Accenture Services to the Energy Industry

Upstream energy companies are contending with volatile commodity prices and intense competition for reserves, which often takes them to remote locations where operations can be difficult. Meanwhile, down¬stream energy companies are coping with refining capacity issues, while at the retail level they are seeing greater competition and margin pressures.

Refineries operating in emerging economies also have to deal with margin uncertainty resulting from government-imposed caps on prices. And gas companies are working to balance supply and demand, ensure access to key gas-producing areas, and evaluate if expensive LNG proj¬ects should be postponed based on volatile natural gas prices.

Although each segment of the industry has its unique challenges, all share some common issues: Energy companies are seeing growing skill and talent shortages; they face cost pressures and the need to invest in new technologies—both of which are driven by ever-growing global competition; and they now face a new challenge in deciding what is core to their operations and what is not.

Accenture’s Energy industry group helps companies navigate the latest changing landscape. We collaborate with oil and gas companies to develop innovative, practical approaches for meeting their latest challenges. We work with them to take advantage of new opportunities to help them become high-performance businesses that can achieve sustained results over the long term, across business and economic cycles.

The Accenture Energy industry group provides focused business resources and assets for each segment of the oil and gas industry. These include upstream, downstream, gas and oil field services for companies around the world.

Our upstream consultants work with international oil companies (IOCs) and national oil companies (NOCs) throughout the world on strategy, operations, information technology, geotechnical processing, enterprise solutions and the transformation of IT, human resources and finance.

Our gas group covers the processing and transport of natural gas by super majors, energy merchants, pipeline operators, marketers and distributors, focusing on areas such as business capability development, LNG commercial optimization, gas operations, trading and risk management, and the management of capital projects.
Our downstream energy group helps companies improve and manage refining, wholesale and retail marketing, lubricants operations, plants and assets, and the hydrocarbon supply chain.

Cross-Energy
Accenture Plant and Automation Solutions
Commodity Trading and Risk Management Services
High Performance Business Process Program for Energy

Exploration and Production
Achieving High Performance with Integrated Oilfield Solutions
Cost-Reduction Initiatives for High Performance in Oilfield Services
North Sea Operators: Helping North Sea Operators Achieve High Performance
Services to the Upstream Energy Industry

Midstream/Gas
Services to the Gas Industry

Refining and Marketing
Future Refining: Strategies for Sustained Success
Services to the Downstream Energy Industry

In Focus
Achieving High Performance in the Middle East
Achieving High Performance with Accenture in Alberta
Achieving High Performance with Accenture in Angola

Outsourcing
Outsourcing Services to the Energy Industry

Technology
Enterprise Solutions: Achieving High Performance with the Accenture Advanced Enterprise Solution for Energy
SAP-based Solutions for High Performance