Project Advisory

Reduce project execution risk before capital deployment.

Reduce project execution risk before capital deployment.

Independent technical and commercial stress-testing for LNG terminals, data centers, developers, lenders, and investors.

Independent technical and commercial stress-testing for LNG terminals, data centers, developers, lenders, and investors.

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 invthatestment committees with assumptions 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

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 translate into investment outcomes.

Evaluate the technical, operational factors that influence project delivery success and long-term asset performance, translating into translate 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.

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.

Learn more about the other Services that we can provide.

Learn more about the other Services that we can provide.

CLIENT SUCCES STORY

CLIENT SUCCES 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 | Houston, Texas

Energy Equipment Advisors LLC | Houston, Texas