Several months after an unplanned outage, a petrochemical complex took an early shutdown to perform major maintenance. The operator filed an insurance claim for economic damages. Baker & O'Brien was engaged to assess production losses for the out...

Pipeline regulatory agency involvement was required when a terminal operator sought to blend a heavy crude oil into a light sour crude oil shipped on a common carrier pipeline. Baker & O'Brien identified the regulatory requirements and determined...

Delays in the construction of gas gathering and processing (G&P) facilities led to a suit filed against the EPC contractor by a midstream company alleging lost profits. We reviewed G&P contracts, evaluated operating costs, and analyzed the ga...

A few hours after a ship departed a refinery dock with a recently loaded product of heavy fuel oil, the sea-going vessel exploded and sank. Baker & O'Brien consultants investigated refinery operations, inventory records, and the sampling process ...