What Refined Technologies, Inc. does

Refined Technologies, Inc. (RTI) is a privately held industrial services company that delivers chemical cleaning, decontamination, and mechanical services to large-scale industrial owner/operators during planned shutdowns and turnarounds. The company was founded in 2001 and operates globally with 101-250 employees, anchored by a North American support center in Spring/The Woodlands, Texas. RTI serves oil & gas, petrochemical, refining, and chemical processing customers, addressing the pain points of unpredictable shutdown durations, safety risk during chemical cleaning, and high total cost of ownership.

RTI's core offering is Unit Cleaning & Decontamination, built on proprietary, patented chemical cleaning chemistry and application methods. The company reports 34 granted patents with additional patents pending, and Operations Managers average 20 years of domain experience. Beyond the flagship service, RTI packages four chemistry sub-offerings (Client Applied Program, Fractionation Equipment, Specialty Applications, Reactor System Cleaning) and complementary Mechanical and Gas services. The company has extended its footprint through two sub-brands: RenuTech (air-cooled heat exchanger cleaning at renutech.com) and Rizon RTI (specialty chemistry products at rizon-rti.com), and has launched a consulting arm (cruzalta) for operational excellence advisory.

RTI monetizes through project-based, scope-defined service contracts billed per shutdown engagement, with multi-year contract cadences and pricing set on a per-project quote basis. A secondary productized revenue stream comes from specialty chemistry sales under the Rizon RTI brand and the Client Applied Program, where customers purchase RTI chemistries and apply them using RTI best practices. Go-to-market is exclusively direct enterprise field sales, with field teams scoping engagements on-site at customer facilities alongside corporate and facility-level operations decision-makers.

Name

Refined Technologies, Inc.

Legal name

Refined Technologies, Inc.

Website

https://r-t-i.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Refined Technologies, Inc. is a private industrial services firm delivering patented chemical cleaning, decontamination, and mechanical services to oil & gas, petrochemical, refining, and chemical processing operators during planned shutdowns, with global field delivery and complementary specialty chemistry and consulting offerings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Cleaning and Decontamination Services

NAICS

Chemical Manufacturing (325)

SIC

Miscellaneous Chemical Products (2890)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Cleaning & Decontamination (Tank/Vessel/Confined Space) (IMAIAGAE)

Keywords

• Industrial chemical cleaning
• Plant turnaround services
• Unit decontamination
• Refinery shutdown services
• Specialty industrial chemistry

Headquarters

HQ city

Woodlands

HQ country

Singapore

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. On-site Industrial Cleaning Services: RTI deploys specialized teams to customer facilities to perform chemical cleaning, decontamination, and mechanical services during planned shutdowns. Revenue is generated through project-based service contracts tied to shutdown schedules and scope of work. The company also offers a Client Applied Program where owner/operators purchase RTI chemistries and apply them using RTI best practices.
2. Specialty Chemistry Sales: Sale of proprietary specialty chemical formulations (sold under the Rizon-RTI brand) to customers who apply them independently following RTI protocols. This represents a product-based revenue stream alongside the service model.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Refined Technologies, Inc. (RTI) delivers on-site industrial chemical cleaning, decontamination, and mechanical services to owner/operators during planned plant shutdowns and turnarounds. The company applies proprietary patented chemistry and best-practice methods to clean reactors, fractionation equipment, and other process units, and also sells specialty chemicals under the Rizon-RTI brand for client-applied use.

