Hydrocarbons technical expertise: senior experts from the national industry
Assignments carried out by senior experts from the national oil and gas industry: upstream, drilling and reservoir, gas and rotating machinery, downstream and storage, pipelines, inspection, HSE, engineering and expert opinion. Every technical assignment ends with a signed report, on a perimeter written down before work starts.
- Senior experts from the national industry
- A signed report for every assignment
- Perimeter written down before work starts
What UpGrowth does
Eight families of assignments, from upstream to expert opinion and secondment.
Upstream, drilling and reservoir
- Reservoir review, reserve estimation and recovery optimisation
- Drilling programme review and well incident analysis
- Completion, workover and intervention on wells losing rate
- Drilling fluids, cementing and site non conformities
Gas, process and rotating machinery
- Gas treatment, dehydration and sweetening
- LPG and LNG units, yield, losses and export specifications
- Turbines, compressors and pumps, diagnosis and failure analysis
- Process simulation and debottlenecking
Downstream, refining and storage
- Unit yields, catalysis, fouling and planned shutdowns
- Petrochemicals and fertilisers, product conformity and reject analysis
- Tank farms, integrity, bunding, gauging and losses
- Logistics, loading, transport and distribution
Pipelines and integrity
- Pipelines, sizing, rupture analysis and return to service
- Corrosion, cathodic protection, inhibitors and coatings
- Interpretation of in line inspections and repair plans
- Fitness for service and remaining life of ageing equipment
Inspection, testing and quality
- Non destructive testing, radiography, ultrasonics and magnetic particle
- Welding, qualification of procedures and of welders
- Pressure vessels, exchangers, relief valves and requalification
- Factory acceptance and pre shipment inspection at the manufacturer
HSE, safety and environment
- HAZOP, HAZID and safety integrity levels
- Safety reports and internal emergency plans
- Hazardous area classification and conformity of installed equipment
- Impact studies, oily waste and contaminated soil
- Incident investigation, root cause tree and corrective plan
Engineering, projects and cost
- Technical specifications and purchase requisitions
- Feasibility, conceptual design and basic engineering
- Cost estimation, quantity surveys and valuation of works
- Delay analysis, cost overrun and claim management
- Commissioning, start up and punch list close out
Expert opinion, disputes and secondment
- Amicable expert opinion between contractor, client and subcontractor
- Loss adjusting, damage assessment and industrial asset valuation
- Technical due diligence and counter expertise of an opposing report
- Technical assistance on call, an expert seconded to your site
- On site training and mentoring of junior engineers
What you receive
- A signed report for every technical expert assignment
- A perimeter written down before work starts
- A clear answer on what is feasible and what is not
How we work
This is how we work.
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You describe the need, we scope the perimeter
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We tell you what is feasible and what is not
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The perimeter is written down before work starts
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A named contact follows your file end to end
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You are warned before each deadline, not after
Who this service is for
- Contractors and subcontractors on industrial projects
- Foreign groups awarded a contract in Algeria
- Foreign firms looking for a local delivery partner whose project touches the oil and gas industry
- Contractors, clients and subcontractors who need an amicable expert opinion
Related pages
- Hydrocarbon contracts, Law 19-13From negotiation to close out: operating agreement, procedures, field economics, petroleum taxation, liftings and contract close out.
- Contract awarded in Algeria: what a foreign company must set upThe order of operations from award to crews on site.
- Local project supportA local partner for the foreign company executing a project in Algeria.
- Liaison office, branch or subsidiaryComparing the three legal presences of a foreign company in Algeria.
- Recruitment and foreign workersRecruitment, foreign headcount, work permits, visas, residence permits, employer compliance and end of contract.
- Accounting, tax and payrollBookkeeping, tax and social filings, payroll, assistance during a tax audit and tracking of your deadlines, with a named contact.
International partners under a signed MoU
Frequently asked questions
Which technical assignments do you take on?
Eight families of assignments: upstream, drilling and reservoir; gas, process and rotating machinery; downstream, refining and storage; pipelines and integrity; inspection, testing and quality; HSE, safety and environment; engineering, projects and cost; expert opinion, disputes and secondment. The detail is set out above on this page.
Who carries out these assignments?
The assignments are carried out by senior experts from the national oil and gas industry.
Can you step in on a well incident or an equipment failure?
The perimeter includes well incident analysis, completion, workover and intervention on wells losing rate, diagnosis and failure analysis of turbines, compressors and pumps, and rupture analysis of pipelines with return to service.
Do you carry out HSE studies?
The HSE, safety and environment family includes HAZOP, HAZID and safety integrity levels, safety reports and internal emergency plans, hazardous area classification and conformity of installed equipment, impact studies, oily waste and contaminated soil, and incident investigation with a root cause tree and a corrective plan.
Can you second an expert to our site?
Yes: technical assistance on call, with an expert seconded to your site, together with on site training and mentoring of junior engineers.
Do you act in a technical dispute or give a counter expertise?
The expert opinion, disputes and secondment family includes amicable expert opinion between contractor, client and subcontractor, loss adjusting, damage assessment and industrial asset valuation, and technical due diligence with counter expertise of an opposing report.
What do I receive at the end of an assignment?
A signed report for every technical expert assignment. The perimeter of the assignment is written down before work starts.
What does an assignment cost, and how does it start?
No price is published here. You describe the need, we scope the perimeter and tell you what is feasible and what is not: the quote is tailored after a short exchange. You can write to us on WhatsApp, by e-mail or through the form.
Tell us what you want to launch
Describe your situation in a few lines. We answer by telling you which services apply to your case, in what order to engage them, and what we need from your side to start. No price is published here: the quote is tailored after a short exchange.
Offices in Birkhadem, Algiers. Sunday to Thursday.
