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Understand market factors and outlooks, and manage hydrocarbon risk down to the asset level
With the energy industry in transition, participants need to get a deeper understanding of the oil and gas markets to help guide their decisions. It is imperative for E&P businesses to have a firm grasp of the key value and risk drivers affecting the sector, ranging from market fundamentals, macroeconomics and geopolitics to country and individual asset-level risks. We provide clients with a comprehensive, structured framework for evaluating potential investments and assessing their strategy, drawing on our industry expertise and access to data and technical/commercial analyses.
S&P Global upstream oil and gas consultants help clients to understand the markets and business environments and to manage hydrocarbon sector risk by delivering tailored solutions on subjects such as:
Oil & gas markets: Market fundamentals and trends, regional and global supply and demand balances, market intelligence (e.g., M&A, exploration, costs), production/OPEX/CAPEX forecasts and scenario development
Sectors: Supplier equipment and services market sizing and competitive assessments
Risks: Above-ground risk analysis and mitigation at the country, project and asset levels
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Reed focuses on the drivers and inhibitors to unconventional
production in the most important existing and incubating plays in
North America. He has been involved in various capacities of asset
and operator analysis in North American research for more than
eight years. Recently, he has focused on the financial constraints
to production and the implications for future supply as the
industry wrestles to identify its role in global production. Prior
to joining S&P Global Commodity Insights, he served in the
strategy and finance department of a US independent producer.Reed holds a degree in mechanical engineering from Baylor
University, United States, and an MBA from Rice University, United
States.
Nick focuses on solving complex customer challenges by combining
S&P Global Commodity Insights data, research and analytical
capabilities to create high value solutions, which can be embedded
in customer workflows. He has over 30 years of experience across a
broad range of oil and gas company activities, working as an
advisor to many national and international oil and gas companies
and governments on issues ranging from national energy policy to
E&P strategy development. His high value consulting assignments
for global clients include investment and technology strategies,
market analysis, project development plans and operational
improvements. He has led reorganization and process re-engineering
exercises, and has designed and implemented corporate-level and
project-level management systems. He has worked with companies in
the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Russia, Central and East Asia and
South America.Nick was formerly a principal with Strategic Decision Group's
oil and gas practice prior to its acquisition by S&P Global.
Previously, he was a senior manager with the management consulting
firm Arthur D Little Ltd., and spent 15 years in engineering and
project management for major oil and gas projects where he held
positions with both operators and engineering companies in UK,
Australia, Malaysia and Oman. Mr. Lowes holds a Bachelor of Arts in
Engineering Sciences from Cambridge University and a Master of
Science in Engineering Geology from Imperial College, London
University, both UK. He completed his MBA with the UK Open
University Business School and he is a Member of the UK Energy
Institute.
Irena is an expert in international energy law and economics,
worldwide fiscal arrangements, commercial risk and aboveground risk
investment-related issues. She has extensive experience assessing
commercial and regulatory risk and advising governments and NOCs on
regulatory and contractual developments that impact E&P
activities worldwide and assisting governments in formulating
policies.Irena's major projects include assistance to the government of
Mexico in development of industrial safety regulations for upstream
oil and gas activities; assistance to the government of Colombia in
development of offshore regulations, as well as development of
fiscal and contractual framework for shale gas, tight oil and CBM;
assistance to the legislature of North Dakota regarding fiscal
policy solutions to enable CO2 EOR projects in the Bakken;
assistance to the government of Angola on development of E&P
regulations, LNG taxation and gas market regulations; and
comparative analysis of fiscal systems for the United States
Department of the Interior.Irena has provided independent expert review of proposed
legislation governing petroleum upstream, midstream and downstream
activities, revenue management in oil and gas, as well as local
content participation, before legislatures of several African
nations.Irena holds an LLM with distinction in Petroleum Law Policy and
Economics from the University of Dundee, Scotland and a doctorate
of jurisprudence from the University of Houston Law Center. She is
a member of the State Bar of Texas and Association of International
Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN). Irena was elected to the Board of
AIPN in 2008 and served as vice president of external affairs for
the 2009-2011 term and vice president of planning for the 2011-2012
term. She is the co-chair of the AIPN Oil and Gas Asset Valuation
Workshop.
Ricardo has extensive technical, commercial, and business
development experience in projects for the oil and gas exploration
and production (E&P) industry. His expertise in structuring
sizable projects encompasses experience in petroleum geology,
business environment and assessing opportunities in South America,
West and Southern Africa, Oman and Australia. Prior to joining
S&P Global Commodity Insights, he held several managerial and
technical roles at Petrobras, Brazilian Petroleum National Agency,
PGT, Vale Oil & Gas and other companies.An experienced oil and gas geologist, Ricardo holds two masters
degrees in Geology, a Ph.D. in Quantitative Basin Analysis from the
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and an MBA from the
Dom Cabral Foundation.
Creating a multi-year market intelligence program for a National Oil Company
A major Middle Eastern NOC needed help with understanding market conditions for executing its project portfolio. S&P Global experts analyzed 8,000+ projects and interviewed 150+ EPC companies to determine project feasibility. The NOC implemented our risk mitigation recommendations to achieve project success and continues to use S&P Global services for monthly, quarterly and annual updates.
Determining global market potential for a production processing equipment company
A production processing equipment company wanted to quantify the relative value and growth of national markets for its products. S&P Global provided a five-year process equipment CAPEX forecast for 33 countries with total spend segmented by five equipment categories, hydrocarbon field type and location – providing valuable insights for the company’s marketing strategy.
A Middle Eastern NOC wanted a holistic view of Egypt’s energy supply-demand outlook to 2030. S&P Global identified key drivers influencing the country’s hydrocarbon, coal, gas, renewable energy and nuclear power sectors. The NOC received a complete report on Egypt’s energy demand/mix forecast to 2030, including analysis of macroeconomics, E&P/midstream segments and energy policy.
Impact analysis of oil prices on an equipment manufacturer’s entire value chain
An oil and gas equipment provider needed to understand how continued low oil prices might impact customer spending on equipment—upstream to downstream and globally – to 2020. S&P Global developed three price scenarios, each with related five-year CAPEX outlooks. The client used the spending outlook to build its multi-year operating plan and budget.
Above-ground risk assessment in a South American country for a potential asset acquisition
An Asian NOC wanted to evaluate operational risk for a potential oilfield acquisition in South America. S&P Global provided a detailed report on the target country’s operating environment under three possible political-economic scenarios, ranking key risks and risk mitigation strategies. The client gained a clear view of and management strategies for potential risks to its operations.
Expanding a client’s footprint in Brazil’s market to increase penetration
A client wanted to increase its presence in Brazil to offset its flat and sometimes negative growth. S&P Global prepared a complete overview of Brazil’s offshore upstream sector to 2030, identifying three market expansion strategies and revenue projections for each, enabling the client to make an informed decision for its expansion in Brazil.
