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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.
IHS Markit 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
Chemical Consulting & Advisory ServicesLeverage an unmatched combination of information, insight and expertise to help you make the leap from data to results, with IHS Markit’s Chemical Consulting & Advisory Services.
Mr. Olmstead 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 IHS Markit, he served in the strategy
and finance department of a US independent producer. Mr. Olmstead
holds a degree in mechanical engineering from Baylor University,
United States, and an MBA from Rice University, United States.
Mr. Marinovic, Vice President, leads IHS Markit's E&P Terms
and Above-Ground Risk team, which provides clients with
information, analysis and insights on above-ground considerations
affecting the attractiveness of Upstream investments around the
world. Before that he led Upstream consulting teams responsible for
development of corporate and asset strategies, as well as
supporting governments in assessing competitiveness of their
investment terms improving their investment terms. Mr. Marinovic's
previous experience includes being a Partner in the Oil & Gas
Practice of Strategic Decisions Group (SDG) and performing both
technical and operating roles at Exxon Chemical Company. Mr.
Marinovic holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Engineering in
Chemical Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from
Stanford University.
He focuses on solving complex customer challenges by combining
IHS Markit 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. Mr. Lowes was formerly a principal with Strategic Decision
Group's oil and gas practice prior to its acquisition by IHS
Markit. 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.
Ms. Irena Agalliu 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.Ms Agalliu 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. Ms. Irena Agalliu 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). Ms
Agalliu 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.
Mr. Carbrey provides consulting expertise in chemicals, proppants
and oil field services, and he plays a leading role in M&A
target identification, private equity due diligence and strategy.
He joined IHS, now IHS Markit, through the acquisition of PacWest
in 2014. He continues to oversee the legacy PacWest market
intelligence practice focusing on hydraulic fracturing, chemical
and proppant markets, which includes publication of Pumping IQ,
FracDB, WellIQ and ChemIQ products. With more than 10 years of data
analysis and strategic consulting experience, he has worked
primarily with upstream oil and gas clients, oil field services
companies, equipment manufacturers and financial institutions.
Previously he held consulting roles with several energy companies
where he developed innovative strategies and led business
transformation initiatives. He supported strategic growth while
employed by Cheniere Energy and LeTourneau (now part of Cameron
International). As an entrepreneur, he also built and sold his own
data analytics firm that he started as his undergraduate career. He
completed a Bachelor of Science, Economics at Texas A&M
University, US, and earned his MBA at Rice University, Jones
Graduate School of Business, US.
Dr. Bedregal 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 IHS
Markit, 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, Dr. Bedregal 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. IHS Markit 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 IHS Markit 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. IHS Markit 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. IHS Markit 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. IHS Markit 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. IHS Markit 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. IHS Markit 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.
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