Experience

EXPERIENCE

With more than four decades of track record and having delivered over 4,250,000 man-hours across diverse projects, Ingeniería Cardón (IC) has established itself as a reliable provider of engineering design and technical assistance services for the oil and gas industry. Its multidisciplinary approach and international experience enable the company to take on complex projects and deliver integrated solutions that meet the highest industry standards, working with top-tier clients and maintaining a comprehensive, end-to-end perspective in the management of industrial projects.

The flexibility to provide both engineering design and specialized personnel for technical assistance has been key to positioning the company as a strategic partner in the oil and gas industry, delivering high-quality solutions. Its accumulated experience enables it to propose effective responses in a sector characterized by rigorous standards and technical complexity.

Engineering Design and Multidisciplinary Capabilities

The company’s multidisciplinary approach is reflected in its ability to deliver conceptual, basic, and detail engineering, integrating design planning, field support, and plant “as-built” engineering, with the systematic application of best practices (PDRI, constructability, and value engineering), operability analysis (HAZOP), simulations, and CADD/CAE tools.

Process Engineering

Process Design and Documentation: Preparation of mass and energy balances, process flow diagrams (PFDs), and piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs).
Treatment and Separation: Design of phase separation systems, glycol dehydration units, and fluid regeneration processes.
Relief and Emissions Management: Engineering for gas recovery (FGRU/VRU), flare system upgrades, scrubbers, and relief/vent network analysis.
Process Safety Management (PSM): Execution of risk studies using HAZOP and What-if methodologies, and layer of protection analysis (LOPA).
Production Optimization: Engineering for artificial lift systems (gas lift), stream segregation, and the design of effluent and industrial water treatment facilities.

Mechanical Engineering

Piping Systems: Engineering for interconnections (tie-ins) and modifications in operating facilities (brownfield), including flexibility and stress analysis.
Rotating Equipment and Compression: Specification and upgrade of compression packages (booster, recycle, instrument air) and selection of industrial pumping systems.
Static and Thermal Equipment: Design and evaluation of pressure vessels, separators, heat exchangers, coolers, and process heaters.
Pipeline Integrity: Vibration studies, special support design, and procedures for thickness measurements and corrosion control.
Storage: Engineering for hydrocarbon storage tanks, ensuring regulatory compliance and operational efficiency.

Civil, Structural, Architecture, Urban Development, and Roads

Industrial Structures: Design of foundations, pipe racks, access platforms, pipe supports, and structural steelwork.
Buildings and Architecture: Development of control rooms, administrative buildings, workshops, warehouses, and access-control buildings.

Civil, Structural, Architecture, Urban Development, and Roads
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Roads and Bridges: Engineering for alignment, rehabilitation, and paving of roads, as well as the design of road bridges and foundation abutments.
Urban Development and Camps: Planning of residential developments, construction camp layout, and design of internal services for accommodation areas.
Hydraulic and Earthworks: Earthworks, site stabilization, stormwater drainage systems, aqueducts, and reservoir protection works.

Electrical Engineering

Power Generation and Distribution: Engineering for power generation plants, substations, and medium- and low-voltage distribution networks.
Protection Systems: Power quality studies, grounding grid design, and lightning protection systems.
Lighting and Electrical Security: Design of industrial, roadway, and perimeter lighting systems, integrated with anti-intrusion systems.

Instrumentation and Control

Process Automation: Specification of field instruments, control valves, and control architectures for remote monitoring.
Safeguarding Systems (SIS / F&G): Design of safety instrumented systems (SIS) and logic, cause-and-effect matrices, and fire and gas detection networks (F&G).
Custody Transfer Metering: Engineering for custody transfer systems, including diagnostics and uncertainty calculation reports.

Field Engineering

Surveys and As-Built: High-volume updating of “as-built” drawings based on field surveys and markups (redlines).
Geodesy and Digital Topography: Asset georeferencing, elevation surveys, and large-scale processing of digital imagery for technical inventories of extensive networks.
Large-Scale Data Management: Remote processing capability for updating high volumes of technical documentation, optimizing schedule and cost.

International Presence

The company’s global footprint is defined by its proven ability to deliver high-value engineering through on-site, hybrid, and remote execution models, consistently meeting the technical and regulatory demands of diverse international markets.

Regional and Country Milestones

Europe: Since 2007, the company has provided continuous Technical Assistance Services (TAS) for refinery modernization programs. This involves developing engineering solutions for technology upgrades aimed at optimizing operational performance and mitigating risks in complex downstream assets.
Peru: With an extensive track record spanning nearly two decades in the Peruvian market, the organization has spearheaded major projects for the upgrade and expansion at supply terminals and offshore platforms. This cumulative expertise includes offshore feasibility studies, drilling platform design, and the optimization of compression stations and pipelines.
Chile: The company has delivered specialized consulting and engineering services for the LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) sector and associated infrastructure. Technical scopes have included third-party reviews of Extended Basic Engineering and FEED, as well as detail engineering for loading racks, pressurized tanks, and operational control and safety systems for pipeline networks.
Suriname: International experience in this region includes the development of basic and detail engineering for the installation of fuel oil coolers for the State Oil Company Suriname N.V., managed under a rigorous Management of Change (MOC) framework.

