REFINING & PETROCHEMICALS

Capital Project activity in the refining industry is starting to pick up in North America and activity worldwide continues to be steady. The petrochemical industry continues to increase Capital spending with a very positive outlook for the next five years. Most projects are driven by a combination of local supply needs, feedstock changes, regulatory compliance and global demand. The U.S. has had a rebound with shale gas extraction used as feedstocks for ethylene, propylene, methanol and ammonia production. These projects, similar to refining projects are facing new challenges as Owners want to take advantage of the high product price cycles and implement project execution strategies such as "fast track".

However, these projects continue to suffer from an industry wide, engineering and construction labor resource shortage as well as ever demanding economic challenges to meet company defined return on investments.

WHY PATHFINDER

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OUR CLIENTS

Albemarle, Andeavor (former Tesoro), Ascend Performance Materials, Bahrain Petroleum Company, Braskem America, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, Citgo, Delek Refining Ltd., Ecopetrol S.A., Equistar Chemicals

OIL & GAS UPSTREAM

For a number of years now the Upstream/Midstream Oil and Gas sector has been one of the, if not the, most active sectors for overall capital project spending. The drive to maintain and grow proven oil and gas reserves jointly with the development of new drilling and production technologies is transforming and reshaping the industry. Exploration and production capital budgets for most Oil and Gas companies are at unprecedented levels. On-shore and off-shore production as well as pipeline projects are more technologically complex, are in more geographically remote locations and are heavily impacted by the world wide labor shortage for qualified craft labor and experienced engineering resources.

WHY PATHFINDER

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OUR CLIENTS

Albemarle, Andeavor (former Tesoro), Ascend Performance Materials, Bahrain Petroleum Company, Braskem America, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, Citgo, Delek Refining Ltd., Ecopetrol S.A., Equistar Chemicals

PHARMA/BIOTECH

The Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, and other related industry sectors are active worldwide but minimal growth in the North American region. Regions with growing economies and populations are seeing needs to manufacture basic medications to improve on the quality of life. The animal, agricultural and food aspects of the Pharmaceutical industry are active around the world in support of our never ending need to support the worldwide population growth in a more environmentally friendly and economically sound approach. Developments and new advancements in human, animal and plant life support are generating opportunities globally.

WHY PATHFINDER

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OUR CLIENTS

Albemarle, Andeavor (former Tesoro), Ascend Performance Materials, Bahrain Petroleum Company, Braskem America, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, Citgo, Delek Refining Ltd., Ecopetrol S.A., Equistar Chemicals

Power

The Power Industry welcomes some very exciting opportunities, such as those incited by the economical production of shale gas. This has prompted many power providers to strategize on how much to invest in new gas plants and/or conversion from coal. The drive for alternative energy sources is also a factor throughout the power industry. Nuclear, wind, solar, etc. all are viable sources of energy but have execution and economic challenges. The power industry also must face challenges such as the declining condition of the distribution and transmission infrastructure and ever change government regulations.

WHY PATHFINDER

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OUR CLIENTS

Albemarle, Andeavor (former Tesoro), Ascend Performance Materials, Bahrain Petroleum Company, Braskem America, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, Citgo, Delek Refining Ltd., Ecopetrol S.A., Equistar Chemicals

Chemical

The Chemical industry is seeing a resurgence due to the less expensive energy cost and needs for a growing worldwide population. Fine chemicals, derivatives and other chemical related products that feed the worlds manufacturing industry are all seeing growth as the economy rebounds for the world economic crises of 2009 – 2010. This activity is even more prevalent in the growing regions of the world due to the population growth but also in North America due to the less expensive and abundant gas supply. These issues are changing the Chemical industry outlook for the positive.

WHY PATHFINDER

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OUR CLIENTS

Albemarle, Andeavor (former Tesoro), Ascend Performance Materials, Bahrain Petroleum Company, Braskem America, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, Citgo, Delek Refining Ltd., Ecopetrol S.A., Equistar Chemicals

Food / Beverage

The Food & Beverage industry continues to realize low margin growth in North America but global increased demands are driving capital spending. The world population, which sits around 7 billion, is expected to reach 10 billion people by the year 2040. Most of this growth will be in growing economic regions of the world. The increased food demand impacts not only agriculture but also live stock, poultry and aquatic foods sources. This in combination with an ever decreasing harvestable and fertile land mass is driving the Food Industry to develop innovative solutions to the worlds food needs. The beverage industry is also aggressively developing innovative products in support of the world’s food needs as well as the ever changing dietary needs of the population growth.

WHY PATHFINDER

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OUR CLIENTS

Albemarle, Andeavor (former Tesoro), Ascend Performance Materials, Bahrain Petroleum Company, Braskem America, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, Citgo, Delek Refining Ltd., Ecopetrol S.A., Equistar Chemicals

Metals / Mining

The mining industry has just experienced a rollercoaster ride of growth and cost increases. Over the past several years, precious metal commodity pricing reached all time highs while demand was at record levels as well. Mining companies reacted with aggressive capital programs to capture this market. Many large scale projects/programs were authorized with ill defined scopes, aggressive schedules and misaligned cost estimates. Poor planning and execution led to poor business results. Commodity prices have stabilized however and many mining organizations are in a pullback mode, determined to reduce cost and better define their capital program needs to improve financial results.

WHY PATHFINDER

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OUR CLIENTS

Albemarle, Andeavor (former Tesoro), Ascend Performance Materials, Bahrain Petroleum Company, Braskem America, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, Citgo, Delek Refining Ltd., Ecopetrol S.A., Equistar Chemicals

EPC Contractors

Owners today typically have capital available due to limited spending due to the downturn in the industry in the late 2000s. Many of these owner organizations are now aggressively going after opportunities to spend capital on value added assets within their strategic plans. Owner capital budgets are often measured in the billions of dollars today and plant capital programs are equally as impressive. This is putting a strain on resource availability in the Engineering, Procurement and Construction industry. Contractors are stretched to their resource limit which fosters an environment of aggressive hiring as well as mergers and acquisitions. Owners need to recognize this trend and provide better direction and planning to support the contractor efforts.  

Why Pathfinder: 

Although Pathfinder’s main focus is assisting owner organizations in planning and executing projects, in today’s world, to achieve success, the contractor community has to be integrated into these improvement initiatives. Often Pathfinder is asked to assist in facilitating alignment workshops between all parties which define roles, responsibilities, communication lines, reporting requirements, etc. In addition, contractors also call on Pathfinder to better prepare them for what the owner’s expectations are in areas such as project controls, contract administration, change management, etc. Pathfinder often acts as a sounding board for contractors to assure industry best practices are applied efficiently and effectively for the benefit of the defined project objectives.