Conducting field performance tests
	Witnessing performance verification tests in Vendor shops on behalf of our clients
	Assisting with development of best practices for the safe and environmentally acceptable operation of equipment

We also provide tailored on-site training for engineers / operators / maintenance technicians covering rotating equipment, optimisation, life extension, reliability and availability improvement.

Our team of specialist machinery, process and metallurgy engineers has outstanding experience in diagnosing machinery component failures. We can assess the root cause of rotating equipment failures to suggest long term corrective actions. Prevention of repeat failures will significantly improve your plant availability and profitability.

You don't need to wait for the next failure. Our engineers can also audit the history of past failures to remove the source of past problems. For e.g. in the year 1999-2000, for an Australian client, we identified the root cause of recurring gas turbine failure (5 power turbine failures in 2 years) and identified corrective solutions, which were successfully implemented.

We also provide on-site root cause failure analysis training thereby increasing your team competency.

Some of the services offered are:
	Failure diagnosis specialising in rotating machinery, lubrication, tribology, and fuel system related problems
	Training in identifying failure root causes
	Training in the recognition of key failure features & preventative measures

Working with your operations team, we can offer integrated technology solutions and optimised management of your pipeline facilities thereby reducing your operation & maintenance cost.

The key services we offer to our clients are summarised below:
	Pipeline business strategy development
	Definitive operational cost estimation
	Project value and rate of return assessment
	Health, safety and environment audit, assessment of statutory compliance
	Risk assessment - contract, operations and HSE
	Sustained reliable operation

Our experience based tools and techniques for pipeline management are continuously updated and improved to incorporate current, successful operational practices / experience. By comparing your performance against industry benchmarks, we can demonstrate ways to enhance the value of your operations.

Throughout the Oil & Gas industry, we help customers identify substantial cost savings and add value to their operations of pipeline, liquefied / natural gas processing and civil/marine/terminal facilities.

Advanced process control is a recognised field for achieving significant improvement in plant performance.

Higher yields, increased feed, product quality enhancement, and energy savings per ton of production can generate significant profits. Additionally, better process control improves plant integrity, safety and reliability.

Working closely with your operators & with equipment experts, our process control specialists can provide integrated, high performance value-added control solutions.

Some of the services offered are:
	Base lining control objectives (control system audit, design)
	Flawless start-up assistance
	Assess operational dynamics, identify key controllability features & their optimum controls of specific plants (fired heaters, columns, reactors, steam, fuel & utility systems)
	Process safeguarding & instrumented protective functions review & upgrades
	Design / improve / troubleshoot special-purpose control systems Compressor & Turbine controls Boiler control Plant hot & cold section control
	Advanced process control studies Feasibility & cost benefits Designing cost effective solutions Post-implementation review
	Simulation specification
	Dynamic simulation
	Plant information systems definition, functionality and applications
	Training

We can provide the experience and skills in advanced process controls to improve your edge in the global market.

World wide, process plants/operating centres are between 10 to 40 years old with average age 15 - 20 years; the twilight years of design life. Continued profitable operation is largely dependent on the skills of your ageing operating and technical warriors, many of whom are being lost by natural attrition to retirement, leaving a huge skill gap.

High cost of plant replacement is resulting in the operation of existing plants for 35 to 45 years before their shutdown. Combined with high cost of energy, loss of skill is forcing postponement of aged plant upgrades/retro-fits putting further financial pressures on the bottom line of most companies. At Global Machinery Consultants, we are targeting this requirement, bridging the gap of skilled engineers /technicians to assist in plant optimisation /upgrades by providing world-class engineering services.

Plant upgrading is a costly exercise with little returns, if not handled properly. Alternatively, they can also be undertaken with minimal capital layout giving a maximum return on investment. This is largely dependent on the knowledge (been there, done that) of the engineers involved. Our team has a proven track record.

Some of the major successes include:
	Presentation of a billion-dollar project option report that was successfully implemented by the client.
	Successful recommendation using life cycle cost analysis and subsequent engineering of technologically evolving Cryogenic Turbines. 20 years LCC benefit ~ US$140 million. These turbines are now successfully operating providing significant benefits to the client.

Our training programs are designed to serve the 21st century training needs of the Oil, Gas, Petrochemical and Energy industries.

From our vast suite of training tools, our training offer is tailored towards your overall organisational needs. It hones the skills / competence of your team by assisting them to improve their competitive edge and your plant's operating bottom-line.

Our training program can achieve:
	Competence identification / evaluation / management
	Provision of specialist training services
	Operation & Maintenance training modules
	Hands-on training in Operation & Maintenance at our associated training facilities

We would be happy to get together with your plant operations' team to assess their training needs and recommend a comprehensive solution.

Some of the specialist training provided includes:
	Centrifugal pump design, installation, operation and maintenance
	Centrifugal & reciprocating compressor design, installation, operation and maintenance
	Gas turbine design, installation, operation and maintenance
	Equipment reliability and availability enhancement
	Fired heaters, boilers and heat exchangers
	Process control and instrumentation, metering, and safeguarding
	Electrical engineering and statutory compliance
	Health safety and environment
	Piping & pipelines: materials, plant layouts, MTO, stress analysis, PDS & PDMS techniques
	Project costing, management and control Project costing, management and control

GMC serves a vast array of clients in diverse industry sectors providing engineering / procurement / construction support right from the design phase up to and including the start-up and operation of the facilities.

