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CMAI Proprietary Services

Request for Proposal - CMAI Representative Studies - Business Planning - Technical Analysis - Financial Analysis - Independent Advisors - Litigation Support

Through its Proprietary Services function, CMAI provides confidential analysis to clients around the globe. Each study is uniquely tailored to meet the specific needs of the client, and each consultant in Proprietary Services brings his or her own set of experiences gained through years in the petrochemical industry. This experience, coupled with constant interaction with CMAI’s multi-client consultants, provides for timely and accurate market interpretation and strategic analysis. CMAI is a leader in providing strategic and project planning studies to all aspects of the global petrochemical industry, including chemical and integrated oil companies, engineering and construction companies, banking and financial institutions, trading companies and governmental agencies.

Business Planning

During the planning process, CMAI acts as an independent market advisor, offering strategic and commercial analysis to companies as they develop budgets and medium-to long-term business plans. This analysis includes challenging existing theories within a company, identifying competitive strengths and weaknesses, developing conclusions about expansion and divestiture opportunities, and analyzing risk.

Strategic and Commercial Analysis

  • Medium, Long-Term Planning
  • Portfolio Reviews
  • Sector Reviews
  • Master Plans
  • Asset Benchmarking
  • Return on Assets
  • Corporate Benchmarks
  • Competitor Behavior
  • SWOT Analysis
  • Marketing Plans
  • Feedstock and Offtake Contract Support
  • Trade Flows -Commercial Due Diligence

Technical Analysis

As companies examine new ventures, CMAI provides impartial advice to the stakeholders of the venture - from financial institutions to the producing companies. Proprietary Services offers expertise in both project planning and independent engineering.

Independent Engineering

  • Investment Costs
  • Project Approvals
  • Feedstock and Product Offtake Agreements
  • Project Implementation Support

Project Planning

  • Pre-feasibility and Feasibility Studies
  • "Bankable" Studies
  • Project Financing Inputs
  • Project Implementation Support
  • Completion/Post Completion Audits

Technical Analysis

  • Manufacturing Costs
  • Post Plant Costs
  • Industry Cost Curves
  • Technology Evaluations
  • Process Benchmarks and Review
  • Plant Assessments
  • Technical Due Diligence

Financial Analysis

Financial institutions and petrochemical companies often require analysis that is tailored either to examine specific financial and commercial scenarios or to compare a variety of market conditions. This analysis includes project appraisals and merger and acquisition evaluation.

  • Price and Margin Analysis
  • Price and Margin Forecasts
  • Cash Flow Analysis
  • Transaction Values
  • Risk Assessment
  • Commercial Due Diligence
  • Financial Due Diligence
  • Technical Due Diligence

Independent Advisors

CMAI consultants are consistently asked to make presentations to a wide array of industry groups and companies. The presentations can provide general "state of the industry" comments, or they can be focused on specific issues.

CMAI consultants are also available to serve in the capacity of Expert Witness for companies as they work to resolve issues that require informed advice and industry knowledge.

Litigation Support

CMAI's staff members have developed extensive experience in providing expert assistance to attorneys involved in litigating matters relating to the energy, chemical and allied products industries.  CMAI's staff members have experience working with engineers, regulators, business executives, attorneys and other consultants.  With this background, we work as true members of a client team to understand what issues are relevant to the case and how they can be best presented.  We help the attorneys formulate a litigation strategy while developing information during the entire discovery and trial processes.  Service offerings consist of:

  • Litigation strategy/question formulation
  • Identify/screen/prepare testifying experts
  • Evaluate case for technical merit and assess strengths/weaknesses
  • Damages assessment
  • Cost benefit analysis
  • Negligence determination
  • Contract arbitration support
  • Expert witness reports and testimony
  • Deposition and deposition support
  • Documentation review
  • Insurance related services