SKIL Projects
Below, we have tried to demonstrate the breadth and depth of SKIL projects undertaken, rather than generate a fully comprehensive list of projects. 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.
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2019
Country
Project Outline
Thailand
Energy audits at both Dan Chang and Mitr Phuvien for Mitr Phol; the audits were holistic, covering the whole of each site and hence encompassing the factories, refineries and power houses; each facility was modelled using Sugars™ and flow stream networks resulting in multiple opportunities to improve energy utilisation with only operational changes or minor capital projects capped at $50 000
2019/20
Confidential
Assistance with production of fine grain sugar from standard white sugar together with warehousing for a major international confectioner at the behest of a London trading house
Confidential
Work on a developing advanced liquid sugar production project suitable for multinational bottling use at the behest of a London trading house
USA
Provided technical support to Michigan Sugar on knife station operation and the evaluation of knives and sharpening equipment suppliers; included during the technical evaluation was additional support on daily operation with particular emphasis on purification
Cambodia
Logistics advice for moving bulk white sugar between countries a leading cola manufacturer at the behest of a London trading house
Confidential
Pre-litigation support for a London trading house with respect to a Brazilian white sugar quality issue
2018
Country
Project Outline
2018/19
USA
Provided an acting Director of Operations for Michigan Sugar's four beet processing facilities during the 2018/19 campaign, giving both technical guidance and overall management support for day to day operations; he also reviewed the capital planning for the organization whilst in post
2018/19
Malaysia
Provision of full time senior and operational management to the CSR Refinery in Kuala Lumpur in order to bring it back to full capacity after most of the senior operational staff had left
2018/21
Russia
Provided comprehensive technical support to Agrosila with emphasis on their Zainsk facility; SKIL’s work started with the beet harvesting and receiving station through to the diffuser operation but then expanded to a complete review of factory operations and agricultural support from planting through through to storage and delivery
USA
Construction management for the installation of a new gas-fired lime kiln at Western Sugar's Scottsbluff factory; the project included a review of the equipment purchased, potential impacts on operations and the coordination of multiple contractors
2017
Country
Project Outline
Vietnam
Complete design of a 1 000 t/d back-end refinery for Quang Ngai Sugar at An Khe
2017/20
Indonesia
Process design and project management of a major expansion to the backend refinery at Kebun Tebu Mas, Surabaya, increasing capacity from 1,000 to 3,000 RSO per day with the ability to refine local or imported raws
Saudi Arabia
Design and costing of bulk white sugar unloading station with mini silos for a leading cola manufacturer at the behest of a London trading house
2017/18
Russia
Provided both agricultural and processing support to the Yelets operations of the Trios group; agricultural support ranged from planting and fertilizer advance and best practice for harvesting and forced ventilation pile storage; process support covered most aspects of the factory operations
2017/18
Dubai
Complete technical audit, operational cost assessment and refinery valuation of Al Khaleej Sugar for the Ruler's Court of Dubai
2017/19
Thailand
Front-end design of a new 3 000 t/d stand-alone refinery for Mitr Phol's factory at Dan Chang. This was Mitr Phol's first autonomous refinery, able to operate both in and out of crop. The company was confident of its ability to implement the project, it required SKIL to guide it through the selection of technologies and then to undertake the basic design and prepare a capital cost estimate
2016
Country
Project Outline
2016/17
UAE
Upgrading of bulk white sugar transportation equipment for a major logistics company at the behest of a London trading house
Indonesia
Design study for a greenfield, port-based 3,000 tpd refinery including a complete Sugars™ mass and energy balance together with factory layout drawings
Thailand
Complete process and energy audit of the existing refinery at Dan Chang for Mitr Phol
2016/20
Indonesia
Full time ongoing operational and project support at Labinta sugar refinery
India
Conversion to bulk white sugar from factory to site together with unloading for an International confectionery manufacturer at the behest of a London trading house