Product overview

Refined Technologies, Inc. (RTI) is an industrial services company offering a portfolio of unit cleaning, decontamination, and mechanical services. The core offering centers on Unit Cleaning & Decontamination with a patented chemistry program that includes sub-products: Client Applied Program, Fractionation Equipment, Specialty Applications, and Reactor System Cleaning. Additional services include Mechanical Services, Gas Services, and Consulting for operational excellence. The company also operates two sub-brands: Air-Cooled Heat Exchanger Cleaning (renutech.com) and Specialty Chemistry (rizon-rti.com). The company emphasizes its 34 patents and 20+ years of operational experience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• RenuTech: Air-Cooled Heat Exchanger Cleaning services, accessible at renutech.com
• Rizon RTI

Products and services

• Unit Cleaning & Decontamination Chemical cleaning and decontamination services for industrial process units, delivered on-site during planned shutdowns using patented chemistry and a documented safety record spanning six-plus years.
• Client Applied Program Owner/operators purchase RTI chemistries and apply them independently for in-situ cleaning, following RTI's best-practice protocols and procedures.
• Fractionation Equipment Cleaning Specialized chemical cleaning applications designed for fractionation equipment used in refinery and petrochemical operations.
• Specialty Applications Specialized chemical cleaning applications developed for unique or non-standard industrial cleaning requirements at customer facilities.
• Reactor System Cleaning Chemical cleaning solutions and services specifically formulated and applied to industrial reactor systems during shutdowns and turnarounds.
• Mechanical Services Full-service mechanical service solutions for industrial equipment needs delivered alongside chemical cleaning during plant shutdowns.
• Gas Services Gas services delivered on a client-advocate basis to minimize project duration and total cost during industrial shutdowns.
• Air-Cooled Heat Exchanger Cleaning Specialized cleaning services for air-cooled heat exchangers (fin-fan coolers), delivered through the RenuTech sub-brand and accessible at renutech.com.
• Specialty Chemistry Products Proprietary specialty chemistry products and solutions sold under the Rizon-RTI sub-brand to customers for independent application following RTI protocols.
• Consulting Services Consulting services that help industrial operators develop operational excellence roadmaps based on RTI's proven practices and operational expertise.

Quantifiable outcome

• Perfect safety record spanning 6+ years in chemical cleaning operations
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Heritage-Crystal Clean: Provides industrial parts cleaning, containerized waste services, and used oil collection to manufacturing and refining customers — overlapping customer base and industrial cleaning/decontamination delivery model with RTI's chemistry-led shutdown services.
• Clean Harbors: North America's largest environmental and industrial services provider, operating Industrial Services and HydroChemPSC that perform chemical cleaning and decontamination during refinery and petrochemical turnarounds — directly comparable services, customer base, and on-site delivery model to RTI.

Broad incumbents

• Veolia North America: Operates a broad environmental services portfolio for industrial customers including hazardous waste handling, on-site industrial services, and chemical management — serving the same oil & gas and petrochemical owner/operators as RTI with a larger but less specialized footprint.
• Stericycle: Compliance-focused environmental and regulated waste services provider serving industrial and healthcare customers — adjacent in industrial environmental services overlap with RTI's decontamination work at industrial facilities.
• Curtiss-Wright Corporation: Industrial services and surface treatment business that performs specialized cleaning, coating, and decontamination for industrial and aerospace customers — comparable on-site specialized cleaning execution and engineered service delivery.
• Republic Services: Large environmental services company with industrial customer base; while primarily waste/collection, its industrial services lines overlap with RTI's plant-level decontamination and turnaround support across refining and petrochemical customers.
• AECOM: Global engineering, procurement, and industrial services firm with significant work in oil & gas, refining, and chemicals — overlapping where AECOM provides turnaround support, environmental remediation, and industrial cleaning adjacent to RTI's specialty.

Emerging players

• US Ecology (now part of Republic Services): Specialty provider of industrial waste management and field services to refineries and chemical plants, with capabilities touching decontamination and turnarounds that overlap with RTI's chemistry and shutdown offering.

Others

• ENPRO Inc. Industrial technology and services company with sealing, surface treatment, and cleaning-related offerings serving process industries — thematically adjacent where its engineered services intersect with RTI's specialty chemistry and clean-in-place work.

Regional players

• Bilfinger: European-headquartered industrial services provider delivering maintenance, turnaround, and process cleaning for refineries and chemical plants — directly comparable on-site industrial service model, although primarily serving EMEA owner/operators rather than the Americas.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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