KBC provides a comprehensive service support capability which covers the domain areas of the process industry.
KBC has the broad industry experience, tools, skill base and expertise to support the site management and engineers to meet the site needs for unit and site monitoring, optimization, reliability and personnel training. KBC skill base combined with KBC simulation technology is key to creating a tailored support program as part of a Technical Service Agreement (TSA) .
A TSA can cover one or all key areas:
Defining the path of digital transformation with phased, achievable and measurable outcomes, improving operational efficiency, becoming a more effective organisation with precise decision-making, while always retaining safe operations.
A tailored holistic approach to optimized asset management: includes developing equipment life strategies, KPI and IOW development. This often requires significant onsite presence working alongside site corrosion and maintenance engineers to incorporate best practices and deliver results.
KBC combines our consulting expertise with industry-leading technologies for asset-wide simulation, planning, scheduling and production accounting to deliver our solution where it is needed. KBC provides skills to improve current site LP´s and upskill your planning team. Tankage usage, logistics studies including inter-site transfers can be optimized, and both Petro-SIM and the LP can be used to evaluate and highlight margin improvement opportunities.
KBC has subject matter expertise capability in a majority of site technologies to help with unit optimization, upgrading projects as well as troubleshooting operational issues. KBC also has the capability to benchmark the units versus industry. KBC adds great value in process and catalyst selection having an unbiased view of technologies. KBC can also provide project development support in all areas from planning / screening through technology selection and design.
For over 40 years, KBC has delivered projects that have reduced our client’s energy costs by 15% to 25%, improved their margins, and significantly reduced Scope 1 emissions. Using KBC's systematic and focused approach to energy efficiency improvements, our experienced consultants powered by our leading technology have helped our clients avoid over 400 million tons of CO2 emissions. This has been accomplished by using our ‘best technology’ benchmarking and gap analysis to set realistic targets, identify and implement ‘quick win’ operational improvements as well as define capital projects.
Whether you license KBC's simulation technology or not, within the TSA, we leverage our first principles models to provide insight where required. Simulation Tools enable full modelling of the site and can include design, reliability and corrosion monitoring capability to be able to fully understand operation and reliability of unit changes. In addition, new Renewable / Carbon footprint technologies can also be modelled as the technologies become available.
Principal Consultant - Technology Advisor
"TSA support proved a very effective and fast response to a variety of Site needs. It brings a wealth of experience from many different operational practices which allow a more robust solution to be provide. A long-term support program also enables a team approach to be developed which leads to even better communications and site understanding. There is flexibility to adjust the agreement quickly as priorities change if the long-term goal of improving profitability and safety is still met. This close relationship leads also to improved site personnel know how as on the job training takes place with and without any formal sessions."