Advanced Analysis Australia

What Advanced Analysis Australia does

Advanced Analysis Australia is a Perth-headquartered, privately held engineering consultancy and software developer specializing in fire, explosion, and consequence analysis for major hazard facilities. Founded by Dr. Madhat Abdel-Jawad, an internationally recognized authority in gas dynamics with a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Queensland and over 40 published research works, the firm combines specialist consulting with proprietary software products built around the IChemE award-winning hybrid analytical-numerical method (exploCFD) anchored on the Confinement Specific Correlation (CSC). The software portfolio includes exploCFD for explosion, fire and dispersion modelling; DigiTwiin for P&ID digitization; PFD2RBD for automated reliability block diagram generation; and the newly launched HazardZone Express for hazardous area classification.

The business operates through three revenue streams: software licensing (perpetual and annual/monthly subscriptions with maintenance fees), specialist engineering consulting (QRA, BRA, Bow-Tie, dangerous goods licensing, accident investigation, expert witness, dust audits, and RAM studies including the disclosed 1.2M ADNOC Sour Gas project covering 3,600 RBDs), and fee-for-service professional training (flagship 3-day Fire and Explosion Fundamentals course plus on-site exploCFD workshops delivered globally). Distribution is direct via the company website, supplemented by a channel partnership with Reliasoft (Blocksim/XFRACAS integration) and an earlier co-development with Lloyd's Register.

Customers are predominantly large oil & gas operators and EPCs across Australia, Southeast Asia and the Middle East — including ADNOC, Petronas, Woodside, KJO, BP, Shell, Hess, WorleyParsons, Fluor, Technip and Rio Tinto — alongside emerging work in hydrogen, battery energy storage, mining, and digital health. The firm also operates an Advanced Analysis UAE entity serving the Middle East and is accredited as a Dangerous Goods Consultant by WorkSafe Western Australia, a regulatory recognition that supports its licensing endorsements.

Name

Advanced Analysis Australia

Legal name

Advanced Analysis Australia

Website

https://advanalysis.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Advanced Analysis Australia is a Perth-based consultancy and software developer that builds proprietary explosion, fire and dispersion modelling tools (notably the IChemE award-winning exploCFD) and delivers specialist safety, QRA, RAM and dangerous goods consulting to major oil & gas, mining and energy operators worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Process Safety Software & Engineering Consulting

NAICS

Testing Laboratories and Services (541380), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (541690)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Process Safety & Major Hazard Risk Management (PSM) (BPAHAJAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Reliability, Safety & Risk Engineering (RAMS/PSM) Consulting (BPAHAIAK), Reliability Engineering & Root Cause Analysis (RCFA) (EUAEAKAJ)

Keywords

• Explosion modelling software
• Process safety consulting
• Consequence analysis services
• Engineering drawing digitization
• Quantitative risk assessment

Headquarters

HQ city

Perth

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Licensing (exploCFD, DigiTwiin, HazardZoneExpress): Annual subscriptions, monthly subscriptions, one-time permanent licenses, and trial access for proprietary software products. Software is installed locally on PCs. Revenue is recurring for subscription tiers with additional maintenance fees for perpetual licenses.
2. Specialist Engineering Consulting: Fee-for-service consulting engagements for fire, explosion, consequence analysis, QRA, BRA, Bow-Tie risk assessments, accident investigations, dangerous goods licensing, hazardous area classification, dust audits, fire engineering, and expert witness services. Projects range from targeted studies to large-scale multi-year engagements (e.g., 1.2M ADNOC Sour Gas RCM/RAM project).
3. Professional Training Courses: Fee-for-service professional training courses delivered in-person and on-site globally. Includes a flagship 3-day Fire and Explosion Fundamentals course, specialized webinars, and on-site exploCFD modelling training for license holders. Courses are highly rated (near-perfect scores reported) and delivered in multiple countries.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Advanced Analysis Australia develops and licenses proprietary process safety software (exploCFD, DigiTwiin, HazardZone Express, PFD2RBD) and delivers specialist engineering consulting for fire, explosion, dispersion, and consequence analysis. The company combines award-winning hybrid analytical-numerical CFD modelling with practical QRA, BRA, Bow-Tie, accident investigation, dangerous goods licensing, and hazardous area classification services for major hazard facility operators. Customers include oil & gas majors, mining operators, EPCs, chemical plants, hydrogen and battery energy storage developers, and government regulators worldwide.

