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Improving Decision-making Across
the Energy Value Chain
Commercial Advisory
By providing vital insights into the underlying upstream oil and gas markets and business conditions, our commercial advisory services help corporates, financial institutions, investors and industry bodies improve their commercial decision-making.
Led by management consultants with significant experience in the upstream oil and gas sector, our commercial advisory services are underpinned by our high-quality data, proprietary modelling, rigorous analysis and extensive consultations with industry stakeholders. We deliver our commercial advisory services either as one-off bespoke projects, or as retained advisors to deliver annual repeat work.
Corporate Strategic Advisory
We provide independent commercial analysis to support corporate strategy and business planning. Our services include: outlook for underlying market drivers, BAU analysis, competitive positioning, key success and failure factors (KSFs and KFFs), ranking and characterisation of growth opportunities and implementation strategies.
Our team of management consultants work closely with corporate management teams to offer bespoke advice, which is underpinned by high-quality data, proprietary modelling, rigorous analysis and extensive consultations with industry stakeholders. Our expertise and the quality of our data is trusted by our clients to support their decision-making processes in a dynamic commodity price environment.
Transaction Support
We support our clients' investment and financing decisions with independent commercial analysis of businesses and assets, where appropriate; by providing insight into the underlying market drivers, commercial positioning, business outlook and indicative valuations.
We are a leading advisor to both corporates and financial institutions on M&A, public and private market financings and financial restructuring transactions. Our advisory practice is entirely independent and geared to assist our clients make well-informed investment decisions.
Services for Industry Bodies
We provide independent analysis and insights to industry bodies and government agencies to help shape specific policies for the upstream oil and gas sector.
Industry bodies and government agencies are crucial stakeholders in the upstream oil and gas industry with a mandate to drive appropriate regulation and policies, which in turn, influences activity levels. Our coverage and long-standing knowledge of the upstream sector, enables us to offer high-quality bespoke advice.
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Industry Body Services
Advised NPD on the impact of technology on exploration performance in Norway
Transaction Support
Advised Blue Water Energy on their investment in ROVOP
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Transaction Support
Advised DP World in the US$1.1 billion-acquisition of Topaz Energy & Marine
Transaction Support
Advised ADES Holding in raising US$325 million in the bond markets
Transaction Support
Advised a private equity vehicle on the commercial assessment of UKCS upstream assets
Corporate Strategy
Advised Hydrasun on corporate strategy and business planning
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Transaction Support
Advised Platte River Equity on their investment into Dealers Transmission Exchange
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Transaction Support
Retained advisor to both firms on multi-year valuation and market outlook projects
“We engaged Westwood Global Energy Group to complete a bespoke project on digitalisation in the offshore oil and gas industry. Westwood's report became AVEVA’s most downloaded asset. So impressed were we by the quality of Westwood’s analysis and insight, we commissioned them again soon after.”
AVEVAMarketing Director
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