Our Service

Across energy, infrastructure, and industry, performance is increasingly decided by technology - how assets are monitored and maintained, how projects are controlled, and how reliably data reaches decision-makers. Yet technology is often the least governed spend in the business: systems are selected before requirements are clear, pilots stall before scale, and promised value is rarely measured.

Our Technology Investment & Consultancy division closes that gap. We apply the same stage-gate discipline Mainstream brings to capital projects - clear requirements, honest feasibility, formal assurance, controlled delivery - to technology strategy, selection, and deployment. We work vendor-neutral, challenge assumptions, and stay shoulder-to-shoulder with your team until the value is realized. And where a technology proves itself on operating assets, we invest in it.

We focus on measurable outcomes: lower OPEX/CAPEX, higher availability and integrity, safer operations, and decision-ready data.

What this means for you

• Technology decisions made with engineering rigor - requirements first, vendors second

• Lower life-cycle cost and higher availability from solutions that fit how assets actually operate

• One accountable partner from business case to adoption - no handoffs, no orphaned pilots

Proven on Real Assets

We are engineers before we are advisors, and owners’ interests come before any vendor’s. Every recommendation is grounded in field experience from oil & gas, pipelines/tanks, and industrial assets - and every investment we make passes the same technical due diligence we deliver to clients. Senior experts lead each engagement and transfer knowledge to your team, so capability stays after we leave.

Technology Consultancy

Practical, vendor-neutral consulting across the technology lifecycle:

• Technology Strategy & Roadmaps - digitalization priorities, build/buy decisions, value cases tied to OPEX/CAPEX and HSE

• Technology Due Diligence - platform, vendor, and architecture assessment; concise red-flag and go/no-go clarity for owners and investors/lenders

• Selection & Procurement - requirements definition, RFI/RFQ packs, vendor-neutral evaluation, total cost of ownership, contract strategy

• Data & Decision Systems - project and asset data standards, dashboards, BI, ERP/CMMS selection and implementation

• Deployment & Adoption - pilot design on live assets, integration with existing workflows, training, and change management

• OT/IT & Cyber Readiness - architecture reviews, OT/ICS security baselines, alignment with IEC 62443 and local regulatory requirements

• Digital Delivery Assurance - independent stage-gate reviews of technology programs: scope, schedule, cost, and benefits realization

Strategic Technology Investment

We take selective, minority positions in industrial technologies we would deploy ourselves - alongside founders, operators, and co-investors. Our capital follows our engineering judgment: if a solution cannot stand up to our own due diligence and prove its value on an operating asset, we do not invest in it - or recommend it.

Our investment focus:

• Asset Integrity & Inspection - corrosion analytics, advanced NDE and inspection technologies, fitness-for-service tooling

• Reliability & Predictive Maintenance - condition monitoring, RAM analytics, maintenance intelligence

• Project Controls & Construction Tech - planning, cost, progress, and quality platforms for capital projects

• Energy Efficiency & Emissions - metering, monitoring, and optimization for OPEX reduction and compliance

• Industrial Data Platforms - historians, digital twins, and operational dashboards built for decision-makers

How We Invest

A stage-gated approach, from first screen to scaled deployment:

1. Screen - market and problem fit against the operating challenges we see in the field every day

2. Validate - full technical due diligence: architecture, scalability, integration, cyber, and lifecycle economics

3. Pilot - controlled deployment on real assets with client partners, with success criteria agreed up front

4. Scale - roll-out through our consultancy and partner network, with co-investment where value is proven

Where we advise on a technology in which we hold an interest, we disclose it - our independence is not for sale.

Integrated with Every Mainstream Sector

This division was not created next to our existing sectors - it was created from them. Technology work strengthens every service we deliver, and every project we deliver sharpens our view of which technologies are worth your capital:

• Management Consultancy - technology roadmaps extend our Digital & Data practice; operating models designed around the systems your teams actually use

• Oil & Gas Facilities - digital tools specified from concept and FEED, not bolted on after start-up

• Tank & Pipeline Eng. - integrity programs (API 653/570, RBI) powered by better inspection data and analytics

• Independent Service - digital delivery assurance with the same third-line independence we bring to facilities

• OE & Technical DD - technology due diligence completes the picture for investors and lenders in transactions

Why Mainstream Limited?

A truly independent viewpoint, senior engineers on every engagement, pragmatic and actionable findings, and dashboards tailored for decision-makers.

• Engineers First - advice grounded in field experience, not slideware

• Vendor-Neutral, Always - no reseller commissions; requirements and total cost of ownership decide

• Skin in the Game - we invest our own capital only where we would stake our name as engineers

With senior-led teams, proven methods, and a commitment to measurable outcomes, we help you adopt - and back - technology with the same confidence you build with.