Oil & gas

Engineering Operational Excellence Across the Value Chain

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OUR APPROACH

We deliver solutions across the entire oil and gas value chain—from upstream production and enhanced oil recovery to midstream infrastructure and downstream refining-to-chemicals integration. Our expertise combines process optimization, advanced engineering, hydrogen and syngas systems, and petrochemical integration to unlock efficiency, productivity, and value creation.

Our Services

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Feasibility & Conceptual Studies

Early-phase advisory identifying optimal project pathways, techno-economic analysis, risk assessment, development scenarios

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Engineering & Design

Pre-FEED, concept engineering, FEED for new and brownfield projects. Process simulation, facility design, equipment optimization

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Project Delivery

Owner’s engineer services, EPCM, PMC, integrated project management teams (IPMT) ensuring on-time, on-budget execution

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Operations Support

Commissioning and startup support, asset operations optimization, performance monitoring, troubleshooting

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Asset Optimization

Yield optimization, energy efficiency improvements, digitalization, data-driven decision support, bottleneck mitigation

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Value Enhancement Solutions

Petcoke/heavy residue conversion, hydrogen production systems, waste-to-value pathways, refining-to-chemicals integration

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Late-Life & Decommissioning

Asset management for aging facilities, decommissioning planning, regulatory compliance

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Our Solutions

Midstream Solutions

Infrastructure & Processing

  • Gathering systems and transmission pipelines
  • Compressor station design and gas compression hubs
  • Crude oil storage, gas storage, NGL facilities
  • Gas sweetening and processing plants
  • SCADA and control systems integration

Optimization & Analysis

  • Transportation logistics optimization
  • Environmental assessments and permitting
  • Bottleneck mitigation and capacity expansion
  • Constructability reviews and risk analysis

Downstream Solutions

Refining & Petrochemicals

  • Refinery yield optimization and process intensification
  • Refining-to-petrochemicals integration
  • Specialty chemicals and API production pathways
  • Product quality control systems
  • Strategic crude management and blending optimization

Value Creation & Efficiency

  • Waste stream valorization (petcoke, heavy residues, off-gases)
  • Hydrogen production and network optimization
  • Energy integration and heat recovery
  • Process efficiency and margin improvement

Technical Services

  • Technology assessments and licensor negotiations
  • Technical specifications and procurement support
  • Process safety and reliability engineering

Integrated Value Enhancement

Waste-to-Value Conversion

  • Gasification converting refinery waste (petcoke, heavy residues) to syngas
  • Syngas to hydrogen, methanol, ammonia, chemicals
  • Multi-product portfolios maximizing revenue and hedging volatility
  • Cost advantage: $4-5/MMBTU syngas vs. $12-15/MMBTU imported LNG

Hydrogen Production & Optimization

  • Hydrogen from SMR: $1-2/kg production cost
  • Hydrogen from petcoke/heavy residue gasification: $0.40-1.20/kg
  • Refinery hydrogen network optimization reducing import dependency
  • Integration with existing infrastructure minimizing CAPEX

Refining-to-Chemicals Integration

  • Shift product slate from low-margin fuels to high-value chemicals
  • Naphtha cracker integration and optimization
  • Aromatics, olefins, and specialty chemical production
  • Margin improvement: chemicals typically 2-3x fuel values

Energy & Process Efficiency

  • Waste heat recovery systems reducing fuel consumption 10-20%
  • Process integration and pinch analysis
  • Furnace and heater optimization
  • Power cogeneration from waste streams
  • Operating cost reduction: $5-15/barrel typical savings

Technology Integration

Process Simulation & Optimization

  • Refinery yield optimization and crude selection
  • Gas processing and NGL recovery
  • Chemical conversion pathways
  • Energy and mass balance optimization

Digitalization & AI

  • Real-time performance monitoring and predictive maintenance
  • AI-driven process optimization reducing energy consumption 5-15%
  • Digital twins for scenario testing and operator training
  • Advanced process control (APC) implementation

Strategic Crude Management

  • Heavy crude processing capabilities maximizing discounted feedstock utilization
  • Crude blending optimization for existing assets
  • Sourcing strategy for geopolitical arbitrage opportunities
  • Value extraction from sour, heavy, or discounted crudes

Enhanced Oil Recovery

Maximizing Production from Existing Assets

  • Reservoir simulation and characterization
  • CO₂-EOR design and optimization (injecting captured CO₂ to extract additional oil)
  • Water flooding and chemical EOR techniques
  • Production optimization and artificial lift systems
  • Incremental recovery: 10-20% additional reserves from mature fields

Why Dastur Energy

Decades of experience across upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas operations. We combine process engineering expertise, gasification technology, petrochemical integration, and strategic optimization to deliver commercially superior solutions that maximize value from existing assets and new investments.

FEEDSTOCK BLENDS

Feedstock formulation enabled through blending and other preprocessing strategies allows low-cost, low-quality biomass to be blended with higher cost and higher quality to achieve the in-feed specifications at the conversion facility.