Confidential
Operational support at a refinery in the Middle East
Nigeria
Operational review and support of BUA refinery at the behest of Bunge
Confidential
Operational support and process improvement at VHP refinery
2016/17
Thailand
Design and project management of a project to install conditioning, export bulk container loading and retail packing of refined sugar at Khonburi Sugar
2016/17
Confidential
Provision of Expert Witness services for arbitration with respect to the quality of raw sugar supplied
Pakistan
Energy audit and Sugars™ modelling at Shahtaj Sugar Mills to reduce steam percent cane from 52% to 40%, one third of which was achieved without capital expenditure
2015
Country
Project Outline
2015/17
USA
Provided project services to Western Sugar throughout the rationalisation project, initial with design services and technical support for procurement; this was followed by the construction management of the Scottsbluff expansion and finally by commissioning support
Indonesia
Driving through the completion and subsequently commissioning of the KTM sugarcane factory in Eastern Java
Thailand
Refinery audit for Mitr Phol at its co-located refinery in Dan Chang
Thailand
Engineering design and project management of a new back-end to the co-located refinery at Khon Buri in order to be able to deliver world class, conditioned refined sugar
Indonesia
Development of a basic engineering package with associated budgets for a Labinta's proposed new refinery on Sumatra but close to Java
USA
Concept development of Western Sugar's $~100 million rationalisation project which involved the proposed closure of Torrington, the expansion of Fort Morgan and the almost doubling of capacity at Scottsbluff
2014
Country
Project Outline
Russia
Beet agriculture assistance with beet storage under freezing conditions to avoid sugar loss
2014/15
MENA
Provision of Expert Witness services for arbitration with respect to a greenfield sugarcane factory project
Thailand
Engineering design and project management of a new back-end to the co-located refinery at Surin in order to be able to deliver world class, conditioned refined sugar
Indonesia
Production assistance to the Indofoods group factories on Sumatra and Java
Malaysia
Development of a basic engineering package with associated budgets for MSM's proposed new refinery in Johor, close to Singapore
2013
Country
Project Outline
Brazil
Running a one week training course for the next generation of sugarcane agronomists on phytosanitary techniques
2013/14
India
Engineering and project management with local parties for the 1 000 t/d RSO refinery at Kandla in Gujarat
Brazil
Audit of several sugarcane factories for a major international trader; as a result of the findings the performance of the overall group was substantially improved
2013/14
China
Commissioning and substantial error correction of a locally designed sugar refinery for a major international trader
Bahrain
Commissioning and placing into service the new sugar refinery
Guyana
Running a four week training course for the operational staff of the new Skeldon factory on behalf of Tate and Lyle
2012
Country
Project Outline
Senegal
Commissioning of a new continuous vacuum pan at the Richard Toll factory followed by the development of a general refurbishment plan
Africa
Design and integration of a greenfield sugarcane factory with a medium size coppice timber power station
USA
Commissioning of a new continuous vacuum pan at the Raceland factory of M A Patout in Louisiana
Kyrgyzstan
Survey of the existing Kaindy sugar factory in order to develop a refurbishment plan for the industry
USA
Operational support at the Southern Minnesota Sugar Beet Cooperative
2011
Country
Project Outline
2010/13
Bahrain
Project Management [acting as The Engineer] for this 1800 t/d RSO sugar refinery; the design is for a carbonatation / ion exchange process with local gas as fuel; it incorporates indirect, air cooled condensers to minimise water consumption
Bolivia
Engineers and Project Managers for the power station island for this greenfield 300 000 ℓ/d sugarcane ethanol plant near Santa Cruz
Russia
Operational review of a beet sugar factory in Lipetsk region and preparation of a master plan for the optimisation of the factory to improve yield and energy efficiency plus expand the capacity
Sri Lanka
Assessment of the derelict Kanthalai sugar estate [shut down for 18 years due to civil war] in order to prepare a privatisation proposal
Confidential
Technical due diligence for a major international sugar company considering the purchase of an existing port refinery
2011/12
Chile
Design, engineering, project management and commissioning of a parallel front end to convert the Chillan beet factory to a raw cane refinery
