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Reduce project execution risk before capital deployment.
Reduce project execution risk before capital deployment.
Independent technical and commercial underwriting for developers, lenders, infrastructure investors, and strategic sponsors evaluating LNG terminals and data center power projects.
Independent technical and commercial underwriting for developers, lenders, infrastructure investors, and strategic sponsors evaluating LNG terminals and data center power projects.
Capital-intensive projects fail for predictable reasons.
Projects often reach investment committees with assumptions that have not been adequately challenged:
Capacity and throughput assumptions, Infrastructure constraints, Technology integration risks, Schedule realism, O&M readiness.
The result can be cost overruns, delayed revenue, and impaired returns.
Capital-intensive projects fail for predictable reasons.
Projects often reach investment committees with assumptions that have not been adequately challenged:
Capacity and throughput assumptions, Infrastructure constraints, Technology integration risks, Schedule realism, O&M readiness.
The result can be cost overruns, delayed revenue, and impaired returns.
OUR FRAMEWORK
OUR FRAMEWORK
Assess
TYPICAL CLIENTS
TYPICAL CLIENTS
developers
developers
Evaluate project feasibility and improve investment readiness.
Evaluate project feasibility and improve investment readiness.
lenders
lenders
Gain independent visibility into execution and operational risks.
Gain independent visibility into execution and operational risks.
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTORS
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTORS
Validate assumptions supporting long-term returns.
Validate assumptions supporting long-term returns.
STRATEGIC SPONSORS
STRATEGIC SPONSORS
Strengthen governance and decision quality before capital deployment.
Strengthen governance and decision quality before capital deployment.
Key Underwriting & Operational Risk Areas
Key Underwriting & Operational Risk Areas
Evaluate the technical, operational factors that influence project delivery success and long-term asset performance, translating into investment outcomes.
Evaluate the technical, operational factors that influence project delivery success and long-term asset performance, translating into investment outcomes.
Reliability & Uptime Exposure
Reliability & Uptime Exposure
Define Production output sensitivity to asset availability assumptions.
Assess Early-life reliability, outage exposure, and implications for cash flow realization.
Evaluate operational resilience framework and uptime improvement opportunities.
Maintenance and service strategy effectiveness.
Define Production output sensitivity to asset availability assumptions.
Assess Early-life reliability, outage exposure, and implications for cash flow realization.
Evaluate operational resilience framework and uptime improvement opportunities.
Maintenance and service strategy effectiveness.
Execution & Lifecycle Risk
Execution & Lifecycle Risk
Technology selection and maturity assessment.
Long-lead equipment and supply chain exposure.
Constructability and operational readiness.
Benchmarking against relevant industry operating precedents.
Technology selection and maturity assessment.
Long-lead equipment and supply chain exposure.
Constructability and operational readiness.
Benchmarking against relevant industry operating precedents.
Financial & Commercial Impact
Financial & Commercial Impact
Validate production nameplate assumptions, and downside sensitivity.
Cash flow resilience under operating scenarios.
Bankability, and Lender underwriting considerations.
Validate production nameplate assumptions, and downside sensitivity.
Cash flow resilience under operating scenarios.
Bankability, and Lender underwriting considerations.
Date: May 15, 2026
Client: Ares Infrastructure Opportunities
Asset: Caturus' Commonwealth LNG
Date: May 15, 2026
Client: Ares Infrastructure Opportunities
Asset: Caturus' Commonwealth LNG
Energy Equipment Advisors provided independent technical underwriting support for an Ares Infrastructure Opportunities fund (Ares) on its approximately $1 billion preferred equity investment in Caturus’ Commonwealth LNG (an estimated $13 billion infrastructure project), through a comprehensive assessment of the project’s production capacity, supply chain management, lifecycle maintenance, and long-term operational considerations.
Energy Equipment Advisors provided independent technical underwriting support for an Ares Infrastructure Opportunities fund (Ares) on its approximately $1 billion preferred equity investment in Caturus’ Commonwealth LNG (an estimated $13 billion infrastructure project), through a comprehensive assessment of the project’s production capacity, supply chain management, lifecycle maintenance, and long-term operational considerations.
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CLIENT SUCCESS STORY
CLIENT SUCCESS STORY
Technical Underwriting Advisor to Ares on its ~$1B investment in Commonwealth LNG project.
Technical Underwriting Advisor to Ares on its ~$1B investment in Commonwealth LNG project.
Marco Caccavale
Marco Caccavale
Founder & Principal
Founder & Principal
Energy Equipment Advisors LLC | Greater Houston, Texas
Energy Equipment Advisors LLC | Greater Houston, Texas