Facing headwinds from maturing plays to evolving regulations, exploration and production (E&P) across the upstream oil and gas landscape demands astute navigation and strategic foresight. ADI Analytics empowers operators and the service providers with deep expertise and advanced analytics across the asset and well lifecycles, from prospect generation to asset retirements.
Today’s upstream oil and gas E&P sector navigates a volatile environment shaped by immediate energy needs, persistent geopolitics, and rapid technological advancements. Market dynamics are acutely sensitive: geopolitical instability spikes prices, while economic slowdowns depress demand. Innovation and technology advancements constantly reshape costs and benchmarks but are running the course in several assets such as shale plays in North America. Current policies, like stricter methane rules, demand infrastructure investments, impacting production costs. Debates over leasing highlight the exploration-environment tension.
Corporate strategies balance long-term sustainability with immediate returns. Capital allocation favors lower-risk assets amid price volatility. Commercially, the sector involves massive, long-lead time investments with complex service contracts. Crucially, continuous innovation in technology, cost structures, and business models remain vital for competitive resource development in today’s challenging landscape.
ADI Analytics is the trusted partner for a wide range of upstream E&P clients. Our reputation is built on deep industry expertise, extensive consulting experience, and a comprehensive portfolio of advanced models, analytics, and proprietary databases focused on exploration, drilling, completions, and production.
We serve companies exploring and producing crude oil, natural gas, condensate, and natural gas liquids (NGLs) across diverse resources. ADI’s clients operate across onshore conventional and unconventional plays (shale, CBM, tight sands, oil sands) and offshore operations in both shallow and deep waters globally.
How ADI helps
ADI Analytics provides expert databases, models, analytics, and consulting, leveraging deep upstream oil & gas E&P experience across shale, offshore, conventional, unconventional, heavy oil, and oil sands. We help you navigate and capitalize on opportunities by addressing:
Market analysis and forecasting: In-depth basin-level supply forecasts to well performance; demand for refining, petrochemicals, exports; crude differentials and takeaway; market intelligence for upstream equipment and services across drilling, completions, production, and secondary and tertiary recovery.
Cost and economic analysis: Detailed well economics (CAPEX, OPEX, LOE) at regional, asset, and reservoir lifecycle stages; cost estimates for greenfield/brownfield developments; feasibility studies (IRR, NPV, payout) for upstream projects and initial midstream.
Strategy and planning: Corporate strategy, portfolio rationalization, and business planning at the company, business unit, and asset levels from play identification through asset retirement obligation (ARO) stages; technology assessments; R&D planning; and market entry for upstream-focused providers.
Transaction support: M&A advisory including asset scouting, technical/commercial due diligence (PDP, PUD, PNP reserves, lifting costs), DCF valuations for E&P operators and service companies.
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