LLC · Oil & Gas Consulting · Worldwide
Maalico puts experienced operators where your decision is being made. We verify sites, partners and suppliers in person, move equipment through import and logistics, and stand up field operations for energy companies and investors across North America, the Middle East and Africa.
Why on the ground
Desk research and video calls only go so far, especially in emerging and frontier markets. Facilities change hands, inventories move and partners overstate capacity. Maalico closes that gap by putting experienced people at the site, the port and the partner's office.
We deploy to the country and the site, meet the people involved face to face and see the yard, the warehouse and the paperwork ourselves.
Every engagement is led by a senior Maalico principal and staffed with vetted specialists chosen for that market and scope, from logistics and HSE to legal and engineering partners.
Every engagement is documented the way a US board expects: signed reports, meeting minutes within 24 hours, photo and GPS evidence, opportunity and risk registers, and clear next steps.
Services
Each service can be bought on its own as a fixed-fee package or combined under a monthly in-country retainer, in any market we serve.
Independent, in-person checks before you sign, fund or ship.
Getting equipment and materials across borders and to site on time.
Setting up a base, a project or a service line in a new country.
A senior presence for companies that are not yet ready to staff a market.
Finding and vetting the right local partners before you depend on them.
The documentation layer that keeps headquarters informed and in control.
Core competencies
Our foundation is hands-on operations and supply chain leadership. We add AI and blockchain where they make field operations faster, more transparent and easier to audit.
Practical AI applied to operations, reporting and decision support, delivered with your data kept under your control.
Tamper-evident records for supply chains that cross borders, companies and jurisdictions.
P&L ownership, base and facility operations, throughput and staffing.
Import, customs, 3PL, warehousing and inventory control across borders.
In-person checks of sites, assets, partners and suppliers.
Sourcing, qualification, scorecards and contractor performance.
Site requirements, readiness procedures and safety interfaces.
SQL, Tableau and Grafana dashboards from operational data.
WMS, ERP, NetSuite and EDI implementation and optimisation.
Board-ready reports, registers and project controls.
Current projects
An example of how Maalico works in a complex market. Client details are withheld under confidentiality.
Maalico is supporting a Swiss-headquartered oilfield production-enhancement group through the preparatory and mobilisation phase of its entry into Nigeria. The work covers the full chain from first client meetings to equipment arriving at the operating base, with structured reporting to headquarters throughout.
Coordinating the import of equipment and materials from the United States and Western Asia through Port Harcourt, including customs interfaces, clearing agents, warehousing and inventory control.
Planning a lean operating base in Port Harcourt, defining readiness, safety and quality procedures before field activity, and setting criteria for local subcontractors.
Executive meeting programmes with oil operators, oilfield service companies, investors, energy holding groups and government-facing bodies in all three cities.
A landscape of more than 35 oilfield service competitors (American, European, Asian, Turkish and Nigerian), plus contractor and partner scans for pipeline integrity and cleaning work.
Daily, weekly and monthly reports submitted as signed PDFs, meeting minutes for every executive session, and an opportunity register tracking each lead from identification to proposal.
More than 200 senior contacts built in the first weeks in-country, across operators, service companies, investors, logistics providers and public bodies.
Global reach
The method that works in Nigeria works in any market: deploy senior people to the ground, build a vetted local team, verify in person and report to US standards. We mobilise for projects across regions.
Our team
No two engagements need the same mix of skills. Maalico builds a project team around each mandate, so clients get the right expertise in the right country without paying for a large permanent staff.
Senior operators with two decades of experience running distribution centres of up to 380,000 sq ft, 3PL networks, P&L and supply chain systems for US and UK businesses, now applied to energy projects.
Vetted professionals engaged per project, chosen for the market, language and technical scope.
Where a project needs a licensed opinion or filing, we work alongside local professionals and coordinate them for you.
Approach
Short, documented and evidence-based. You always know what was checked, by whom, and what it means for your decision.
A scoping call fixes the question, the sites or counterparties involved, the deadline and a fixed fee or day budget.
We build the project team for that market and scope, and plan travel, meetings and site visits with suitable security arrangements.
Findings are checked against documents, physical evidence and independent references, and gaps are flagged rather than filled.
A signed report with evidence, a risk rating and clear recommendations, followed by a debrief call with your team.
Start a conversation
Tell us what you need verified, moved or set up, and where. You will receive a scope, a fixed fee or day budget and an earliest start date as soon as practically possible.
Contact
Send your inquiry to our team by email. A project lead will reply when practically possible with questions, a proposed scope and an indicative fee.
