Minan Engineering Services, Brisbane and Abu Dhabi
Asset management and engineering consulting for desalination, utilities, mining, oil and gas, and power
Minan Engineering Services is an Australian consultancy led by a Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland with more than 25 years in utilities, desalination, mining, oil and gas and power. We work for asset owners, operators and contractors across Australia and from Abu Dhabi for the Middle East.
Plant that runs reliably
Maintenance strategies optimised for the failure history of your equipment, and 360 degree maintenance reviews.
Capital plans that stand up to scrutiny
Condition-based lifecycle and capital forecasts, evidence-based, ready for a board or a regulator.
Engineering that is practical and solution-oriented
RPEQ design verification, HAZOP facilitation, management of change and design management for operating plants.
What we do
Five services
Asset Management
ISO 55001 frameworks, asset registers, condition assessment, lifecycle and capital planning.
Asset management services →Maintenance and Reliability
RCM and FMECA maintenance strategies, planning and scheduling, RCA, spares and shutdowns.
Maintenance and reliability services →Project Management
Owner's engineer, tender support and brownfield capital works from scoping to handover.
Project management services →Process Safety and Risk
HAZOP and HAZID facilitation, management of change, mechanical integrity and risk workshops.
Process safety services →Engineering Design
Mechanical design from concept to detailed, RPEQ verification, cost modelling and commissioning support.
Engineering design services →Industries
Plant we know from the inside
Water and wastewater
Utilities, desalination and recycled water schemes, treatment plants, pipelines and pump stations.
Mining and resources
Fixed plant maintenance, process water and brine concentration, materials handling, shutdowns.
Power and industrial
Gas-fired power, gas processing, food processing and other continuous process plants.
How we work
Understand, assess, advise, deliver
Understand
We walk the plant, read the data and talk to the people who run it before we form a view.
Assess
Condition, criticality, failure history and cost, measured against the standards that apply.
Advise
Options with costs, risks and a recommendation you can take to your executive or board.
Deliver
We implement with your team: CMMS loads, procedures, verification, commissioning and handover.
The principal
Led by an engineer who has been part of asset owners, plant operators and tier 1 design consultants
Mehul Patel founded Minan in 2022 after roles as a utility owner's engineer, an operator's engineering manager and a consultant's principal engineer. He is a Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland, a Fellow of Engineers Australia and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Meet the principal →Recent work
Projects
Maintenance program review for a recycled water scheme, Queensland
Read the project → Process Safety and RiskFailure investigation at a seawater desalination plant, Queensland
Read the project → Asset Management10-year capital plan for a seawater desalination plant, New South Wales
Read the project →Talk to an engineer who has run the plant
A 30-minute call is enough to scope most asset management and engineering questions. No obligation.