Practice — Energy & Petrochemicals

The downstream — refining, petrochem, integrity, trading.

Refinery economics that net out at GPW. Asset integrity programs that prevent unplanned downtime. Petrochemical value chains that decide between fuel and feedstock. Five specialist SMEs cover every margin lever from crude slate to retail rack.

5Specialist SMEs
3Mandates to graduate
0Live (bench-ready)
What we do

Five SMEs. Every downstream lever, from Brent diff to retail margin.

ContexAi's Energy & Petrochemicals Practice is built on five specialist Subject Matter Experts — Refining Economics, Petrochemical Value Chain, Asset Integrity & Reliability, Capital Projects, and Global Trading & Marine Logistics. Inspired by best-in-class operators (Saudi Aramco, Reliance Jamnagar, Valero, SABIC), each SME runs at the margin-lever level — LP / PIMS models, crack spreads, asset integrity by API 510 / 570 / 653, FEED through commissioning, and physical / paper trading.

Capabilities

Sub-services under Energy

Refinery Economics & LP Modeling

Brent / Dubai / WTI economics, crack spreads, GPW, crude slate optimization, FCC / Coker / Hydrocracker yields, Nelson Complexity.

Petrochemical Value Chain

O2C / oil-to-chemicals, steam crackers, polyolefins, BTX, aromatics, PDH, MTO/MTP, advanced recycling.

Asset Integrity & Reliability

API 510 / 570 / 653, RBI, CUI, HAZOP, LOPA, SIL, MOC, RCA, turnaround / TAR, vibration analysis.

Capital Projects (EPC / EPCm)

FEED, FEL, AACE estimates, CPM, EVM, FIDIC, modular vs stick-built, schedule recovery, claims management.

Global Trading & Marine Logistics

Brent / Dubai basis, Platts / Argus, VLCC / Suezmax / MR / LR1 / LR2, Worldscale, demurrage, EFP / EFS.

Downstream Marketing & Retail

Bunkers (VLSFO, IMO 2020), retail fuel margins, NFR, loyalty, secondary distribution, rack pricing.

Anchor mandate
Flagship engagement

Pakistani oil refiner (Confidential) — Refining & Petrochem

Pakistan's largest oil refining capacity — crude-to-product across Brent / Dubai diet, polymer / aromatics potential, bunker / retail / terminal operations. The Practice is positioning to anchor a long-term advisory relationship across refining, petrochem expansion, retail margin, and trading.

BENCH-READY · Targeting first mandate
Sector
Refining · Petrochem · Marketing · Trading
Capacity
a major Pakistani refinery (Confidential)
Coverage Potential
All 5 SMEs
Status
Pre-mandate / first engagement
Practice bench

Subject Matter Experts powering this practice

Refining Economist

margin-architect

LP / PIMS / Aspen, crack spreads, GPW, netbacks, crude slate optimization. Inspired by Aramco strategy & Reliance Jamnagar.

Petrochem Value-Chain Strategist

alchemist

Steam crackers, polyolefins, aromatics, recycling. Inspired by SABIC (Aramco) and Reliance O2C.

Asset Integrity & Reliability

sentinel

API codes, RBI, HAZOP, LOPA, turnarounds. Inspired by Valero operational excellence.

Refining margin, petrochem expansion, or trading mandate?

Whether it's a crude-slate optimization, a debottlenecking FEED, an asset-integrity gap closure, or a trading desk review — we deploy senior SMEs from day one.

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