Refining & Fuels
Plant complexity meets high economic pressure.
What sets the paceCatalyst and furnace work
More on Refining & FuelsIndustries · Process industry and energy transition
Eleven industries, one principle.
The method is the same everywhere. What differs is the one thing that sets the pace – and that is exactly what each industry page describes.
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- 11
- Industries in two groups
- 400+
- Turnarounds and projects
- 41
- Reference clients
- since 2005
- on the side of plant operators
Group 1 · Seven industries
Process industry
Plants that run continuously or in campaigns and need plannable shutdowns to do so. This is where ep-cm started in 2005.
Petrochemicals & Crackers
The heart of European chemicals – under twofold cost pressure.
What sets the paceCracking furnaces and cold section
More on Petrochemicals & CrackersBasic & Speciality Chemicals
From bulk to fine chemicals – lean planning and leadership.
What sets the paceThe neighbouring plants
More on Basic & Speciality ChemicalsPharma & Biotech
The entire life cycle in view – from development to market launch.
What sets the paceThe product life cycle
More on Pharma & BiotechIndustrial Gases
Air separation units and H₂ plants supply entire integrated sites around the clock.
What sets the paceCryogenics
More on Industrial GasesCrop Science
Caught between seasonality, ability to supply and regulation.
What sets the paceThe season and product changeovers
More on Crop ScienceCircular Economy & Biorefining
Plants that often have no precedent – method instead of improvisation.
What sets the paceThe tie-in window
More on Circular Economy & BiorefiningGroup 2 · Four industries
Energy & infrastructure
Plants and grids that carry the supply – and that are being converted or newly built right now. Here the project outweighs the shutdown.
Oil & Gas
Despite the energy transition, a central pillar of supply for years to come.
What sets the paceLarge, complex equipment and inspection deadlines
More on Oil & GasPower Plants & Generation
Power plant outages as well as modernisation, H₂ conversion and carbon capture.
What sets the paceLarge components and their lead times
More on Power Plants & GenerationEnergy Transition & Infrastructure
HVDC lines, underground cables, substations, wind and solar parks and battery storage – the major projects of the energy transition.
What sets the pacePermitting and grid connection
More on Energy Transition & InfrastructureHydrogen & Electrification
An industry that is just emerging – and needs project discipline.
What sets the paceGrid connection and integration into the existing site
More on Hydrogen & ElectrificationContext
Why the industry makes the difference
Shutdown or capital project: where things get stuck is a different place in every industry.
What stays the same
The method.
Capture and freeze the scope, plan with logic links, measure progress instead of estimating it, take corrective action and hand over. This sequence applies in a refinery just as it does at an electrolyser.
What differs
What sets the pace.
In refining it is catalyst and furnace work, in pharma qualification, in the energy transition permitting and grid connection. Anyone who takes the wrong work package for the one that sets the pace is planning past reality.
That is why we come on site – with specialists from the relevant field – before we make a proposal.
What we do
View all servicesPlant shutdown or capital project?
In each of these industries we support you in both worlds – from the TAR-Check and scheduling to leading the entire project.
Let’s talk about
your industry.
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