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Global CAPEX & Maintenance Forecast
Revised Using 2011 Model
Arthur D. Little’s energy practice forecasts growth in Global CAPEX and maintenance spending of 3.8 per cent CAGR from 2011 to 2016 with most of the growth driven by new investments in exploration and production. [...]
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Building a New Equilibrium
Measuring Externalities to Demonstrate the Value of Investment in Oil & Gas Projects
Hydrocarbons continue to be the world’s most economical, prevalent and reliable energy source. However global tensions occur when the economic, social and environmental impact of exploration and production activities are combined with market, geopolitical and technical risks. [...]
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Realigning UK Energy Policy
From a High Cost, Low Quality System to a Robust, Cost-Efficient Infrastructure
For more than a decade, the government has pursued a series of inconsistent policies in the electricity sector, flip-flopping between conflicting policy objectives that if implemented would likely lead to a high cost, but low quality, electricity system that will not deliver the desired climate change objectives. We question whether the current policies offer good value for money for consumers. [...]
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Managing Capital Investment Programs
How to get investment programs "right"
Effective project selection and management is not a new message. However, even the most sophisticated upstream oil and gas companies do not “get it right” every time. Arthur D. Little believes that our lifecycle approach to capital investment helps to identify the causes for failure of projects and provides insight into increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of infrastructure capital. [...]
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Reshaping the Corporate Center
How to turn your corporate headquarters from a cost factor into true value generation
Many corporates struggle when it comes to optimising support and back-office functions. Our approach offers a precise assessment of what needs to be kept, what needs to be done differently and what needs to be discontinued. The result? Corporate headquarters that many companies have never dared to imagine: business-focused, flexible, lean where possible and strong where necessary. [...]
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Expatriate Games
Where is the Long Term Value?
Where is the long-term value? In the 1970s, the Middle East saw the beginning of a dramatic rise in oil and gas exploration and production activity, with an equally dramatic growth in the expatriate community. [...]
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Advanced Metering Management
Deploying the new technology for business success
Environmental and economic pressures have seen many utilities reconsidering the use of smart metering technology to end the high operational costs associated with traditional energy usage monitoring and enabling a broader range of service offerings to consumers. In its latest report, Arthur D. Little outlines how utilities providers can deploy this new monitoring technology without facing a loss. [...]
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Bridging the Talent Gap
Labor Shortages in the Energy Sector
Despite booming oil prices the industry is being constrained by resource shortages in oil supply, refining capacity and talents across the sector, despite a 20 per cent increase in investments by IOCs and NOCs. [...]
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