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About Kalvera · Houston, Texas

Engineered for commercial practicality.

Kalvera’s technology has been proven in a large-scale industrial deployment. Our team brings decades of refining, process-engineering and project-delivery experience. We work alongside producers, refiners and engineering firms from feasibility through start-up.

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The question was never whether heavy oil could be upgraded. It was whether it could be done economically, at the field.

Chief Technology Officer, KalveraStatement H-1
Headquarters
Houston, Texas · USA
Technology
Patented KHU™ process
Experience
Large-scale industrial deployment
Target markets
Heavy-oil and refining, worldwide
01Our storyDetail B · Fig. 1

From refining research to a modular platform.

Kalvera set out to answer one commercial question: could the hardest barrels be upgraded economically, close to where they are produced? Each stage of our history built on the last.

  1. Era I · Foundations

    Origins in refining R&D

    Applied refining research focused on the heaviest, hardest-to-move crudes and the economics around them.

  2. Era II · Invention

    Patented process

    The KHU process was developed and patented, including its specialized catalysts and purpose-built reactor technology.

  3. Era III · Proof

    Large-scale industrial deployment

    The technology was proven at industrial scale, under real operating conditions.

  4. Era IV · Platform

    Modular platform

    The process was engineered into transportable modules, manufactured, assembled and tested in the USA.

  5. Era V · Today

    Modular platform to market

    Kalvera is now introducing the KHU modular platform to producers, refiners and engineering firms in heavy-oil and refining markets worldwide.

02Patented technologyDetail C

One patented process: catalysts, reactor, delivery.

One patented process brings together a proprietary refining sequence, specialized catalysts and purpose-built reactor technology, delivered in transportable modules. Together they convert extra-heavy crude into lighter, more marketable streams.

Element A · ProcessProprietary

Process

A proprietary refining sequence that upgrades extra-heavy crude into lighter hydrocarbon streams, with heavy residues managed on site.

Element B · CatalystsProprietary

Catalysts

Specialized catalysts that break heavy molecules into lighter fractions. Formulations are proprietary and are not disclosed.

Element C · ReactorProprietary

Reactor

A purpose-built reactor designed for the KHU process and for deployment inside transportable modules. Internal design is confidential.

Illustrative. Proprietary engineering details, catalyst formulations and reactor design are not shown.

03Commercial experienceDetail D · REF-01

Proven at large industrial scale.

The KHU process has already been deployed in a large-scale industrial environment. That experience shapes how we design, build and support every modular unit: what works in operation, what needs margin, and what an operator needs from a technology partner.

Because our clients’ crude, sites and economics are commercially sensitive, we describe this work qualitatively here and share details with qualified parties under NDA.

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Reference summary · REF-01Commercial reference
Deployment
Large-scale industrial environment
Technology
Patented process, including catalysts and reactor
Status
Commercially demonstrated
Operator / site
Confidential
Detail
Available under NDA
04Engineering capabilitiesDetail E · Table 1

The disciplines behind every module.

Kalvera brings the core disciplines in-house and stays involved from feasibility through operations, leading where the technology is ours and supporting our partners’ teams elsewhere.

Photo 1 — Design reviewRepresentative
Two engineers, seen from behind, review a large piping and instrumentation drawing on a table in window light.
Process design is reviewed in-house, discipline by discipline.
Table 1 — Capability matrix · Kalvera involvement by project phase
CapabilityFeasibilityEngineeringFabricationInstallationOperations
1Process engineeringProcess design, heat and material balances, integration.
2Catalyst developmentProprietary catalysts, applied to each feed on evaluation.
3Modular designSkid layout, transport envelopes and tie-in interfaces.
4Fabrication managementUS shop oversight, quality and factory acceptance testing.
5Commissioning supportStart-up, performance checks and operator handover.

Kalvera leadsKalvera supportsClient or partner scope

05LeadershipDetail F

Decades of refining and project delivery.

  • Chief Executive Officer

    Elena Marsh

    Sets strategy and leads Kalvera’s commercial growth and partnerships.

    Full profile

    More than three decades in energy and industrial technology, from operating roles to executive leadership. She has led businesses through commercialization and international growth, and focuses Kalvera on projects that work economically, not just technically.

  • Chief Technology Officer

    Rafael Quintero

    Owns the KHU process, catalyst program and technology roadmap.

    Full profile

    A refining technologist with decades of experience in heavy-oil upgrading research, pilot work and commercial scale-up. He led the development of the KHU process and remains closely involved in every project’s process design.

  • VP Engineering

    Grace Liang

    Leads process engineering, modular design and fabrication delivery.

    Full profile

    Over twenty-five years in process engineering and modular project delivery, spanning design, fabrication and commissioning of skid-mounted process units for remote locations.

  • VP Commercial Development

    Samuel Adeyemi

    Works with producers, refiners and EPCs to shape viable projects.

    Full profile

    Two decades in upstream and midstream commercial roles, structuring crude marketing, logistics and project agreements across several heavy-oil regions.

  • Chief Financial Officer

    Hannah Lindqvist

    Leads finance, project economics and investor relations.

    Full profile

    Many years in energy finance and capital projects, with a focus on project economics, financing structures and disciplined growth for technology companies.

06HeadquartersDetail G · Photo 2

Headquartered in Houston. Built for markets worldwide.

Photo 2 — Modular units at the fieldRepresentative
A modular process plant of several skid modules joined by pipe racks, standing on a flat, remote, arid plain under an overcast sky.
Representative field installation. Not a Kalvera site.

Houston puts Kalvera at the center of the US refining, engineering and fabrication industries, close to the US fabrication and engineering partners who help deliver KHU projects.

Office
Houston, Texas · USA
Fabrication
United States
Target markets
Heavy-oil and refining markets worldwide
Inquiries
Commercial inquiries form
07Investors & partnersDetail H

A platform built to scale with partners.

Kalvera is building a technology platform, not a single plant. One patented process serves two markets, and capacity is added train by train, so capital can follow production.

Platform model
One patented process, delivered as modules, licensed to operators and EPCs, or deployed with partners.
Two markets
Extra-heavy crude upgraded at the field, and selected refinery residual streams turned into higher-value products.
Scale by module
Standard trains of two modules, added as projects grow rather than sized up front.

  1. Done

    Commercial-scale industrial deployment

  2. Doing

    Introducing the modular platform

  3. Next

    First modular deployments with partners

Kalvera is privately held. Information for prospective partners and investors is provided on request and does not constitute an offer of securities.

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08Commercial inquiriesForm KAL-INQ

Start with your data, under NDA.

Share your crude properties and project context. Our engineering team will outline what KHU could do for your economics. All discussions are under NDA.

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