Our Services

Saguaro Process Consulting offers a range of services to support oil & gas, LNG, refining and energy transition clients. Our key practice areas are listed below.

Process engineering design support & assurance

We support front-end development work and detailed process design, providing practical design input and trusted technical assurance. We have extensive experience across all phases of the asset design lifecycle including brownfield modifications and can support the development of key deliverables including:

  • Heat & material balances (H&MB)

  • Integrated basis of design

  • Technology selection

  • Design and operating philosophies

  • Relief and blowdown philosophies

  • Relief and flare system design basis

  • Equipment specifications and data sheets

  • Calculations, technical notes and reports

  • Hydraulic modelling

  • Control system philosophy

  • Control and operability verification

  • Start-up and operating procedures

  • Interface management

  • HAZID / HAZOP / LOPA

Operational support and verification

We have broad operating experience across multiple assets and are skilled in the application of process modeling and dynamic simulation techniques. This is a powerful combination for optimizing production and solving issues relating to transient operation such as:

  • compressor operating parameters during periods of abnormal operation quantification of HAZOP / LOPA what-if scenarios and verification of proposed mitigations

  • analysis of persistent alarms / trips and verification of suggestions for operational improvements (often control system modifications)

  • incident investigation and root cause analysis

We are also able to offer support for relief and flare system design reviews and audits as part of good practice Process Safety Management (PSM).

Specialist Process Simulation Expertise

We offer advanced process process simulation to support facility design, operations, and optimization. Our team applies best practice modeling techniques to solve complex technical challenges across the full asset lifecycle.

Our capabilities include:

  • Thermodynamic modelling and fluid properties

  • Integrated modeling of wells, pipelines and facilities

  • Digital twin development for predictive operations and enhanced surveillance to support real-time decision-making

  • Dynamic simulation for control strategy evaluation, compressor surge analysis, start-up / shutdown scenarios and analysis of transient operation from a process safety perspective.

  • Operator training simulator development and assurance to improve operational readiness and reduce risk.

  • Upskilling and coaching of client teams to standardize workflows, improve efficiency and embed sustainable capability.

We are skilled in a broad range of industry standard tools:

  • Subsea: PIPESIM | OLGA

  • Process facilities: HYSYS | UniSim | PetroSim | Aspen Plus | Aspen Dynamics | Aspen Custom Modeler | gPROMS

  • Hydraulic modelling: AFT Arrow | AFT Fathom | AFT Impulse | WANDA

  • Relief Systems: Aspen Flare System Analyzer | HYSYS BLOWDOWN

  • Other: Palantir Foundry / PI Asset Framework (PI-AF)