Emissions & EPA Analysis

New EPA regulations and standards continues.  Modeling and understanding the various impacts of EPA and local rules can be done.  We have modeled all the various regulations/policy over the past 10 years from Clean Air Act (CAA) to Waxman-Markey Carbon Bill.   At AEC we not only give you forecasts, but we show you how you can do it – empowering your workforce.   Completely understanding CSAPR can make and/or mitigate millions of dollars of cost for your company.  Let us help you reaffirm or offer greater insights into your...

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Energy Market Analysis

AEC expertise ranges from: Integrated (Oil – Gas – Coal) Supply/Demand Projections Modeling with Game Changing Technology/Regulation/Policy Integrated (Oil – Gas – Coal) Price Projections Historical Price Rationale Assessment of New Supply – Demand drivers and competitive suppliers Competitive Market Study – Evaluate supply choices and optimize price based on reliability and other risk factors Regulation / Policy Impact Study – Evaluate impacts to the market and/or particular...

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Risk Assessments

Where will natural gas and oil prices be in 5 to 30 years?   What will the US look like under various climate policies?  At AEC we are here to help manage those uncertainty to help you create a robust plan for the future.  Commodity and policy/regulations risk are intertwined.  AEC breadth experiences in all parts of the energy chain allows us to be optimally position in a world of uncertainty.   You need someone to put the pieces together so it makes sense.  Information without formulation is just data.  We help you convert...

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Competitive Market Assessments

Supply / Demand utlimately dictates markets not market prices resulting from inefficient signals.   At AEC we know your company vision should be predicated on long-term views not near-term market gyrations.  Our focus will always be on the fundamentals.   Evaluating competitive markets is no different.   Competition occurs with price arbritage and ingenuity.   We evaluate technology for economics and engineering feasibility.   We apply that knowledge into market dynamic simulations – balancing the supply and demand...

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Refinery Optimization Studies

Refineries are a complex chain of machinery.  Each piece in the facilitiy does its job for the greater good of the whole.   Within each part of the refinery there are levels of flexibility.   This flexibility opens the door for greater optimization.   Optimization should focus on the changing feedstock market to the changing landscape of product demand.   Over the past few years we have seen shifts to greater distillate yields as the US market pauses on its demand growth.   Many prognosticators should have seen the light many years...

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