By virtue of the long-term experience of all partners, we specialise in providing independent advisory services to the oil and chemical industries in respect to global tank storage, transportation and other logistical issues. It is our prime role to serve as an advisor for (international) companies, governments, institutions, corporations other related parties with respect to mergers & acquisitions, business development, logistic supply/demand chain analyses and marketing projects for the oil and chemical industries.

The knowledge and experience of the Downstream team is characterised by

• management experience at senior management and board level
• creative thinking
• knowledge based and result driven
• Interim and project management in the international oil and chemical (storage) industry
• Complex projects in the area of tank storage

We put our insight, skills and dedication in partnership with our customers in order to achieve results together. We have an informal working style that forms the basis of our company and the services we offer to our customers.
Since its existence in 1999 we have worked for many companies, governments and institutions. We have specialised in matters concerning tank storage including issues with respect to strategic oil stocks. In this respect we have advised a number of new EU-accession countries, acted as an advisor for the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris (part of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD) and the Clingendael International Energy Programme (CIEP) in The Hague. Downstream has also participated in arbitration cases.

Over the years, we have been engaged as a European Business Development expert with respect to the establishment ( Greenfield, Brownfield, M&A) of Oil and Chemical logistics infrastructure, notably in the tank storage and associated business fields.

Downstream avails of an extensive international network of oil/chemical logistics experts.

Short description of all partners:

Rob Luijendijk has been a Partner of Downstream since April 2003. Prior to that, from November 2000, he worked for another Dutch company in the tank storage industry that, over the years, established a close relationship with Downstream which resulted in becoming a shareholder in this company in 2003. Rob Luijendijk has gained a substantial amount of experience in the oil/chemical logistics industry since the start of his career with Nedlloyd in 1976. He held the position of Manager Inland Barging Department with Gebr. Broere from 1981 till 1993. He subsequently joined GATX Terminals Corporation as Director European Business Development until GATX Terminals Corporation was dissolved in 2000. Rob Luijendijk currently also holds the position of Marketing Director of PortStorage Group, a subsidiary of Downstream.

Riekes Lie has been a partner of Downstream since 2006. He has a master degree in civil engineering from Delft University (1976). He started his career at Shell as a pipeline engineer, and he gained eighteen years of international management experience in the oil & gas sector. In 1993 he became board member of the Esha group, a family owned company active in bitumen, with prime responsibility for the group’s international bitumen refinery and emulsion business.
Since 1997 he has his own consultancy company De Steenlanden. He had several interim management assignments at (statutory) general management level, mainly in the waste sector. Current activities include industry advise to the waste and tank storage sector mostly in mergers and acquisitions. He also participates as co-investor in new waste technology developments.

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Jan Brouwer launched Downstream in 1999. He spent most of his career with Royal Pakhoed, currently known as Royal Vopak, and the last ten years as President of Paktank International. Paktank was the largest tank storage company in the world and he often served as Board Member in Paktank’s international joint ventures. Today he is still involved in a number of international activities, paid and non-paid, speaker at conferences, lead partner in logistic studies, and, for the past 15 years, he has been serving as Honorary Consul for Estonia. Jan Brouwer, who studied law at Leiden University from 1960 to 1967, currently acts as an advisor to Downstream.

OOI Chwee Kim is located in Singapore and oversees business development in Asia. Prior to this, he was a Director and President of Store + Deliver + Logistics Pte Ltd., a company specializing in chemical warehousing and logistics in Singapore. Before that he was the Managing Director, Asia Operations and Development of GATX Terminals Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of GATX Corporation. He was actively involved in industry as the Chairman of the Singapore Chemical Industry Council from 1993 to 2006 and a council member of the Singapore Manufacturers Federation from 2000 to 2006. In community service, he is the current Chairman of Jurong Football Club. He was also a past council member of the South-east Community Development Council and Football Association of Singapore. He was bestowed the Pingat Bakit Masyarakat (PBM), the public service medal for social and community service by the President of Singapore in 1995. OOI Chwee Kim is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore.