Chemicals & Process

OPERATIONAL REALITY

In process, every obligation is a safety obligation

A continuous plant has no quiet failure mode. Loss of containment, a missed inspection, an MOC left open, a gap in permit-to-work: the consequences run well past cost. Plant life is measured in decades and turnaround cycles in years, so the cost of managing reactively gets absorbed as HSE, environmental and margin risk, and stays invisible until it isn't.

Process-safety critical

Reactors, columns, exchangers, compressors and storage, with failure modes that carry severe consequences. API 510, 570 and 653 are the floor rather than the ceiling.

Multi-year turnaround cycles

A four-to-six-year catalyst change is a multi-hundred-million-dollar event, and every slip compounds through scope, readiness, execution and post-shutdown.

Regulated, scrutinised, auditable

PSM, COMAH, Seveso III, REACH and environmental permits. Evidence of compliance has to be immediate, complete and defensible.

HOW ASTERION RUNS CHEMICALS & PROCESS

How the platform runs a process plant

NexusCore

The Operating Intelligence

Holds process operations together. Correlates MOC, incidents, inspection findings, integrity status, contract obligations and turnaround readiness as they change, flagging PSM risk before reality does, with reasoning that survives audit.

LexSphere

Contract Intelligence

Feedstock, offtake, long-term service agreements and EPC contracts, with obligations parsed and linked to operational systems, from liability caps through to performance guarantees.

AssetVault

Asset Lifecycle

Reactors, columns, heat exchangers, rotating equipment, storage and utilities, with P&ID-linked hierarchy, criticality and lifecycle position.

ReliCore

Reliability Engineering

Pump, compressor and heat exchanger reliability modelling, with RBI-aligned failure modes and predictive maintenance calibrated to continuous-process duty cycles.

TurnSure

Turnaround Assurance

Structured scope, readiness gates, execution monitoring and post-event analytics, with a proven 20-35% reduction in budget overrun on major turnarounds.

Inspecta

Inspection & Integrity

API 510 pressure vessels, API 570 piping, API 653 tanks, PSSR and relief device testing, all scheduled, captured and defensible.

SHREQ360

PSM & Safety Governance

PHA and HAZOP register, MOC, LOPA, incident investigation and permit-to-work, with process safety performance indicators per API RP 754.

ESG Beacon

ESG Governance

Scope 1-3 emissions by asset, effluent and waste tracking, chemical inventory, and flare and relief reporting, aligned to GRI, SASB, TCFD and CDP.

CrewOptix

Workforce Optimisation

Turnaround resource planning, craft competency, operator certification and contractor onboarding, calibrated to how a process plant actually staffs.

SiteComm

Conversational Layer

Voice, chat and meeting agents tuned for process safety: unit incidents reported by phone, permit confirmations by voice, turnaround stand-ups facilitated and transcribed.

SECTOR OUTCOMES

What it is worth

25%

Unplanned shutdown reduction

Predictive, RBI-informed maintenance on critical rotating and static equipment.

20-35%

TAR budget overrun reduction

Structured readiness governance across multi-hundred-million-dollar events.

100%

Statutory inspection compliance

API, ASME, PED, and jurisdictional inspections scheduled, executed, and defensible.

PSM

Continuous process safety assurance

PHA, MOC, PTW, LOPA and incidents in one picture, aligned to API RP 754.

STANDARDS & FRAMEWORKS

The frameworks process operations are measured against

API 510 / 570 / 653

Pressure, piping, tank inspection

API RP 580 / 581

Risk-Based Inspection

API RP 754

Process Safety Performance

CCPS

Process Safety Guidelines

OSHA PSM / COMAH

Regulatory Process Safety

ISO 14224

Reliability Data

ISO 45001

Occupational Health & Safety

GRI / SASB / TCFD / CDP

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