About Refinium AI

Tools Engineers Open Every Day

Refinium AI builds standalone modules that refinery professionals — process engineers, operators, maintenance teams, finance managers — use every shift, every day. At the heart of the platform is Module 01 — PROCESS, the simulation engine that gives Refinium its engineering credibility.

The New Direction

From Platform Vision to Daily Tools

Refinium's original vision was a fully integrated refinery intelligence platform. We still believe in that vision — but we have learned that the path to it runs through the daily tools that refinery professionals actually use. PC&S binders. LP planning spreadsheets. Margin calculations in Excel. Paper shift logbooks. Inspection records in a filing cabinet.

So we are building those tools first. Each one is standalone — useful from day one — and each one is built on the same PROCESS simulation engine. Together, they form the integrated platform we envisioned. But each one earns its place by being the best tool for its user, every shift.

Our Mission
Mission

To provide refinery professionals with the most rigorous, integrated, and AI-powered intelligence platform ever built — enabling safer operations, higher margins, and lower emissions across the full refinery lifecycle.

Vision

A world in which every refinery — regardless of size or geography — operates as a continuously optimized, digitally intelligent enterprise; where every barrel processed generates maximum value at minimum environmental cost.

Core Values

The Principles That Guide Every Decision

Four values define how Refinium is built, how it operates, and what we promise the engineers who rely on it.

01
Rigorous Engineering
Every calculation is traceable, unit-tested, and validated. Refinium results are results engineers can defend.
02
Full Integration
One model. All modules connected. Process informs planning; planning drives economics. No silos, no gaps.
03
AI-Native Intelligence
AI is not a bolt-on. It is the model maintenance engine, the UX layer, and the optimization core — by design.
04
Transparency
Every assumption is visible. Every formula is documented. Every result is reproducible and auditable.
"We build tools refinery engineers open every day.
Not platforms they evaluate every quarter."
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Leadership

The Team Behind Refinium

Refinium is built and led by professionals with decades of operational refinery experience — not by software vendors who learned downstream as a market.

Pedro Orihuela
Founder & CEO · Refinium AI, LLC
Chemical Engineer with decades of experience in oil & gas operations, refining, and trading. Founder of UDSS Group (2001), a global oil and gas consulting, operations, and trading organization. Sole inventor of the PROCESS simulation engine — the founding IP of Refinium AI. Pedro leads product strategy, refinery domain expertise, and platform architecture.
Andrés Riera
Refinery SME Advisor · Technical Director
Chemical Engineer and former PDVSA Director with 50+ years of refinery engineering and operations experience. Andrés provides unit model review, refinery workflow validation, terminology guidance, and ensures every Refinium module reflects how refineries actually operate.

Ready to See Refinium in Action?

Talk to our team about how Refinium fits your refinery's configuration and operating priorities.