We get you to READY-FOR-START-UP
- or independently certify you're on track.
Independent commissioning, start-up, SIMOPS and project-management consulting for LNG, Oil & Gas and Nuclear projects. We bridge the gap between mechanical completion and live operations-built on 48+ years of cumulated experience at the sharp end of the world's most demanding facilities.
As an independent consultancy, we don't supply the manpower; we supply the oversight, the strategy, and the unvarnished truth. Operating at the intersection of executive authority and complex field execution, we isolate the hard facts from contractor optimism. We give your project management team the clarity and control needed to reach Start-Up safely.
When you need to know exactly where your project stands. We audit the physical reality in the field against the EPC’s claims—scrutinizing schedules, punch lists, and completion databases. We identify the hidden risks and provide the overarching strategic roadmap to ensure your systems reach Start-Up safely, legally, and on time.
Deployed for specific, high-risk challenges. Whether you require an expert review of a specific project phase, project deliverables, strategic SIMOPS planning, or specialized site inductions drawn from decades of lessons learned, we deliver the exact surgical expertise needed to solve the problem and keep the schedule moving. We can solve anything! Well, almost...
From first flush to operations - independent support across the full pre-commissioning, commissioning and start-up scope.
Independent oversight of the final mile. We verify system completion, MC and RFSU readiness, loop checks and start-up execution - confirming every system is genuinely ready before it goes live, across LNG trains, gas plants, GTL and refinery units. Throughout, we provide complete guidance and preventive risk control, anticipating the blockers before they cost you schedule.
Safe simultaneous operations, assured. When live gas must run through active construction areas, the margin for error is zero. We bring frontline SIMOPS expertise from a project that set the global LTI-free man-hour record - verifying readiness to proceed, advising on live-line and gas-in strategy, and developing tailored SIMOPS procedures on request to keep construction and commissioning running safely, side by side.
Called in when start-up is in trouble. We provide independent diagnosis of what’s really blocking progress - cutting through contractor claims and optimistic reports to the true root cause in the field. Drawing on decades of lessons learned across the world’s most demanding facilities, we define a clear recovery strategy, re-sequence the path forward, protecting your start-up date, your budget, and your safety case.
The roadmap to RFSU, advised by experience. We offer expert guidance on commissioning sequencing in Primavera P6, system prioritisation, punch-list strategy (A/B/C), ITP/ITR control and turnover via ICAPS, WinPCS and OPERCOM. From schedule compression to smarter system priorities, we bring the ideas and the outside perspective that help your team find the fastest safe path to Ready for Start-Up.
New to commissioning? We hand you the playbook. For companies without in-house commissioning experience, we provide the complete roadmap - what you actually need to do the job, the best approach to take, what to rent versus what to buy, how the commissioning world really works, and the hard-won secrets that aren’t written in any manual. We turn an unfamiliar, high-risk undertaking into a clear, structured plan your team can execute with confidence.
Your independent eyes on the EPC. We are here to support you and act purely in your interest - delivering third-party audits of a specific EPC contractor’s commissioning readiness, independent evaluation of reported progress against field reality, and consultancy on contractor deliverables, gate readiness and turnover. An impartial verdict for your project management team, with no stake in the outcome but the truth.
Simultaneous operations are where projects get hurt. We advise on the planning and assurance of SIMOPS - drawing on frontline experience from a project that set the global industry record for LTI-free man-hours - routing live fuel-gas lines through active construction zones with zero recorded incidents. We bring that hard-won judgement to your project as independent guidance on the following aspects:
Good commissioning lives or dies on its procedures. We write, develop and independently review the operational test procedures, method statements and commissioning plans that govern safe execution - verified against nuclear-grade and EPC standards before a single valve is touched. Whether you need a procedure written from scratch or an expert second opinion on what your contractor has produced, we make sure the document is sound before the field relies on it.
On a major facility, every day of slipped start-up can cost more than an entire commissioning engagement. A missed punch item, an unverified system, an optimistic report taken at face value - any one can trigger weeks of delay, a safety incident, or a reputational hit that outlasts the project. Our oversight is the cheapest insurance you will buy on the whole programme.
Figures are indicative industry benchmarks drawn from published energy-megaproject performance data and reflect typical ranges, not project-specific guarantees.
48+ years of cumulated experience across 15 world-class facilities — the rigorous quality controls and execution standards we bring to your project.
Senior Consultant · Oil & Gas Commissioning & Start-Up Expert
BSc Oil & Gas Processing Technology & Petrochemistry
Vasile Dorobantu brings 28+ years of international commissioning, start-up, and operations expertise across LNG, GTL, refining, petrochemical, and gas processing facilities. With over 21 years at Chiyoda Corporation, he has led pre-commissioning and commissioning on major EPC megaprojects in Qatar, USA, Singapore, Europe and Russia. His expertise spans the full process chain — from OXO alcohol synthesis (Davy, Union Carbide, BASF) and ethylene oxide/ethoxylates to Acid Gas Removal, Dehydration, Fractionation, SRU/TGT, and complete LNG train start-up. A recognized authority in rotating equipment commissioning — pumps, compressors (screw, reciprocating, membrane), turbines, expanders, and blowers across cryogenic, high-pressure, and high-temperature service. Track record of delivering on-schedule RFSU under the most demanding SIMOPS conditions, with zero incidents.
Pumps, screw/reciprocating/membrane compressors, steam/gas turbines, expanders, blowers. Mechanical test runs, lube oil flushing, run-ins, and performance verification on hundreds of machines — from cryogenic LNG to 850°C reformers.
OXO alcohol synthesis (Davy, Union Carbide, BASF), ethylene oxide/ethoxylates, LP Oxosynthesis, SCOT/HDS refining, SRU/TGT, AGR (MDEA, Selexol, Ucarsol), Dehydration, Mercury Removal, Fractionation, and complete LNG train start-up.
21+ years with Chiyoda on the world's largest LNG expansion (Qatar NFE, 77→110 Mtpa), Arctic-class Yamal LNG, and US Gulf Coast Cameron LNG. Zero-incident delivery under SIMOPS.
“Commissioning is where engineering meets reality. After 28 years across every major process unit, the difference between on-time start-up and costly delay is never one big thing — it's a thousand small things done right, with discipline, experience, and an uncompromising commitment to safety.”
Founder · Project Commissioning & Start-Up Specialist
BSc · MSc Chemical Engineering · Executive MBA · PMP®
True project assurance requires dual authority: strategic command in the boardroom and tactical verification on the steel. The most critical commissioning errors occur in the disconnect between the executives who carry the schedule and the engineers who turn the valves. We operate flawlessly in both spaces - translating complex field realities into actionable executive strategy so your entire project operates on one standard of truth.
Five languages, four continents, the world’s most diverse project teams. We bridge cultures and disciplines so a global workforce pulls in one direction - toward start-up.
The critical path rarely clears itself with textbook answers. We bring creative, pragmatic solutions forged on projects where “impossible” was not an acceptable schedule outcome.
We don’t patch symptoms. Every fix is driven through disciplined root-cause analysis, so the problem is solved once - and never reappears to threaten your start-up again.
“Start-up should never be a leap of faith. With proper planning, a systematic approach and an open mind, there are no unachievable challenges - only solutions waiting to be implemented. Start-up is reached on time through a reasonable compromise, and our role is to bring the measure of that reasonability.”
Whether you need a full readiness audit or a surgical fix for one critical bottleneck - let's discuss your project.