About Avasthi & Associates, Inc. (A&A)
Avasthi & Associates, Inc. (A&A) is a worldwide energy consulting company headquartered in Houston, Texas, U.S.A. that provides full-service, multi-specialty, state-of-the-art integrated consulting services to the worldwide energy industry for Energy Transition, Carbon Management [Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)/Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS)], and in Petroleum Engineering, Reservoir Engineering, CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR), and other EOR/IOR (Improved Oil Recovery) technologies and strategies, Geosciences and Geomechanics, and related fields, for evaluation, development and optimization of oil & gas fields, and unconventional [tight gas, shale oil & gas, coal bed methane (CBM), geothermal] energy resources (to maximize resource recovery and project profitability), and in LNG, Lithium, and Data Centers.
Certification
Avasthi & Associates, Inc. (A&A), founded in 1990, and incorporated in the State of Texas, is certified to provide engineering services by the State of Texas Board of Professional Engineers.
Our Mission
Continue to provide A&A clients around the world comprehensive integrated state-of-the-art consulting and customized training services in:
- Fossil-fuel Energy (Conventional and Unconventional) Oil & Gas, Geothermal Energy, and Lithium Resources Evaluation, Development, and Optimization, and in LNG
- Carbon Management (CCS/CCUS/Geologic CO2 Storage/CO2 EOR)
- Midstream and Downstream Challenges
Our Vision
Continue to deliver state-of-the-art consulting and customized training services to our clients in the worldwide energy industry.
Our Motto
To provide integrated energy consulting and customized training services to the worldwide energy industry with a focus on practical solutions to complex problems, while maintaining high standards of integrity and quality.
Our Values
For over 36 years, we have built our worldwide reputation by providing practical solutions to complex problems, while adhering to the most rigorous standards of honesty and integrity, and delivering to our clients the highest quality of most innovative services with credibility, impartiality, fairness, objectivity, and equity.
We expect our officers, employees, consultants, and instructors to maintain highest standard of professional and personal conduct.
Our Management and History
Dr. S. M. (Sam) Avasthi, P.E.
Dr. Sam Avasthi, an engineering alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Imperial College London, and Texas A&M University, after working for 20 years with major global integrated energy producing and consulting companies, founded Avasthi & Associates, Inc, in 1990 to provide state-of-the-art energy consulting and customized training services to the worldwide energy industry at the most reasonable cost. He now serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Avasthi & Associates, Inc.
Dr. J. M. (Jay) Avasthi
Dr. Jay Avasthi, a geosciences and engineering alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, after working for 24 years with Chevron Corporation, joined Avasthi & Associates, Inc, in 2003 as Director of Unconventional Resources Developent (URD) and Geoservices (Geomechanics, Geosciences, and CO2 Geosequestration). He now serves as President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Avasthi & Associates, Inc.
A&A Consulting Team
- A&A Consulting Team comprises over 135 experienced consultants with diverse technical specialties
- The high-level and seasoned consultants of the A&A Consulting Team have 15 to 55+ years of worldwide energy industry experience, with several possessing bilingual skills in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French or Chinese.
- We offer unparalleled worldwide expertise and industry experience in both conventional and unconventional fossil fuel energy, including onshore and offshore oil and gas exploration, development, and optimization
- A&A Consulting Team specializes in a wide range of services, including enhanced oil recovery (EOR)/improved oil recovery (IOR), enhanced gas recovery (EGR), well design and modeling, reservoir characterization, engineering, and simulation/modeling
- Additionally, our expertise extends to carbon management, which encompasses carbon capture and storage (CCS)/carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS)/geologic CO2 storage, and CO2 EOR
- We also offer capabilities in geothermal energy and lithium extraction, and in LNG
- A&A is capable of promptly assembling integrated project teams equipped with the technical expertise necessary for our clients' most challenging projects
- A&A Consulting Team of highly experienced consulting professionals offers expertise across various domains, including, but not limited to:
- Conventional and unconventional oil and gas resources exploration, development, and optimization projects, both onshore and offshore, as well as in
- CCS/CCUS/CO2 EOR, geothermal, and lithium projects, and in
- LNG projects
We Add Value: On-land or Offshore, New or Mature, Conventional or Unconventional
A&A Consulting Team looks at all aspects of an oil & gas asset, from subsurface to well planning; from production prediction to facilities scenarios and economics.
We add value by helping oil & gas asset teams:
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Mitigate risk:
Integrate uncertainty, risk factors and business objectives into the field development or optimization workflow. -
Maximize production rates and reserves:
Optimize conventional oil, gas, gas-condensate, and heavy oil field assets, as well as uncoventional/shale resources, to maximize oil and gas production rates and reserves.
Our Strength: Our High-level and Seasoned Consultants
The strength of A&A Consulting Team lies in the expertise, specialized skills, and worldwide oil & gas industry project experience of its high-level and seasoned consultants, and its expertise in putting together multi-discilplinary project teams of its high-level and seasoned consultants for working on its clients’ major projects, around the world, and to complete those projects, to the satisfaction of its clients, in a timely manner.
Most of the seasoned consultants of the A&A Consulting Team have spent their entire careers in the worldwide energy industry. On average, each of the A&A high-level and seasoned consultant has 15 to 55+ years of experience in designing and implementing major projects around the world.
A&A Consulting Team provides:
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Vast Experience:
We have extensive experience in evaluation, development and optimization of conventional oil, gas, gas-condensate, and heavy oil fields, as well as unconventional/shale resources, around the world. -
Cutting Edge Technology:
Each of the A&A consultants has mastery in using state-of-the-art technology and software in their areas of technical expertise. -
Accuracy and Integrity:
We interpret clients' data accurately and honestly. We stand by the accuracy and integrity of our work and we will defend our conclusions in a court of law, if necessary. -
Confidentiality:
Our clients have complete trust and confidence that their information, data, and project details will be held in the highest confidentiality. -
Language Skills:
All our consultants are fluent in English, and many have translation and interpretation skills in other languages (Spanish, Portuguese, French or Chinese) as well.
Our Clients
In over 36-year history of our providing state-of-the-art consulting, and customized training, services to global integrated oil & gas companies, independent oil & gas producing companies, CO2 producing and transporting/ pipelining companies, and national oil companies, as well as to financial/ investment companies, around the world, we have build our reputation by adhering to the most rigorous standards of honesty and integrity, and delivering to our clients the highest quality of most innovative services with impartiality, fairness, objectivity and equity. For a list of our clients and recent projects, please contact us.
The consulting services that we provide around the world are described in the subsequent sections of this website. However, we will be delighted to provide any additional information that our existing and propective clients may require.
Our Availability
We are available to provide state-of-the-art consulting services, and customized training, described in the subsequent sections of this website, either virtually or at our offices in Houston, Texas, or at our clients' offices around the world.
For a free, confidential consultation contact us at +1-281-359-2674, or click here to send us an e-mail.