Product overview

Advanced Analysis Australia offers a portfolio of proprietary explosion simulation software (exploCFD, HazardZone Express, DigiTwiin, PFD2RBD) combined with specialist consulting services for fire, explosion, and risk engineering. exploCFD is the IChemE award-winning flagship product using hybrid analytical-numerical methods for consequence analysis. DigiTwiin and PFD2RBD automate drawing digitization and reliability analysis. The company provides end-to-end consulting including Bow-Tie Risk Assessment, QRA/BRA studies, dust audits, dangerous goods consulting, and medical risk services, supported by professional training programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• exploCFD: IChemE award-winning hybrid analytical-numerical explosion, gas dispersion, and fire consequence analysis software.
• HazardZone Express
• DigiTwiin
• PFD2RBD

Products and services

• exploCFD IChemE Global Process Safety Award-winning (2020) hybrid analytical-numerical explosion modelling software for simulating gas and dust explosions, fires (jet fires, pool fires, radiation), BLEVE, and toxic/flammable dispersion consequences. Combines the proprietary Confinement Specific Correlation (CSC) source-term model with structured-grid numerical pressure-wave propagation to deliver CFD-grade accuracy in minutes to hours rather than days/weeks. Validated against HSE offshore explosion trials, HySEA and MABS hydrogen programs, and peer-reviewed publications. Sold to enterprise process safety, risk, and engineering teams in oil & gas, mining, chemical, hydrogen, and BESS industries.
• DigiTwiin Advanced drawing digitization software that automatically extracts component data from PDF engineering drawings (P&IDs, PFDs, plot plans) using customizable component libraries, achieving >99% accuracy versus ~90% for manual counting in tens of seconds per drawing. Outputs data to Excel and generates marked-up drawings for QRA parts counts, material takeoff, RCM/RAM analysis, and maintenance AI preparation. Developed in collaboration with Lloyd's Register (2016-2019) and built upon the PIDPartsCount platform. Sold to EPC contractors, engineering firms, and reliability engineering teams.
• HazardZone Express Hazardous area classification software for creating zoning drawings directly on PDF site layouts, placing equipment, and checking compliance against IEC 60079, AS/NZS 60079, and ATEX/DSEAR requirements. Supports auto zoning by hours with colour-coded exposure time or manual zone drawing; imports equipment checklist CSVs, displays instant YES/NO/N/A compliance results, and exports marked-up PDFs and CSV compliance registers. Sold to safety and risk consultancies, plant operators, and EPC firms.
• PFD2RBD Reliability Block Diagram automation software that reads PDF drawings (PFDs, P&IDs) and automatically identifies library items to generate RBD data for import into Reliasoft's Blocksim platform for RAM analysis. Dramatically reduces cost and time of RAM analysis for large projects with hundreds of thousands of assets, eliminating manual errors inherent in manual RBD creation. Sold to reliability engineers and EPC contractors handling large asset bases.
• Specialist Engineering Consulting (Fire, Explosion, Dispersion, QRA, BRA, Bow-Tie, Accident Investigation, Dangerous Goods) Fee-for-service specialist engineering consulting covering fire and explosion consequence analysis, computational fluid dynamics studies (helideck, thermal plume, subsea releases, multiphase), QRA and BRA studies following API 752, Bow-Tie risk assessments using BowTie XP, accident investigation per NFPA 921, combustible dust audits aligned with NFPA 660, dangerous goods licensing under WA WorkSafe accreditation, flow assurance, FEA, vessel calculations, and expert witness services. Engagements range from targeted studies to large multi-year projects (e.g., 1.2M ADNOC Sour Gas RCM/RAM). Sold to oil & gas operators, mining companies, chemical manufacturers, hydrogen and BESS developers, and government regulators globally.
• Fire and Explosion Training Course 3-day practitioner-level professional training course covering physics of fires and explosions, consequence quantification, accident investigation, and hands-on exploCFD modelling workshops, delivered by Dr. Madhat Abdel-Jawad in-person globally. Includes specialized on-site exploCFD modelling training for annual or permanent license holders who are encouraged to bring real project problems. Courses have received near-perfect participant ratings. Sold to process safety practitioners, engineers, and consultants internationally.

Quantifiable outcome

• exploCFD explosion assessment runs in minutes to hours for plant-scale cases vs days/weeks for traditional 3D CFD
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability6 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, major project and core.

