Capital decisions in high-hazard, asset-intensive and mission-critical industries depend on the credibility of the underlying technical case. Forecast returns rely on assumptions about safety, asset condition, production, availability, operating costs, residual life and future capital requirements.
MES provides investors, lenders, financial advisers, developers and asset owners with an independent, risk-informed and data-driven assessment of these assumptions. We identify the technical risks and opportunities that matter most and assess their implications for bankability, asset value, and expected returns.
Our integrated expertise in Process Safety and Risk Management, Asset Integrity and Reliability, helps our clients look beyond compliance and assess whether the project or plant can perform safely, reliably and economically through the investment horizon. We distinguish critical issues from manageable ones and provide clear advice on what must be resolved, contractually protected, monitored or accepted.
MES provides investors, lenders, financial advisers, developers and asset owners with an independent, risk-informed and data-driven assessment of these assumptions. We identify the technical risks and opportunities that matter most and assess their implications for bankability, asset value, and expected returns.
Our integrated expertise in Process Safety and Risk Management, Asset Integrity and Reliability, helps our clients look beyond compliance and assess whether the project or plant can perform safely, reliably and economically through the investment horizon. We distinguish critical issues from manageable ones and provide clear advice on what must be resolved, contractually protected, monitored or accepted.
What we do
- Technical due diligence for projects, operating facilities, acquisitions and portfolios
- Lender's and investor's technical advisory and bankability assessment, including independent scrutiny of the assumptions underpinning financial models
- Technical risk review of CAPEX, OPEX, contingencies and future capital requirements
- Asset condition, residual life, fitness-for-service, life extension, deferred maintenance assessment
- Identification of critical barriers, single points of failure and business continuity vulnerabilities
- Process safety and technical input to environmental and social due diligence against applicable lender requirements, including the Equator Principles and IFC Performance Standards
- M&A technical evaluation, risk prioritisation and identification of latent liabilities and value-enhancement opportunities
Typical outcomes
- Technical assumptions underpinning financial models independently scrutinised
- Material risks, fatal flaws and value-eroding liabilities identified before capital is committed
- Identification of bankability issues and conditions requiring resolution before financial close
- Clearer understanding of potential impacts on CAPEX, OPEX, production, availability and asset life
- Residual life constraints and future capital requirements clearly established
- Business continuity risks identified and assessed
- Better informed valuation and go, no-go or conditional investment decisions
