Examples of our work
We serve top oil and gas companies, power generators, pipeline operators, wholesale and distribution utilities, traders, and industrial buyers. We help clients develop insights into opportunities and risks, tailor their strategy to market outlook, evaluate asset and contract portfolios, define their regulatory stance, adopt powerful digital and analytic technologies, build capabilities, manage talent, and achieve operational excellence.
Energy Company Seeking International Gas Opportunities
Working with an energy company seeking international natural gas opportunities to analyze markets, model scenarios, create an integrated business plan, and develop a strategy to enter markets and capture €300 million in value creation
Taking Positions in LNG Marketing and Terminal Ownership
Helping a gas utility to take positions in LNG marketing and terminal ownership to diversify its gas sourcing by 20 percent and improve its negotiating position with suppliers
Developing a Risk-Scoring Method
Supporting a gas distribution utility in developing a risk-scoring method for allocating capital across a portfolio of more than 500 projects, 15 to 20 percent of which were reprioritized in line with their safety risk probability
Featured experts
Alessandro Agosta
Senior PartnerMilan
Advises and develops natural-gas and liquefied-natural-gas (LNG) companies across Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America.
Giorgio Bresciani
Senior PartnerLondon
Leads McKinsey’s Oil & Gas Practice globally, serving clients to improve their performance.
Fransje van der Marel
Senior PartnerAmsterdam
Drives sustainable resilient growth at energy, chemicals and industrial companies
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