The energy industry is in transition towards something better and brighter. Most companies aren’t looking to make more product, they are focused on optimizing margins, navigating intricate regulatory landscapes, meeting stringent environmental standards, and addressing shortages in skilled labor. Every fraction of a cent is critical for ensuring a successful transition.

This is where we can help.

Trindent’s technical augmentation experts for the energy sector offer innovative solutions for the most complex of problems. With deep industry knowledge, proven tools and benchmarks, and a passion for solving complex problems; we are able to deliver a reconcilable and sustainable return in our three main energy verticals: downstream, midstream, and airline.

At Trindent, we Make it Happen™ for our clients.

Case Studies

What We're Great At

DOWNSTREAM

Without capital investment we create actionable ways to sustainably increase refinery margins by 2-3%.

Refineries are extraordinarily complex businesses. Trindent specializes in several ultra-high value niches within refineries where tens of millions in performance improvement may be captured in the short-term.

Underpinned by data analytics, industry know-how, and technical experience; Trindent has implemented improvement engagements in over 40 refineries globally. We have earned accolades and supplier recognition awards from several industry majors for the innovative way that we engage and partner with our clients.

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How we Make it Happen™
Product Quality Giveaway Reduction
  • Review gasoline and distillate blending processes to identify gaps leading to quality giveaway.
  • Implement statistical approaches and system tools to reduce quality giveaway in blend recipes.
  • Design and roll out training programs for blend operators and lab technicians to share best practices in blend execution process.
  • Design and implement blend execution tools to assist blend operators in meeting blend targets.
  • Implement blend analyzer instrument excellence programs to reduce variability in blend control and certification results.
  • Install management operating systems at various levels (blend prediction, blend execution, weekly results) to drive continuous improvement.

How we Make it Happen™
Value Chain Optimization and LP Health Improvement
  • Adjust Linear Programming models customized to refining operation such as feedstock selection, product mix optimization, and operational constraints.
  • Conduct comprehensive assessments of existing LP models to identify areas for improvement, such as model accuracy and convergence speed.
  • Utilize LP models to perform sensitivity analysis to guide operational direction in response to changes in market conditions and operational events.
  • Use unconstrained LP analysis to guide new business development directions, optimizing resource allocation and strategic decision-making during the Long Range Planning process.
  • Implement a Unit Mass Balance program and achieved unit-level mass balance within 2% by automating density reconciliation, improving preventive maintenance around measurement meters, and installing a continuous monitoring program.

How we Make it Happen™
Energy Efficiency Improvement
  • Identify key areas of energy waste and quantify improvement opportunities.
  • Develop a comprehensive energy savings program and roll out energy saving training for company personnel.
  • Create a comprehensive motor management plan to address motor energy performance.
  • Design / optimize preventative maintenance programs for energy critical equipment (motors, pumps, compressors, etc.).
  • Implement a comprehensive management operating system to track energy efficiency and identify areas of continuous improvement.

How we Make it Happen™
Hydrocarbon Loss Control and Measurement Assurance
  • Improve process and management system to prevent significant gain/loss percentages.
  • Revise measurement procedures to align with best practices and guidelines (API, ASTM).
  • Establish / Redesign escalation and claims procedures.
  • Reconcile of out-of-tolerance measurements and settlement.

MIDSTREAM

Optimizing profitability by identifying losses and implementing mitigation processes, systems, and behaviors.

Midstream companies face the complexities of transportation and supply chain management. One major challenge is the accounting losses resulting from measurement uncertainties which are often difficult to identify, isolate, and explain.

This is where Trindent can help.

We can quickly identify these losses and implement mitigation processes, systems, and behaviors to optimize profitability.

Our consultants will assess your facility and examine all measurement points. We look for measurement inaccuracies across all transportation modes: pipeline, rail, marine, and truck transportation. Volume is but one component; we also investigate proper temperature measurement, sampling, and testing practices

upward view of tanks
How we Make it Happen™
Hydrocarbon Loss Control and Measurement Assurance
  • Improve process and management system to prevent significant gain/loss percentages.
  • Revise measurement procedures to align with best practices and guidelines (API, ASTM).
  • Establish/ Redesign escalation and claims procedures.
  • Reconcile out-of-tolerance measurements and settlement.

How we Make it Happen™
Maintenance Productivity and Reliability-Centered Maintenance
  • Manage logistics and parts for front-line groups.
  • Improve process and management systems for front-line, back-office, and support areas.
  • Reduce non-value added activities.
  • Design, prototype, and implement cost-effective and sustainable method change.

How we Make it Happen™
Procurement Excellence
  • Improve process and management systems to select materials and service providers in a cost-effective way based on statistical analysis.
  • Optimize supplier base to align with organization’s strategic and operating needs.
  • Design, prototype, and implement cost-effective and sustainable method changes.

AIRLINE

Implementing immediate operational efficiencies and optimized financial controls to reduce the impact of fuel loss.

Achieving profitability in the airline industry is challenging. Competition, regulations, organized labor, fuel prices, and maintenance are all factors at play. In addition to these challenges, the industry has languished in poor methods and standards for controlling jet fuel losses, which has been amplified by poor stewardship of fuel contractors.

Trindent brings an approach to eliminating fuel loss by implementing operational and financial controls in a sustainable manner. Our consultants focus on the point of execution, from storage tanks at off-airport locations to into-plane fueling.

We recognize deficiencies immediately whether they are process related (enhancing accounting reconciliations) or behavior related (tank level and temperature gauging procedures compliant with API/ASTM). We assess your accounting and physical reconciliation processes, looking for gaps that prevent rigorous, comprehensive daily accounting of all owned fuel.

airplane
How we Make it Happen™
Fuel Management
  • Improve process and management systems to prevent significant gain/loss at custody transfer points.
  • Revise measurement procedures to align with best practices and guidelines (e.g. API, ASTM, AFA).
  • Establish/redesign escalation and claims procedures for receipt movements.
  • Reconcile out-of-tolerance measurements and settlement tools.
  • Redesign accounting reconciliation process to increase financial accuracy and management.