Strategic Advantage: Remote Execution Model

Leveraging a robust technological infrastructure, the firm has demonstrated high efficiency in delivering 100% remote, large-scale projects. Notable examples include mass asset management for EDENORTE in the Dominican Republic, which involved the remote collection and processing of over 7.1 million georeferenced records of electrical infrastructure, and engineering services performed for firms such as IDOM in Colombia. Additionally, the company has executed high-volume as-built programs involving the update of more than 8,000 technical drawings based on client redlines using specialized platforms such as PDS and Microstation. This model optimizes execution cost centers for the client while maintaining peak productivity and rigorous quality standards.

Technical Assistance

With respect to technical assistance services, the company has provided specialized personnel and logistical support to help its clients develop and oversee key projects. This support has included supervision of civil works; evaluation, implementation, and commissioning of fire protection systems; deployment of industrial safety programs; design of emergency evacuation systems; and updating of technical documentation, among other essential functions.

Among its most representative engagements are Technical Assistance Services involving specialized personnel to support engineering development for the modernization and expansion of refineries in Europe and Latin America. The company has contributed to the expansion and upgrading of process units and power-generation systems, delivering technology-driven improvements aimed at enhancing performance, reliability, and operational safety. These efforts have required detailed engineering deliverables from early project definition through structural modifications and the installation of advanced control and monitoring systems—key elements for expanding production capacity and modernizing client facilities.

Liaison and Support to Foreign Companies in Venezuela

Throughout its track record, Ingeniería Cardón has served as a local liaison and support partner for international engineering and construction companies, integrating into client teams to contribute deep knowledge of Venezuela’s operating environment, engineering support, and on-site technical assistance for high-complexity projects.

A representative example is its participation in the Cardón Refinery Refining Pattern Upgrade Project (PARC)—now part of the Paraguaná Refining Complex (CRP), known as the world’s second-largest refinery—where it delivered engineering assistance services, administrative support, and technical support associated with M.W. Kellogg (later merged into Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR); subsequently operated as a Halliburton business unit and spun off in 2006; today KBR, Inc.) (1992–1997), as well as support services for Bechtel Corporation (1993–1996), within the same program.

Additionally, the company has worked with Chevron and Repsol on projects of varying scale in Venezuela, including services provided to the Eni S.p.A.–Repsol consortium (Cardón IV) for the development of the Perla field, located in the Gulf of Venezuela (Cardón IV block), approximately 50 km offshore, with offshore platforms connected by pipeline to the Tiguadare Gas Treatment Plant (PTG), for which it has delivered engineering and technical assistance services tailored to each client’s requirements.

Applied Innovation and Advanced Technical Information Management

These projects are examples of our commitment to innovation and our use of advanced tools to deliver work with high-quality outcomes and with efficiency in schedule and cost for the client.

In 1992, Ingeniería Cardón pioneered the execution of a large-scale refinery drawing digitization program in Venezuela through the digitization of the Cardón Refinery drawing archive (now part of the Paraguaná Refining Complex, known as CRP, the world’s second-largest refinery).

In the Dominican Republic, the company delivered an asset survey service for medium- and low-voltage distribution lines, as well as label installation, for Empresa Distribuidora de Electricidad del Norte, S.A. (EDENORTE, 2019–2020). As part of this engagement, an innovative solution was conceived and implemented to capture and manage 7,198,596 photographs along more than 1,800 km of roadway, through the development of an integrated vehicle-based system that synchronized dimensional photogrammetry, LiDAR, and geolocation data, enabling the project to be completed with high accuracy and a high degree of automation.

In summary, with more than four decades of experience delivering projects across a broad range of specialties, the company has established itself as a reliable provider of engineering design and technical assistance services for the oil and gas industry. Its multidisciplinary approach and international experience enable it to address complex projects and deliver integrated solutions that meet the highest industry standards, working with high-profile clients and maintaining a comprehensive perspective in the management of industrial projects.

EXPERIENCE

Engineering Design and Multidisciplinary Capabilities

Process Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Civil, Structural, Architecture, Urban Development, and Roads

Civil, Structural, Architecture, Urban Development, and Roads
(Cont.)

Electrical Engineering

Instrumentation and Control

Field Engineering

Regional and Country Milestones

Strategic Advantage: Remote Execution Model

Technical Assistance

Applied Innovation and Advanced Technical Information Management

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Nuestras filiales

Ingeniería Cardón, S.A. - Todos los derechos reservados

EXPERIENCE

Engineering Design and Multidisciplinary Capabilities

Process Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

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Civil, Structural, Architecture, Urban Development, and Roads

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Civil, Structural, Architecture, Urban Development, and Roads (Cont.)

Electrical Engineering

Instrumentation and Control

Field Engineering

Enlaces Directos

Nuestras filiales

Ingeniería Cardón, S.A. - Todos los derechos reservados

Civil, Structural, Architecture, Urban Development, and Roads
(Cont.)