Oneira Corporation, an EPCM company, has provided process engineering and technology solutions to leading industrial companies around the world for more than 30 years.

Focused on Specialty Chemicals, Chemicals, Oil & Gas, Mineral Processing and Process Control, Oneira solves the toughest process challenges by listening to clients, understanding their business requirements and partnering on solutions.

From concept to completion, Oneira delivers on time and on budget. Project after project, clients return to Oneira for reliable execution and measureable results.

In the complex industrial world, Oneira offers a simple formula:

BUILD... DELIVER... DRIVE...

BUILD Relationships: Build long-standing relationships with clients through responsiveness, commitment, accountability and staff continuity.

DELIVER Solutions: Deliver inventive solutions for clients through experience, knowledge and collaboration.

DRIVE Results: Drive measureable results for clients through scalable design, engineering and project management and on-time, on-budget performance.

Oneira has supported clients in the Chemicals, Oil & Gas and Petroleum Refining industries for more than 30 years.

Oneira has executed projects ranging from small studies to new facility development that:

• Lower Plant Operating Costs• Improve Safety• Debottleneck Processes• Extend Plant Life• Enhance Plant Performance and Reliability

Oneira’s broad industrial experience results in informed solutions that support key decision making. Oneira has implemented projects in the following areas:

• Oil and Gas Production Facilities• Oil Sands• Gas processing and Gas Treatment• Commodity Chemicals Facilities• Petroleum Refining• Polymers Refining• Oleo Chemicals• Bitumen Upgrading• Site Infrastructure• Facilities/Utilities

Chemical, Oil and Gas

Oneira Gated Engineering Process

Through gated engineering phases, Oneira develops clients’ visions from concept to completion.

Decision Support: Analyze data, develop concepts and estimate costs to support stakeholder decision making.

• Lab Testing and Pilot Plants• Process Technology Selection• Scoping Studies• Process Flowsheet Development• Capital Cost Estimation• Optimization Studies• Process Performance Monitoring• Operation Audits• Process Debottlenecking• Safety Audits• Acquisition Due Diligence

Front-End Engineering Design (FEED): Develop strategic information that enables stakeholders to estimate risk, support decisions and commit resources.

• Process Engineering• Mechanical Design• Electrical and Instrumentation Design/Engineering• Process Automation and Controls Design• Civil/Structural Engineering

Detailed Engineering: Final engineering details that capture design requirements and provide a firm basis for budgets, risk assessment and execution.

• Final Engineering Design• Equipment and Instrument Tendering and Selection• Controls Integration• Construction Packages

Construction, Commissioning and Start-Up: Support services for construction, commissioning and start-up.

• Shop Drawing Review• Inspections• Factory/Site Acceptance Testing• Troubleshooting

Case Study

Client: Canadian Oil and Gas MajorLocation: Ontario, CanadaBudget: $3.4 Million Challenge: To develop conceptual engineering designs to improve safety, productivity and reduce cross-contamination and waste on an inline blender for lube oil products.

Solution: Oneira delivered a design that met stringent space constraints, constructability requirements, budget expectation and ensured minimal production impacts. Result: Oneira saved $1 million for the project through efficient engineering and by proposing a streamlined fabrication and construction approach.

Case Study

Client: Global Chemical ProducerLocation: Ontario, CanadaBudget: $7 MillionProject: Plant Expansion Challenge: A major chemicals producer required a significant expansion to incorporate a state-of-the-art fatty acid processing facility.

Solution: The expansion incorporated a continuous high pressure fat splitting process, a glycerin ion exchange purification and a new hydrogenation reactor. Oneira supported the project from concept to commissioning and developed all aspects of the expansion design. Result: The new facility significantly improved plant efficiency and increased capacity to manufacture fatty acids and glycerol to meet global demand.

Case Study

Client: World-Leading Chemical ProducerLocation: Ontario, CanadaBudget: $18 Million Challenge: Oneira was tasked with the engineering development of a new Nylon polymer production system.

Solution: Oneira engineered an expansion to a Nylon polymer plant with new raw material handling process, polymerization reactor, heat exchange system, DCS upgrade and infrastructure improvements. Result: Oneira successfully implemented the project from concept to commissioning.

Project Profile

Client: BASF Canada Inc.

Project: Nylon Polymer Expansion Arnprior, Ontario

Value: $18 million

Services: Preliminary Engineering Capital Cost Estimating Process Design Detailed Engineering Procurement Project Management Construction Management Commissioning

Description:

• Raw materials receiving system

• New nylon polymerization reactor

• Caprolactam recovery system

• Dowtherm vapour heating system

• Nylon extrusion and chip production

• Nylon chip dyers

• 750 point DCS system

• Infrastructure upgrades

Oneira’s design performance and project management resulted in less than 5% contract extras.

