Energy refineries and distributors face some of the biggest challenges they’ve seen in decades. To succeed in today's environment of high volatility and regulation, refining and petrochemicals companies must focus on achieving excellence in operations to maximize gross margin, excellence in plant management, and excellence in commercial offerings.
Headlines may focus on volatile energy prices, but downstream companies face a host of other risks. Topping the list are ongoing developments in industry restructuring, deregulation, and corporate consolidation. What’s needed to stay competitive is a long-term strategy for improving operational efficiency, reducing costs, and protecting revenues and margins.
What we do
We develop our own tools and models through our Energy Insights group to generate a number of proprietary analyses and forecasts. This allows us to support our clients with market diligence, project evaluation, portfolio analyses, business planning and optimization, among other challenging decisions. Setting the right operating strategy is critical to achieving consistent profitability. We help clients assess downstream market fundamentals to identify strategic opportunities and build capabilities in advanced analytics and fact-based problem solving to boost their agility, confidence, and competitive edge.
At the same time, we help clients sustain top-quartile operational performance while adhering to sound operating principles and maintaining high health, safety, and environmental standards.
How we work
To stay ahead, we invest in developing approaches, tools, and data sets across the downstream value chain, including refining capacity, crude and product supply and demand, and equilibrium pricing. To bring clients the best thinking, we develop global, regional, and functional perspectives and explore industry hot topics. Our work includes:
1) Market capacity
2) Technical Design