Anticipating and fulfilling changing environmentally-driven regulations is essential and this continues to be a key driver to our clients’ investment in many projects.

Shifting market conditions are demanding longer-term strategies, as well as specific project initiatives. Whatever are our clients’ business priorities, our long-established proficiency (well established skill set), gives us the insight and understanding to help deliver sustainable value.

Minestar delivers projects, provides expertise in Construction, Maintenance and Turnarounds. We cover the full life-cycle, from Manufacturing and installing new assets to sustaining and enhancing existing operating assets, in the hydrocarbon, mineral, metals, chemicals and infrastructure sectors. Our resources and energy are focused on responding to and meeting the needs of our customers over the long term and thereby creating value for all stakeholders.

• Fabrication
• Construction
• Mechanical
• Vessels and Exchangers
• Powerhouses
• Electrical and Instrumentation
• Insulation/Coatings/Fireproofing
• Pressure, Vac and Fluid Hauling

Maintenance and Sustaining Projects

Maintenance is the principal of Minestar’s business; it’s why we were formed and how we’ve built our footprint. We have partnered with many of the world’s largest oil and gas producers to optimize the performance of their facilities. Today, we play an integral role in maintaining many of the top producing and refining assets in Canada.

Experience has taught us that enhancing operational efficiency requires a standardized approach that is flexible and adaptive to the unique culture of each facility. As a result, our tailored maintenance programs increase productivity and reduce on-site risks and costs, while allowing us to focus on continuous improvements.

Minestar carries out the majority of our work through long term maintenance programs. We position ourselves as a partner to demonstrate our focus on building and maintaining relationships. This approach that allows us to build an intimate understanding of our customers’ needs and facilities, along with the experience to deliver superior and measurable results.

Maintenance Capabilities:

• Asset management and maintenance program execution
• Complete mechanical and electrical services
• Complementary skilled trades and services
• Routine, preventative and breakdown maintenance
• Equipment maintenance
• Exchanger services

Our customers invest in their assets with the expectation that they continue to perform at their maximum potential for years to come. Specializing in small to medium brownfield capital construction projects, Minestar has provided the knowledge and skilled workforce to support modifications, expansions and debottlenecking operations for industrial oil and gas facilities across Canada. We provide a complete range of industrial services, from construction and project management to complete mechanical, structural, piping and electrical services. Our specialized work processes and procedures enable us to pinpoint unique opportunities to add value, driving innovation and efficiency.

We have experience meeting aggressive schedules and provide flexible labour solutions to get the job done on time and on budget. Whether performing sustaining project work as part of an integrated maintenance program or as a separate offering, we deliver the best possible value for our customers.

Sustaining Project Capabilities:

• Small to medium brownfield capital construction projects
• Project management support functions
• Installations, repairs, replacements and demolition
• Debottlenecking
• Mechanical, structural, piping and electrical services

Shut Down and Turnarounds

We understand that there’s no good time for down time; which is why we offer a complete range of integrated services and resources to execute every shutdown and turnaround safely and efficiently. Our customers have relied on our unmatched ability to respond to time-critical events and the ability to seamlessly mobilize supporting resources while maintaining high standards of safety and quality.

The combined knowledge and experience of our people ensures that every event is delivered with optimal scheduling and cost.

Each customers’ requirements are unique, so our teams are assembled to best suit their needs and are effectively scaled to maximize productivity. We also offer flexible labour solutions and have access to a large, diverse labour pool, enabling us to tackle scopes of any size and nature.

Turnaround Capabilities:

• Program management and execution
• Event planning, scheduling and coordination
• Project controls and cost management
• Plant equipment installation and repairs
• Pre-fabrication and fabrication
• Materials and subcontractor management
• Unplanned outages and shutdowns
• Complete supply of all trade disciplines

To meet our client’s challenges, we have to better understand the industry and the objectives. Over the years, our partnerships have helped us develop a wide range of technical expertise to better serve a variety of clients in multiple industries. Partnering with our team will lead to a superior project experience with more sustainable solutions – no matter what industry you’re in.