Oil & Gas

Fueling your future in a global economy

The oil and gas industry is currently undergoing a period of intense volatility. As an industry looking to grow during constant instability, oil and gas faces major geopolitical, technological and regulatory challenges. Addressing these issues with our clients creates significant opportunities for their transformation and growth globally.

We cover key issues in these areas:

• Competing and managing risk in oil and gas

  While risk continues to dominate the energy landscape, competition is also becoming a dominate feature. We help oil and gas companies understand their business risks and develop plans to manage or capitalise on them.

  Our professionals understand business operations and use their knowledge to support clients in defining and developing their strategies and risk mitigation techniques.

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  • Transforming for success in an era of abundance
  • Managing bribery and corruption risks in the oil and gas industry
  • The Norwegian oilfield services analysis 2015
  • Review of the UK oilfield services industry, January 2016
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  • Navigating joint ventures in oil and gas
  • Oil price volatility: staying resilient
  • Canadian energy survey: a new energy world
  • Fueling the next generation
  • Oil and gas cybersecurity: time for a seismic shift?
  • Navigating geopolitics in oil and gas
  • Competing in the global LNG market
  • Authorized access: uncovering insider threats within oil and gas companies
• Navigating M&A and investment decisions

  Players in the capital-intensive oil and gas industry began partnering more vigorously. The past two years have seen a significant ramp-up in oil companies’ planned investments in unconventional oil and gas plays, with a marked increase in joint ventures and acquisitions.

  Need to make better and more informed decisions about how to strategically manage capital and implement transactions in a changing world? Let us help.

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  • Oil & Gas: Global divestment study 2017
  • Private equity investment in oil and gas
  • Are you ready for the futures
  • Energy M&A perspectives Canada's blunt reality
  • Responding to shale’s pressure test in 2015
  • Oil and Gas: Capital Confidence Barometer
  • Global oil and gas transactions review
  • The emergence of Canadian gas divestments
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  • The MLP journey
• New and emerging market growth

  The rise of emerging markets gives the oil and gas industry a new business perspective. Challenges and opportunities exist in a growing economy, evolving government regulations and increasing competition.

  Whether you have a tight focus on the BRIC countries or want to see the full range of emerging market growth, we provide a global industry perspective.

  • Oil and gas in emerging markets: finding a new way forward
  • Creating shared value in Africa
  • African oil and gas: driving sustainable growth
  • EY's Africa: Oil & Gas capabilities
  • Oilfield services in Asia: Emergence of a new business model
  • Mexico: making the most of the energy reform
  • Russia’s downstream sector: sights set on modernisation
• Monitoring regulatory changes

  The top driver of regulatory risks, as reported by oil and gas companies in our global multi-sector survey, is the sector-specific regulatory pressures. In many countries, regulatory and fiscal frameworks are uncertain.

  Our accounting and tax compliance services are focused on helping large, multinational companies meet their financial reporting requirements in the many countries where they do business.

  

  2015 Global oil and gas tax guide

  Keep your global oil and gas businesses compliant with our tax guide covering 84 countries.

  

  Dodd-Frank resources

  Discover publications and webcasts can help you navigate Dodd-Frank.

  

  IFRS oil and gas insights

  See the latest IFRS impacts on oil and gas.

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  • EPA’s Methane Rule for the oil and gas industry
  • Alberta’s oil and gas sector – regulatory paradigm shift: challenges and opportunities