Advancing €100M+ energy transition, petrochemical, and mega EPC projects across Western Europe and the GCC. 18+ years of hands-on procurement leadership bridging European engineering standards with Middle Eastern execution.
Linde Engineering HQ & NY Leadership: Strategic project procurement management and corporate expediting across international execution centers.
Jubail & Dammam Field Control: 6+ years on-the-ground yard fabrication, site procurement governance, and critical package escalation.
Agile & AWP Package Turnaround: Slashing technical query turnaround from 14 days to 48 hours to secure fabrication shop windows.
From early pre-FID risk structuring to on-the-ground package crisis turnaround.
Translating complex engineering assumptions into bankable, enforceable procurement contracts. Auditing EPC tender packages, identifying hidden cost contingencies, and establishing indexation and price-adjustment mechanisms before capital commitment.
Resolving high-friction commercial impasses between project sponsors, EPC contractors, and equipment fabricators. Aligning disputed variations, de-escalating contract claims, and enforcing multi-tier supplier accountability without resorting to arbitration.
Direct intervention when critical packages threaten the Commercial Operation Date (COD). Shifting from passive reporting to forensic sub-tier shop-floor expediting, bottleneck unblocking, and fast-track fabrication slot re-allocation.
Direct procurement oversight across heavy petrochemical & energy assets.
Cross-border supplier qualification across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
Severe-service compressors, cryogenic units, and heavy reactors delivered.
Continuous frontline execution in tier-1 owner and EPC environments.
All cases anonymized to protect institutional client confidentiality.
A Tier-1 cold box fabricator reported a catastrophic 16-week slip due to sub-tier cryogenic aluminum plate delays. Conducted immediate shop-floor forensic audits in Germany and Italy, re-sequenced multi-tier manufacturing schedules, and instituted on-site technical expediting.
Recovered 11 weeks of baseline schedule; avoided €6.5M in potential liquidated damages and achieved on-time transport permits.
Severe technical dispute between international design engineering and local fabrication yard concerning piping module tolerances and disputed variation claims. Restructured package commercial boundaries, renegotiated milestone payment releases, and established a direct resolution protocol.
Eliminated €8.2M in disputed commercial claims; re-aligned delivery milestones without stopping site erection progress.
Advising project developers on long-lead procurement strategy prior to Final Investment Decision (FID). Audited electrolyzer supply availability, modeled alloy price indexation risk, and structured multi-party framework agreements.
Secured binding manufacturing reservations with €14M net capex optimization through early volume commitment.
A critical specialized fitting vendor defaulted mid-production, paralyzing the piping erection schedule. Took over direct vendor management, extracted completed work-in-progress, and negotiated emergency hot-transfer of raw billets to a certified secondary manufacturer.
Restored delivery within 30 days; prevented a projected 3-month shutdown of on-site mechanical installation teams.
Sarfraj Advisory is led by Abdul Sarfraj. Unlike traditional management consultants who evaluate projects from spreadsheets, our advisory is grounded in 18+ years of frontline commercial leadership across global mega-projects.
Advising energy developers, infrastructure sponsors, and private equity firms on capex defense, critical package recovery, and contractor negotiation. Fellow at the UnternehmerTUM deep-tech incubator ecosystem in Munich.
Led multi-million euro project procurement management for global air separation, hydrogen synthesis, and petrochemical units. Directed cross-border expediting teams across Western Europe, the US, and Asia.
6+ years on-the-ground management in Jubail and remote industrial project sites. Direct governance over mega-petrochemical module fabrication, heavy equipment delivery, and multi-tier contractor dispute resolution.
We accept a selective number of advisory and crisis turnaround mandates across Western Europe and the GCC. All discussions protected by bilateral NDA.
Direct Office: Munich, Germany • Middle East Operations: Jubail, Saudi Arabia