• Lloyd's Register (LR)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 August 2019Advanced Analysis collaborated with Lloyd's Register from 2016 to 2019 to develop DigiTwiin, an advanced drawing analysis and digitization software. The collaboration built upon Advanced Analysis' existing PIDPartsCount platform and resulted in a significantly enhanced product with much lower costs (~quarter of prior costs), faster processing, and greater user-friendliness. The partnership also enabled DigiTwiin to be leased worldwide.
• ADNOC Sour Gas (UAE)major projectOthers · 10 February 2019Advanced Analysis (UAE) commenced a large 1.2M project with ADNOC Sour Gas and Reliasoft, focused on implementing state-of-the-art Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) and RAM analysis for 3,600 RBDs. The project was managed directly by Dr. Madhat Abdel-Jawad. This represents a significant client engagement rather than a formal partnership.
• ReliasoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationAdvanced Analysis partners with Reliasoft for reliability analysis software integration. The PFD2RBD software outputs XML files that are directly imported into Reliasoft's Blocksim for reliability block diagram analysis. XFRACAS is used for Failure Reporting, Analysis and Corrective Action Systems (FRACAS) and root cause analysis. RCM++ is used for Reliability-Centered Maintenance analysis. This partnership enables integrated reliability workflows for clients.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• DNV: DNV is a large classification and assurance group with deep process safety, QRA, RAM, and risk consulting practices serving oil & gas, maritime, and energy customers. While much broader than Advanced Analysis, DNV routinely competes for major-hazard facility safety studies and offers overlapping RAM, FSE, and consequence analysis capability at global scale.
• ABS Group: ABS Group provides safety, risk, and reliability consulting (QRA, process safety, RAM, fire protection engineering) to oil & gas, marine, and industrial clients. It competes directly with Advanced Analysis on explosion consequence, RAM, and hazardous-area studies while offering a wider portfolio of industrial services.
• Bureau Veritas: Bureau Veritas is a global testing, inspection, and certification company with industry-specific process safety, asset integrity, and risk advisory practices for oil & gas, mining, and chemicals. Its TIC breadth and global operating footprint position it as a broad incumbent that overlaps with Advanced Analysis's QRA and hazardous-area-classification engagements.
• Ansys: Ansys is the dominant general-purpose CFD platform (Fluent, CFX) used for explosion, dispersion, and fire modelling by EPCs and engineering consultancies. While general-purpose CFD is slower than exploCFD's hybrid method, Ansys remains the default incumbent that Advanced Analysis must displace or complement in plant-scale safety studies.

Direct peers

• Jensen Hughes: Jensen Hughes is a global fire and explosion safety consultancy and software provider serving oil & gas, LNG, mining, and industrial clients. Its service portfolio (QRA, BRA, fire engineering, hazardous area classification) and adjacent risk-modelling software overlap directly with Advanced Analysis's consulting + software bundling strategy.
• Exponent: Exponent is a global engineering and scientific consulting firm whose Reactive Hazards, Process Safety, and Failure Analysis practices serve oil & gas, mining, and chemical operators on consequence analysis, accident investigation, and expert witness work. It competes with Advanced Analysis for technical-safety, expert-witness, and explosion-investigation engagements.
• Gexcon: Gexcon is the developer of FLACS, the most widely validated 3D explosion CFD software in the oil & gas industry and the principal technology competitor to Advanced Analysis's exploCFD. Both firms serve explosion consequence assessment, QRA, and safety studies for major hazard facilities and both maintain global customer rosters among IOCs and engineering consultancies.
• ioMosaic: ioMosaic provides process safety consulting alongside its Process Safety Office software suite (e.g. SuperChems for consequence analysis), serving chemical, oil & gas, and pharma clients. Like Advanced Analysis, it couples proprietary calculation tools with fee-for-service engineering studies, making it a comparable bundled offering.

Regional players

• RPS Group: RPS Group is an Australia-founded professional services firm whose Energy and Resources practice delivers safety, environmental, and engineering consulting to oil & gas, LNG, mining, and infrastructure clients across Australia and the Asia-Pacific. It overlaps with Advanced Analysis in QRA, BRA, dangerous goods, and hazardous-area consulting within Australia.

Others

• Reliasoft: Reliasoft is the developer of Blocksim, XFRACAS, and RCM++ for reliability and maintenance engineering. Advanced Analysis's PFD2RBD integrates directly with Reliasoft tools via XML import, making Reliasoft a complementary channel partner rather than a head-to-head competitor in explosion or fire modelling.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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