Consulting
NexantECA is a multinational business with experienced industry professionals based in all key regions, providing services globally.
For over 60 years, through a combination of our business and technical expertise, we have been enabling management teams, investors, and lenders to make better decisions.
Clients can be assured of the expertise our staff bring to each engagement, and benefit from the key insights that we bring from the experience we have gained in over 60 years of advising the energy and chemicals industry.
We have advised on projects ranging from energy resource master planning, through project implementation in refining, gas processing, petrochemicals, fertilizers and renewable resources.
To on-going business optimisation support, dispute resolution and transaction support in merger and acquisition or disposal situations.
We have helped guide companies on major strategic issues and decision making across all areas and pride ourselves in the trust our clients place in us and the full confidence they demonstrate in our integrity.
Our mission is to bridge the gap between the world’s conventional and sustainable energy and chemical industries, helping our clients transition effectively and profitably.
Consulting services include:
Technology Evaluation and Management
Commercial and Market Analysis
Project Feasibility
Project Finance
Mergers and Acquisitions
Strategic Planning
Independent Expert/Litigation and Expert Witness
Supporting transition towards a sustainable future
The world is facing unprecedented challenges. The market landscape is evolving with a heightened emphasis on opportunities offered within the sustainability and circular economy framework, as well as the challenges and risks presented by climate change and the need to meet the increased commitments to achieving net-zero emissions without compromising prosperity.
The need to address climate change, through greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction and energy transition, offer prospects for new solution technologies and innovation across the value chain which required collaboration between technology developers, suppliers, formulators, producers and brand owners. It also shows the need for resilient systems across the wider ecosystem to enable sustainable future and growth.
Although there is a shift in the market towards science-based practical solutions away from ideology, the landscape is burdened with competing standards and approaches that can be confusing, a symptom of multiple developing industries and a sign of early market. Clear direction on standardised ESG2 measurement and reporting are required as well as waste classification across borders, preferably within a regulated overarching international trade system.
With climate risk affecting asset valuations, the capital market appetite shifted towards investments with good ESG performance and competitive financial returns raises an opportunity to the petrochemical industry. Companies in our sector can see real valuation benefit when they are able to demonstrate strong performance in these areas. There is also a global focus on supply chain traceability, sourcing transparency, operational efficiency, and smart waste recovery. Helping the supply chains to adapt and introduce greater resilience has become a priority metric.
NexantECA Sustainability Champions
At NexantECA, we utilise our expertise, in-depth knowledge, and comprehensive datasets to support clients in addressing the major issues facing our industry across the supply chain, for energy, chemicals, and related sectors.
As a business with experienced industry professionals based in all key regions globally, we understand the different regional priorities. Our global sustainability champions team of experts are well placed to assist on this strategic and operational journey to enable our clients deliver positive environmental, social, and economic impact. We are helping companies to assess their risk, identify opportunities and implement solutions.
When we talk about sustainability, decarbonisation and circular economy, we discuss the important role our industry can play and its impact on our plant and the environment, the prosperity of our business, the wellbeing of our society, our employees, and the wider community. It is about doing good while doing well.
There is a wide range of concepts and approaches that describe and facilitate the transition in the industry and the implications of sustainability and climate change in our sector. At NexantECA, we provide clients with a range of offerings to support key strategic and operational decisions driven by changing industry dynamics.
Resources & Primary Energy
Energy & Power
Chemicals & Polymers
Carbon Capture and Storage
Recycling and Waste Management
Social impact
Investment and Finance
Regulations and Standards
Strategic Planning
Trusted Advisors for Business Development
NexantECA works closely and confidentially with our clients to address real world issues and identify opportunities that add and create value to hydrocarbon assets
and the businesses.
With our deep industry knowledge, we are able to help identify actionable and impactful strategic options:
Country Strategy
Ministry level support to masterplan utilisation of key resources
Corporate and business strategy
Value chain analysis, strategic planning and roadmapping, acquisition/technology screening, business plan review and M&A due diligence (commercial and technical)
Market and product strategy
Segmentation, competitive positioning, value proposition development
Commercial strategy
Marketing, pricing and sales excellence
R&D and technology strategy
Licensing, commercialisation and competitor evaluation of conventional energy and bio-derived fuels, petrochemicals, intermediates and materials
Project Feasibility
Access to extensive databases of commercial information, technology, and production economics
NexantECA can perform project feasibility study quicker and more efficiently without compromising quality due to our extensive in-house information regarding markets, technology and production economics.
NexantECA has an in-house understanding of markets, technology and financial evaluation. We are expertly placed to recommend alternative optimised configurations for consideration by our client, and ensuring the client is guided to make assured decisions based on the outcome of our studies.
The skillset that NexantECA brings to Project Feasibility studies cover:
Market review including identification, characterization and attractiveness of addressable target markets
Profitability and price forecasts, including “netback” forecasts, or the revenue actually received at the plant gate
Competitiveness review, both on a cash and landed target market basis
Technology reviews, including license availability and cost of production economics
Cash flow model (in Excel) resulting in IRR and NPV projections
Alternative configuration evaluation.
Commercial & Market Analysis
50 years industry understanding.
Solid fundamentals.
