Under the theme “Technologies that Bridge Gaps,” Dammam-based Gulf Advanced Process Technologies (GAP-Tech) has emerged as a unique process optimisation consulting firm that plays a central role in driving design and operations excellence within the GCC region and beyond, the company says.
GAP-Tech provides innovative solutions for process industries through technical studies, software tools, training, and basic engineering for the oil and gas, petrochemicals and energy process industries.
It accomplishes this through process integration and optimisation; energy and utilities cost reduction; environmental compliance and greenhouse gas emissions reduction; capital minimisation for process expansions and grassroots projects; infrastructure modernisation and optimal assets management, highlights Maged S Khourshid, the company’s senior process engineer.
“GAP-Tech specialises in providing integrated energy and utilities performance management solutions and process improvement strategies that maximise operational efficiencies and help improve designs of complex, energy-intensive facilities,” says Khourshid. 

High-level consultations
“It supports and promotes industrial efforts in sustainability by providing high-level management and technical consultations and applying international best practices.”
This includes establishing and maintaining programmes in energy management, water management, and environmental protection.
“With the vision to be among the best-in-class providers of integrated solutions to the process industries, GAP-Tech is moving with steady steps to become a regional centre of excellence supporting sustainability efforts on the entire globe,” observes Khourshid. 
“With its unique culture as well as practical and theoretical experience and utilising local resources, GAP-Tech stands at the heart of the region supporting design and operations excellence, providing high-level process consultations, and helping process industries develop innovative solutions for a better future.
“GAP-Tech is strategically planning for expansion through providing unique customised solutions based on case-by-case clients` requirements and building the trust pillars which strengthen both technical and credibility competence that distinguish GAP-Tech from others.”
In other observations, Khourshid said GAP-Tech was facing the challenge of achieving sustainability caused by global variations that had direct impacts on industrial activities.
He added that resources management, utility systems integration and processes performance optimisation are on the top of the list of best-practice solutions that GAP-Tech provided to meet and overcome the sustainability challenge.