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      Oil & Gas

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      As a leader in the oil and gas industry, you make decisions every day amid deep market uncertainty and relentless pressure to improve performance. Now more than ever you need a trusted advisor to help you chart your path forward. We can help you achieve full potential, build resilience, and reduce risk across the value chain—from exploration and production to retail networks and related services. 

      We combine deep global experience and cutting-edge methods to help you unlock value and achieve your full potential. Across more than 1,400 oil and gas consulting projects, we’ve helped clients transform into leaner, more agile organizations. Our experts apply unparalleled knowledge to a broad range of industry challenges, including price volatility, supply chain disruption, capital projects management, the effective use of AI and digital technologies, and the complex shift toward alternative energy sources.

      We believe in co-creating solutions that are custom-fit for your company. That means we proactively address change management from Day One, working with your teams at every level and helping them build lasting new capabilities so you continue to build on your success long after our work is done.

      Every day our oil and gas experts work alongside leadership teams at companies across the industry. We help exploration and production companies grow through faster, leaner projects across subsectors including onshore, offshore, and unconventionals. We support midstream players in their quest for efficiency and scale. We work with refiners on strategy and operations excellence. We help international and national oil companies, independent producers, and oilfield service companies in their pursuit and deployment of game-changing technologies.

      Our expertise can help you improve on cost and productivity, maximize the value of your portfolio, and deploy new digital and analytics tools to unlock the full value of your assets.  Our clients respond more effectively to market shifts, reshape portfolios more nimbly, transform their operating models to unlock the full potential of their teams, and win the battle to recruit, develop, and empower the world’s best scientists and engineers. We are known across the petroleum industry for the strong results we help our clients achieve.

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      We help oil and gas companies use AI to unlock smarter, faster decisions across the value chain, from exploration to production to trading. We combine deep industry expertise with advanced analytics and digital capabilities to address the sector’s most complex challenges, including:

      • Optimizing field operations and asset performance
      • Improving supply and demand forecasting
      • Enhancing predictive maintenance to reduce downtime
      • Monitoring and reducing emissions

      Real Outcomes

      We helped Italian multi-utility Hera Group accelerate its adoption of AI by developing a flexible platform and roadmap to support more than 150 AI-powered use cases that will roll out in waves.
      Learn more about Hera Group’s approach See how we’re helping global industry leaders win with AI

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      We’ve worked with companies to build generative and agentic AI into every facet of operations, from the factory floor to sales and marketing. We focus on real-world solutions that generate real value and that quickly scale to meet your ROI targets.
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      A redesign’s success depends on true behavior change.

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      The company scaled its unique culture even as it doubled in size.
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      The tools are available, but integration, intelligence, and impact remain elusive.

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      Our latest survey finds executives facing rising costs, surging demand, and a long to-do list.
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      Industrial companies often struggle to make the leap from digital pilots to fully scaled implementations. We offer an integrated approach that prioritizes scale so your digital transformation produces maximum ROI.

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      A winning digital strategy balances today’s needs with tomorrow’s opportunities. We apply our "Today Forward, Future Back" approach to deliver immediate, tangible benefits that propel you into your digital future.

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      Embrace a pragmatic, flexible energy transition approach that generates near-term value and addresses your long-term goals.

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