Central to the success of any enterprise is the thorough analysis and understanding of markets as they evolve over time. NexantECA consulting staff combine traditional data mining methodologies with primary market research, resulting in deep insight into market developments across the refined products, and natural gas, chemical, polymer and fertilizer markets around the world.
NexantECA's long experience in the industry provides a deep understanding of fundamental markets. We have developed trusted behaviour methodologies that allow NexantECA to provide:
In-depth country specific and global market analyses
Soundly based understanding of competition across multiple value chains
Up-to-date assessments of market trends and developments
Widely accepted profitability and price forecasts
We conduct studies on a wide range of chemical, polymer, fertilizer, refined products, and natural gas markets around the world, ensuring an extensive database of proprietary commercial information to support market analysis.
Contact our NexantECA ExpertsNexantECA supports clients with:
Market assessment – including capacity, supply, demand and trade-flow projections, profitability and price forecasts, value chain, and end use analysis regulation
Competitor analysis, market research (including market participant interview programs)
Unmet customer needs
Trend Analysis
Technology Evaluation & Management
Trusted advisory services from concept-to-commercial operations
NexantECA experts track many chemical, refining, and energy technology development efforts…from novel polymer catalyst systems to clean energy technology. Our technology analysis capability ranges from assessing the material performance benefits of novel technologies in contrast to incumbent routes, to preparing competitive economics to assess competitiveness. We can identify world-class technology or practices and recommend a case for action in areas such as:
Technology analysis, screening and selection
Identification and appraisal of technology options
Comparison of new process technology to incumbent routes
Technology due diligence (i.e. independent opinion on novel technology)
Competitive technology intelligence
Identification and development of strategic technology partnerships
Technology and operational benchmarking
Cost of production modelling and benchmarking
In clean energy, we have provided technical, environmental, policy and management consulting (e.g., owner’s engineer) services to various global energy industrial sectors and governmental agencies. Our focus is on advanced technology system analysis and end-use application integration. We offer real-world process design, engineering experience and techno-economic analysis on a broad range of energy systems including: advanced clean coal technologies; CO2 capture and sequestration; and cutting-edge renewable energy power generation concepts, including solar thermal, biomass power generation and fuels production.
Project Finance
Award winning project finance expertise
The skillset that NexantECA brings to Project Feasibility studies cover:
Market review including identification, characterization and attractiveness of addressable target markets
Profitability and price forecasts, including “netback” forecasts, or the revenue actually received at the plant gate
Competitiveness review, both on a cash and landed target market basis
Technology reviews, including license availability and cost of production economics
Cash flow model (in Excel) resulting in IRR and NPV projections
Alternative configuration evaluation.
NexantECA has an in-house understanding of markets, technology and financial evaluation. We are expertly placed to recommend alternative optimised configurations for consideration by our client, and ensuring the client is guided to make assured decisions based on the outcome of our studies.
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Merges & Acquisitions
Experience when it matters most
NexantECA is a leader in strategic M&A support for chemicals, energy and clean energy transactions, providing independent commercial and technical due diligence services. As a result of our deep sector experience we have immediate insight into the issues which drive value. NexantECA’s analysis is based on both market and product level knowledge as our project teams are staffed by chemists, chemical engineers, economists and professionals with relevant industry experience.
When acting on the sell-side, NexantECA has deep insight into the energy and chemicals industries and is well-placed to anticipate purchasers’ areas of concern and value.
We are confident that our commercial due diligence support will:
Increase sale proceeds
Minimize surprises during the sales process which favour bidders
Accelerate the timetable and reduce disruption to management
If appointed on the buy-side, NexantECA typically performs a risk-based analysis on the seller’s claims and investigates the issues that have the greatest impact upon the deal. We will check market dynamics, industry structure and competitive landscape, technical risks, and business plan assumptions; and we will provide an opinion on the prospects for the business under new ownership.
Our transaction support services cover a wide range of topics:
Technical and commercial review/forecast
Cash flow and profit margin projection
Asset valuation and appraisal
Synergy analysis
Fair market value and orderly liquidation value opinion
Technology and competitor assessment
Industry, business sector analysis, and strategy formulation
Coordination with other expert opinions (environmental, audit)
Litigation and Independent Expert Witness
Providing advice and testimony across a wide range of litigation cases across the energy, refining and chemicals sectors in both technology and commercial roles.
Our experience covers the full range of expert services, including the following:
Market review including identification, characterization and attractiveness of addressable target markets
Profitability and price forecasts, including “netback” forecasts, or the revenue actually received at the plant gate
Competitiveness review, both on a cash and landed target market basis
Technology reviews, including license availability and cost of production economics
Cash flow model (in Excel) resulting in IRR and NPV projections
Alternative configuration evaluation.
Key litigation cases where NexantECA has provided expert advice is with the environmental impact of MTBE on groundwater contamination. NexantECA has provided technical assessment of the characteristics of MTBE as a gasoline blendstock, its production processes, transport systems of gasoline with MTBE, and the linkage between production sources at refineries and on-purpose merchant plants through to fuels terminals and retail stations.
NexantECA has successfully provided expert analysis and testimony for governments, law firms and operating clients.
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