Sugar Technology Project Listing

In this list we have tried to demonstrate the breadth and depth of SKIL projects undertaken. Accordingly it should not be considered exhaustive. Many projects also span several years, particularly the larger ones. They are listed in the year when the work started.

2 0 1 0	Country	Client(s) / Associate(s)	Place	Project Outline
	India	Confidential	Kandla	Independent review of the conceptual design package for a greenfield import/export port refinery
	Portugal	RAR	Porto	Preliminary assessment of this small port refinery with a view to improving its yield and energy efficiency plus expansion of the capacity within a constrained site
	Mexico	Man Sugar	Los Mochis	Preliminary assessment of this sugarcane estate with a view to its refurbishment
	India	Bunge	Krishnapatnam	Part of the Owner's Team for the review of the design concepts and basic engineering package for this 3000 t/d RSO import/export port refinery
	Bahrain	Private	Bahrain	Project Managers for this greenfield 1800 t/d RSO port refinery being created under a turnkey contract by InteOmega from Spain
	Italy	Man Sugar	Brindisi	Supply of 12 operational staff for the commissioning of the new raw sugar refinery
	Nigeria	Bunge	Lagos	Independent review of the conceptual design package for a brownfield port refinery
	Lebanon	Private	Bekaa Valley	Assessment of the suitably of the equipment from this now shut beet factory for incorporation into a cane sugar refinery
	Confidential	Private	Confidential	Feasibility study for a greenfield 1800 t/d RSO port refinery in the Middle East

2 0 0 9	Country	Client(s) / Associate(s)	Place	Project Outline
	Sudan	Private	White Nile	Independent evaluation of this large [planned to be 400 000 t/a sugar] sugarcane estate on the banks of the White Nile, south of Khartoum, on behalf of a potential investor
	Lebanon	Private	Chekka	Engineering for a refurbishment of this small sugar refinery in the north of the country
	Italy	Man Sugar	Brindisi	Process engineering review for this 1400 t/d Greenfield refinery project which incorporates a novel biodiesel cogeneration plant
	Chile	IANSA	Chillan	Process engineering for the addition of a 1000 t/d raw sugar refining front end for this southern hemisphere beet factory
	United Arab Emirates	Al Kaleej Sugar	Dubai	Expert Witness for an arbitration with respect to a sugar bagging plant
	China	British Sugar	Bo Tian	Independent review of equipment specifications prepared in China by one of the many Design Institutes
	Confidential	Man Sugar	Confidential	Supply of 12 operational staff for the commissioning of the new 1700 t/d raw sugar refinery

2 0 0 8	Country	Client(s) / Associate(s)	Place	Project Outline
	Egypt	Private	Aswan	Technical feasibility study for a 15,000 ha sugar cane estate in the desert close to Lake Nasser
	Portugal	DAI	Coruche	Technical assessment and operational support for this beet factory as it ceased beet slicing and was converted to a raw sugar refinery using mainly the original equipment
	Poland	British Sugar	Glinojeck	Mass and energy balance plus process engineering support for the optimisation of this sugar beet factory which was converted to slice the beets previously sliced at four separate factories
	Ukraine	Man Sugar	Zaselie	Engineering for the refurbishment of this beet factory and conversion to refining during the non-campaign period
	Bahrain	Private	Bahrain	Agreement of the basic engineering and preparation of contract documentation for this 1800 t/d refinery
	Russia	Man Sugar	Liski	Operational support for this beet factory now fully converted to refining

2 0 0 7	Country	Client(s) / Associate(s)	Place	Project Outline
	Angola	Government of Angola	Waku Kungu	Establishment of a 100 ha seed cane nursery and the subsequent management of the nursery including the import and planting of 150 tons of seed cane
	Poland	British Sugar	Glinojeck	Operational Support
	USA	Private	Imperial Valley	Investigation into the development of a cane sugar industry
	Angola	Government of Angola	throughout	Creation of a Business Development Plan for the entire industry following the acceptance of the Feasibility Study; required the design development of both crystal sugar and CaneFlex factories
	Confidential	ED+F Man	Confidential	Implementation of a new 1700 t/d raw carbonatation and carbon decolourisation sugar refinery

2 0 0 6	Country	Client(s) / Associate(s)	Place	Project Outline
	Thailand	Tate and Lyle	Mitr Phol	Engineering of a bulk sugar silo system at on of the existing MP factories
	Europe	Private	Confidential	Investigation of quality issues in transporting bulk sugar
	Indonesia	EU Commission	Madukismo	Energy audit and professional training for the factory engineers on energy efficiency
	Angola	Government of Angola	Waku Kungu	Feasibility study for the re-establishment of a sugar industry within the country, the previous industry having shut down as a result of the civil war

2 0 0 5	Country	Client(s) / Associate(s)	Place	Project Outline
	USA	C+H Group	Crockett	Pinch Technology audit and subsequent engineering of various refinery modifications to reduce the energy consumption
	Uganda	Private	Sango Bay	Feasibility study into the establishment of a small factory on this sugarcane estate which currently exports all its production to Kagera in Tanzania
	Ethiopia	Private	Metahara	Quality improvement of the direct consumption sugar operation and supervision of a new sugar packing plant
	USA	American Crystal	Various	Operational Support
	USA	Western Sugar	Scotts Bluff	Operational Support
	Egypt	Tate and Lyle	Al Sokhna	Engineering of the bulk sugar silo system at this new sugar refinery
	England	British Sugar	Cantley	Operational Support
	Confidential	Man Sugar	Confidential	Process engineering design of a new 1700 t/d raw carbonatation and carbon sugar refinery

2 0 0 4	Country	Client(s) / Associate(s)	Place	Project Outline
	Venezuela	Various	Throughout	Technical evaluation / due diligence of five factories seeking to merge; correspondent work to that of Ernst and Young financial evaluation
	USA	US Sugar Corporation	Clewiston	Part of the engineering team for the ‘Breakthrough’ project to increase capacity to 44,000 tcd : responsible for energy balance to drive down consumption in order to supply the refinery during offcrop
	USA	Arkel	Lacassine LA	Technical appraisal of the proposed boiler installation at this new thick syrup factory
	Nigeria	Private	Lagos	Feasibility study for the establishment of a new refinery in Lagos port
	UK	Confidential		Investigation into the production of liquid sucrose products by direct melting of raw sugars
	Russia	Russagro	Valuikisakhar	Refurbishment of the factory to bring it up to modern standards of production with 'western' energy efficiency
	Russia	Cargill	throughout	Support services for the group's Russian operations
	Egypt	Cargill	ABG Complex	Evaluation of this purpose built but never operated sugar refinery located in a free trade zone between Cairo and Ismailia
	Nigeria	Private	Lagos	Feasibility study for the establishment of a new refinery in Lagos port for a major bottler
	Tunisia	Cargill	Ben Bechir	Evaluation of this now closed beet factory and preliminary design for converting it to a raw sugar refinery
	USA	Private	Drayton ND	Engineering for a capacity expansion at this beet sugar factory
	Peru	Private	Jequetepeque Valley	Design development and contract negotiation for this new green field 3 000 tcd cane sugar factory in northern Peru

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