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Process engineering & technical safety
Safer processes.
Smarter operations.
Oilstad Engineering provides practical process engineering support—from risk studies and equipment design to controls and process optimization.
Clear, field-ready engineering for safer facilities, optimized processes, and confident technical decisions—available to a broad range of industries, excluding oil and gas companies due to existing legal obligations.
↗Best-fit clients
Industrial support beyond oil and gas.
Oilstad Engineering is a strong fit for manufacturing, utilities, water and wastewater, chemical processing, agriculture processing, industrial facilities, equipment vendors, and companies needing process safety, controls, dashboard, or documentation support.
What we do
Technical depth,
practical application.
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Process design, controls & optimization
Design work, control logic, process performance improvement, and experienced SME support for your most important challenges.↗03
Engineering documentation & drafting
Drafting support, MOC support, process safety documentation updates, P&ID markups, and technical records for equipment and process changes.↗04
Process dashboards & training
Custom dashboards for process monitoring, drawing on extensive Spotfire and PI Vision experience. PI Vision training courses are also available.↗Typical consulting rates
Standard hourly rates before project scoping. Final scope, availability, and project requirements are confirmed before work begins.
Drafting cleanup and document updatesStarting at $125 / hour
P&ID redlines, MOC support, engineering drafting review$150 / hour
Dashboard development, SQL / Spotfire / PI data work$150–$175 / hour
Process troubleshooting, optimization, production-loss reviews$200 / hour
Urgent turnaround / weekend / callout support$250+ / hour
PI Vision training courses are available by arrangement. Pricing is negotiated with your company based on training needs and scope.
Service availability disclosure Oilstad Engineering supports organizations across a wide range of industries wherever thoughtful process engineering, technical safety, or operational insight is needed. Due to existing legal obligations, Oilstad Engineering is unable to accept work for oil and gas companies.
Service menu examples
Deliverables clients can actually use.
Engineering documentation
- P&ID redline packages
- MOC support packages
- Equipment list / line list cleanup
- Control narrative review
- Field markup conversion
Dashboards
- PI Vision displays
- Spotfire dashboards
- Alarm analytics
- Production / process monitoring
- Training sessions
Troubleshooting
- Pump / process bottleneck review
- Control loop issue review
- Operating envelope recommendations
- RCA support
- Production-loss review
Safety & risk support
- PHA / LOPA support
- Risk assessment support
- Action-item closure support
- Process safety documentation updates
- Practical recommendations for safer decisions
Example outcomes
Practical work with practical results.
Reduced recurring alarm visibility issues by identifying top equipment drivers and building a weekly dashboard for operations review.
Converted field redlines into clean P&ID update packages to support MOC closeout and documentation control.
Built PI Vision training content for operations and engineering users so teams could maintain and expand process monitoring displays.
Our approach
Engineering you can
put to work.
See the risk clearly
Identify meaningful hazards, evaluate consequences, and help teams make informed decisions.
Make it work better
Find practical improvements in processes and controls that support safer, more efficient operations.
Design for reality
Balance sound engineering with the operational and field conditions that determine whether a solution succeeds.
How engagements work
A straightforward path from question to solution.
Inquiry
Share the project, challenge, or training need through the inquiry form, email, or phone.
Scoping call
Confirm the goal, urgency, available information, industry fit, and expected deliverables.
Estimate & alignment
Review rates, schedule, scope, assumptions, and any company requirements before work begins.
Execution
Receive practical engineering support, clear communication, and field-ready deliverables.
Meet the founder
Experience that connects the details.
Jade Olstad is the owner and founder of Oilstad Engineering. Jade brings over a decade of process engineering experience spanning technical safety, risk assessment, process design, equipment engineering, and controls optimization.
With extensive experience in Spotfire and PI Vision, Jade also develops monitoring dashboards and leads PI Vision training tailored to each team. Whether the need is a structured safety study or a better-performing process, Oilstad Engineering brings the technical rigor and practical perspective to move the work forward.
Over a decade of process engineering experienceTechnical safety, RCA, LOPA, PHA, and risk assessment supportSpotfire and PI Vision dashboard experienceEquipment sizing, MOC support, documentation, controls, and optimization support
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Privacy & confidentiality policy
Client information stays confidential.
Oilstad Engineering treats client information, project details, submitted inquiries, documents, technical data, and business information as confidential. Client information will not be shared, published, or disclosed to outside parties without the client’s written permission, except when required by law or necessary to complete agreed project work with the client’s approval.