Project Profile

Client: Columbian Chemicals Canada

Project: #5 Bag Collector and #1, 2, 3 VCB Replacement Hamilton, Ontario

Value: $5 million

Services: Detailed Engineering Procurement Project Management Construction Support

Description:

• Upgrade and replace #5 bag collector

• Upgrade and replace #1,2,3 vapour bag collectors

Project Profile

Client: Columbian Chemicals Canada

Project: Boilers and Dryers Stacks Hamilton, Ontario

Value: $4.5 million

Services: Preliminary Engineering Cost Estimating Detailed Engineering Procurement Project Management Construction Support

Description:

• Installation of 2-10’ I.D. x 215’ high stacks, and associated high temperature breeching

• The stack project was installed to comply with new M.O.E.E. guidelines for sulphur emissions

Project Profile

Client: Columbian Chemicals Canada

Project: Carbon Black Plant Expansion Hamilton, Ontario

Value: $4.5 million

Services: Preliminary Engineering Capital Cost Estimating Detailed Engineering Procurement Project Management Construction Management Description:

• Feed stock tank heating

• New production unit

• New waste fuel boiler, steam and power cogeneration

• Boiler feed water treatment system

• Product pneumatic conveying and conditioning upgrade

• Structural steel rehabilitation

Project Profile

Client: Henkel Canada Ltd.

Project: Major Plant Expansion

Value: $7 million

Services: Preliminary Design Capital Cost Estimating Detailed Engineering Procurement Construction Management Commissioning

Description: Henkel’s plant is truly “state-of-the-art,” producing consistently high quality fatty chemicals from natural fats and oils. This project included the installation of new unit processes in three areas:

Fat and Oil Splitting: A new, continuous high pressure (500 psig) splitter was custom fabricated and installed within the existing production area. The process technology was developed by Henkel and is regarded as the latest and most efficient in the industry.

Glycerine Purification: Ion exchange purification and concentration.

Hydrogenation: The installation of a new hydrogenation reactor.

Oneira’s “task force” approach assured Henkel that the same qualified personnel were on the project from preliminary design through commissioning — an essential commitment for cost-effectiveness and operation success.

Project Profile

Client: Uniroyal Chemical Co.

Project: PAO Expansion Elmira, Ontario

Value: $9 million

Services: Process P&ID’s Construction Tendering Detailed Engineering Equipment and Instrument Specifications

Description:

• Removal of Existing Storage Tanks

• Tank farm expansion for the storage of raw materials and finished goods

• Process piping

• Thermal Oxidizer

• Hydrogenation Reactor

• Vacuum Stripper

• New MCC Room

• Production Building Expansion

• Hot Oil System Expansion

• Additional 2 New Polymerizers

• Caustic Storage Tank

Chemical Oil & Gas

LanxessProcess Design, Polysar Isobutylene Project.

BP Ltd.Furnace Stack Structural Analysis.

ESSO ChemicalCPCU Turboexpander for Cryogenic Ethylene Recovery. ARIS Tankage for Toluene and mixed aromatics. Higher Olefins Expansion including a new reactor, tower and exchangers. Process Design of a Major Expansion to Benzene – Toluene – Xylene Distillation. ARIS Encon/Fractionation Expansion. LLDPE Construction Inspection (Piping Only). Hotwater Belt Construction Coordination. ISOPAR M Base Detailed Engineering. Miscellaneous Small Projects. Flare, Boiler Feed & Cooling Water Systems Analysis.

Oleo Chemicals New continuous process unit for fatty acid and glycerine production. Glycerine ion exchange purification. Fatty acid hydrogenation. Emtrol production. Energy conservation project. Tank truck washing and loading rack.

Imperial Oil LimitedHydrotreater preheat revamp.

SuncorPropane loading/unloading facilities. Process design services. Waste energy for greenhouse heating. Absorber/stripper Encon revamp. Motor oil blender upgrade.

Petro CanadaAir cooler support structural design. Pail filling line optimization.

Ashland chemicalsLatex emulsion plant design and capital estimates.

Chemical Oil & Gas

Suncor – Mississauga, OntarioMotor oil blender upgrade, concept, feed and detailed engineering. Kesler Engineering Inc.Suncor Encon masterplan capital estimating. Coffee decaffeination layout and estimates. Marathon Oil. Houston, Encon capital estimates.

Columbian ChemicalsFeedstock tank heating. New production unit installation. Product pneumatic conveying and conditioning upgrade. Waste fuel boiler, steam power cogeneration. Demineralized water system.

Armak Chemicals Ltd.Plant engineering services.

Btl Specialty Resins CorporationResin reactor system relocation.

BASF Canada Spinning, drawing, texturing plant structure. Nylon polymer production expansion.

BASF Canada Perchloroethylene recovery. Waste solvent recovery.

BPCO Inc.Asphalt plant process design and capital estimate.

Atlas RoofingAsphalt rail car unloading system.