Oil & Gas

The global recession has created new challenges and opportunities for both upstream and downstream players. Booz & Company provides concrete ways to ride out the storm and emerge stronger.

Our Thought Leadership

Industrials Industry Perspectives for 2013
Despite some positive signs, particularly in the U.S. manufacturing sector, industrial companies face shrinking growth in revenue and earnings. They will need to think differently about their investments, and how their business models are structured. read more >

Rediscovering the Art of Exploration: Practical Steps to Establishing a High-Performance Exploration Organization
To reassert their historical leading position in exploration and new discoveries, the supermajors and other large oil and gas enterprises need to emulate cultural elements of the most successful small companies. download (398kb, PDF) >

Upstream Supply Chain Challenges in 2009: Managing Spend & Capacity in a Volatile Economic Environment
For upstream producers, input costs have not fallen as quickly as oil prices, especially for long-term, complex capital projects. Oil and gas executives are pursuing cost reductions and reassessing capital programs. download (445kb, PDF) >

Refining Trends: The Golden Age or the Eye of The Storm? Part IV: Tough Choices
In the first half of 2008, the refining industry went from exhilaration to desperation. In fact, so many contradictory signs exist about the industry’s future that it is hard to discern reality from myth, and even harder to chart a course. download (799kb, PDF) >

Energy Shift: Game-Changing Rules for Fueling the Future
The shift to alternative energy technologies; de-carbonizing electric power; hybrids and electric cars; the volatility in oil, gas, and other energy commodity prices; energy security; and climate change have been on every business executive’s mind. read more >

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Client Examples

Upstream case study 1: The client had a strong operating base of conventional oil and gas assets, and made a strategic decision to join other...

Downstream case study 1: Booz & Company was retained by an oil and gas super-major to jointly develop a long-term outlook for global crude...