Petroleum Measurement & Transportation Expertise
Accuracy, efficiency, and compliance across the petroleum supply chain.
Smithwick Consulting provides expert guidance in petroleum measurement, transportation logistics, loss control, and operational best practices. With 40 years of hands-on industry experience—including over a decade working for Hughes Texas Petroleum, VIP Cargo Surveys and 28 years with Valero Marketing & Supply—we help companies improve accuracy, efficiency, and compliance across their operations.
40 yrs
Industry experience
Across marine inspection, shore inspection, refinery/terminal operations, and supply logistics. Concentrated on measurement accuracy and loss control.
28 yrs
Valero Marketing & Supply
Deep expertise in crude oil and refined product movement. Vessel, refinery, terminal and lightering oversight. Focus on demurrage reduction, cost savings, volume dispute resolutions and inspection audits.
12+ yrs
Petroleum inspection
Custody transfer, calibration, gauging, and loss control investigations. Gauged, sampled, calculated and reconciled crude oil and product transfers offshore, dockside and tank to tank for custody and inventory.
A calm, disciplined approach to complex operations.
Whether you operate a terminal, run an inspection company, or trade physical product, small measurement errors compound into meaningful losses. We work alongside your team to tighten the practices that matter.
Our engagements are focused, practical, and built around the standards your auditors, regulators, and counterparties already expect.
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