Becht

Becht is a global engineering consulting firm driven by a mission to help its clients succeed. Headquartered in New Jersey, USA, and with offices throughout the world, Becht builds trusted partnerships by delivering technically excellent services and innovations that improve safety, reliability, and profitability.

Its global network of 1000+ subject matter experts approach every challenge with a unique owner-operator perspective and an average of 35+ years’ experience.

Founded in 1964 by Charles Becht III, the company initially served industrial clients and the building sector. In the six decades since its inception, Becht’s focus has evolved to provide central engineering services to the energy sector, including oil and gas, petrochemical, chemical, industrial gas, ammonia/ fertilizer, and power.

Green energy technology

Additionally, the company offers specialised support for innovative energy transition technologies such as green hydrogen and ammonia, biomass conversion, renewable fuels co-processing, and other alternative energy processes.

Becht’s strength lies in addressing the most complex industry demands with multi-disciplinary expertise. Their offerings span a full range of  services including:

Run & Maintain

• Mechanical integrity (RBI/IOW/CCD/etc.)
• Fitness-for-service & repair design
• Process troubleshooting
• Fired heater management
• Root cause failure analysis
• Bad actor elimination
• Equipment health monitoring

Strategic Process Optimisation and Design

• Energy transition (biofuels, H2, CCU)
• Project feasibility studies
• Value chain optimisation
• LP & kinetic model shepherding
• Margin improvement
• Due diligence
• Energy & carbon optimistation
• Heat exchanger bundle technology upgrade

Traditional process optimisation and design

• Unit health monitoring
• Unit revamps and feasibility studies

Gap Assessments & Audits

• API 751 audit
• Laboratory audit
• API 932-B REAC gap assessment and review

Execution Excellence

• Reviews & audits (capital projects & turnarounds)
• Project technical oversight & assurance
• Field/shop supervision
• Owner’s engineering
• Turnaround/outage support

Process Safety Management

• Incident investigation & RCFA
• Safety operating envelopes and facility siting
• Quantitative risk assessments and pre-startup safety review
• Process safety calculations
• HAZOPs and PHAs

Competency Development

• 50+ public & private technical training courses
• Technical mentoring through BechtCONNECT
• Operator training development
• Technology best practice documents
• Turnaround support
• Staff augmentation

Now led by the third generation of the Becht family, the team includes numerous world-class technical specialists, many of whom have retired after stellar careers with major owner-operator organizations. They hold nearly 150 positions on ASME, API, ASCE, ASTM, and other codes and standards committees, including many leadership roles and can provide experience and knowledge to effectively support your engineering projects.

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