Some of the project management and support services we offer are:
	Conceptualisation, feasibility and definition studies
	Project valuation, opportunity formulation, contracting and procurement strategy development
	Project planning
	Project estimation & detailed costing
	Project planning
	Cost control
	Project risk assessment
	Supplier / Contractor evaluations, audits and tender evaluations
	Contract reviews, negotiation and support
	Project management consultant services
	Training in project management
	Value engineering (functional value analysis)

Large projects in the Oil & Gas, Energy industry can save up to 25% on preliminary estimates by using our front end feed analysis and capital cost estimating services.

We offer a wide range of cost engineering services. These include:
	Project capital cost and alternatives estimation
	Capital cost risk assessment
	Contract implementation
	Contract negotiation support
	Cost measurement, control and reporting during project execution
	Planning and various scenario assessments
	Brown field revamp studies including cost estimates
	Asset evaluation
	Performance benchmarking

Even with brief scope details, our engineers can accurately generate project boundaries and provide cost forecast at any project stage. The extensive experience of our estimator's in turnkey project helps in arriving at realistic and accurate estimates.

Our business planning tools are geared towards maximising your profits.

We can offer decision support services - planning, scheduling and economic analysis to the Oil & Gas and Energy sectors. We can provide the experience to help you maintain a competitive edge in the global marketplace.

In today's fast paced business we can save you weeks / months through evaluation of alternative plans to meet changing market conditions. In-depth knowledge of our engineers in industry's best practices is used to support business decisions and maximise your profits.

Some of the services offered are:
	Project planning & scheduling
	Operational supply planning, product scheduling and supply chain optimisation
	Consulting services to enhance the benefits of planning and optimisation of your business process
	Integration of real-time business data with your operational response
	Project investment and operational economic analysis tools
	Modelling operational requirements to support business logistics
	Tools

We serve a wide range of clients in the hydrocarbon industry. Working with you, our engineers can offer integrated solutions during project execution.

The key services we offer include:
	Concept development and preliminary cost estimation
	Definitive cost estimation based on preliminary feed data
	Project value processes and rate of return assessment
	Health, safety and environmental impact and compliance statements
	Project management
	Project cost & schedule controls
	Risk assessment
	Contracts management
	Procurement strategies
	Commissioning and flawless start-up strategies
	Smooth & reliable operations support
	Sustained improvement strategies

Our solutions for managing projects are based on field experience. They are continuously updated to incorporate latest operational practices and include lessons learned from implemented projects. By benchmarking against the industry standard, we enhance our value to your project.

We help customers throughout the Oil & Gas and Energy businesses to identify substantial cost savings and add value to their projects for refining, petrochemicals, LNG, coal gasification and marine/terminal facilities. The business solutions we offer to our customers are tailored to the project and complement the customers in house capabilities and strengths.

Hydrocarbon Processing (Oil & Gas industry's premier publication) in November 2003 published our presentation as the lead Plant Safety and Environment article "Dry Gas Seals and Support Systems: Options and Benefits". We hope this article will have a significant, positive impact on plant environment and safety with in the Oil & Gas industry.

Global Machinery Consultants can provide full engineering support required for retrofit of these dry gas seals in your main process compressors. The support can include, life cycle benefit assessment, issue of data sheets, retro-fit order specification, rotor dynamics impact assessment, third party rotor dynamics assessment interface, implementation of the retrofit jointly with the suppliers etc. Gas savings alone can be more than US$1000 per day per compressor casing. Gas savings alone can be more than US$1000 per day per compressor casing.

Similarly we can carry out various upgrades to meet your environmental concerns. Some of the services offered are:
	Upgrade from wet compressor seals to dry gas seals
	Plant flare gas recovery
	Furnace top-end heat recovery
	Noise mapping, abatement and control
	Pump seal upgrades to minimise leakage and improve safety
	Fugitive emission minimisation and control
	Plant energy audit and optimisation

Complying with ever-stricter health, safety and environmental regulations in a cost-effective manner is a big challenge facing all companies. We can provide you with global support in the field.

There is increasing government and public awareness of HSE issues. Stringent laws are being developed on environmental issues, which put unprecedented pressure on today's business.

We understand a company's need to ensure safety, maintain it's legal obligations and to preserve reputation as a responsible entity but at the same time improve the operating bottom line.

It is our experience that good health, safety and environmental (HSE) practices have a positive effect on every aspect of business activities. We provide environmentally sustainable cost effective solutions. We maintain confidentiality and can help with expert support for regulatory negotiations and compliance.

Some of the services offered are:
	Audits of health, safety and environmental management systems and operating practices
	Due diligence assessment
	Risk-based assessment of site environmental operating practices
	Soil and groundwater technical regulatory audits, monitoring and corrective action plans
	Soil stabilisation and solidification techniques
	Spill prevention and containment plans
	Preventive engineering for environmental protection
	Field (supervision) assistance
	Land management, site closures, demolition, abandonment
	Flaring policy development
	Fire and gas mapping
	Hazard consequence modelling
	Fire, explosion and risk analysis (FERA) recommendations
	Flame detectors and H2S monitor placement
	Evaluate the actual performance of fire and gas instrumentation
	Evaluate compliance with the latest local safety legislation
	Develop emergency response plans
	Training

GMC understands the need to maintain regulatory compliance and simultaneously improve your plant bottom line.