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This book sets out to evaluate companies through upstream, midstream and downstream financial and operational metrics (covered in the first 4 chapters of the book), and to provide an overview of more than 30 companies in different categories, such as National Oil Companies, International Oil Companies, Independent E&P and Pure Play Refining Companies.
Key benefits from reading this book:
- Understand the different sectors in the oil & gas industry, their business cycles, unique opportunities and challenges.
- Understand how financial and operational metrics for companies inside and outside the oil & gas industry are calculated and understand their importance.
- Get to know different oil & gas companies in the industry, from both an international and U.S. perspective.
- Gain awareness of what different businesses oil & gas companies are involved in and where they operate.
The book is organized into 10 chapters:
- Chapter 1 provides an overview of oil & gas as commodities as well as the industry, current supply and demand of energy scenarios and provides a detailed explanation of several financial metrics.
- Chapters 2, 3 & 4 introduce the Upstream, Midstream & Downstream sectors of the industry and explain relevant sector metrics.
- Chapters 5 & 6 discuss 12 National Oil Companies or NOC's, their current operations and applicable metrics.
- Chapter 7 reviews 4 integrated oil & gas companies, their areas of operations and provides an analysis of current financial and operating results using the metrics introduced in this book.
- Chapter 8 reviews 6 independent exploration & production companies, their areas of operations and provides an analysis of current financial and operating results using the metrics introduced in this book.
- Chapter 9 reviews 3 independent downstream companies, their areas of operations and provides an analysis of current financial and operating results using the metrics introduced in this book.
- Chapter 10 reviews 4 midstream companies, their areas of operations and provides an analysis of current financial and operating results using the metrics introduced in this book.
Author: Alfonso Colombano, Paul Crnkovic
ISBN-10: 1505819199
ISBN-13: 9781505819199
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 01/12/2015
Pages: 342
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.76d
Co-Author - Alberto Colombano Alberto Colombano is an Information Technology professional. He has studied the mining and oil industries since 2005 along with economic analysis and worldwide monetary policy. He graduated from University of Houston-Downtown with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems (CIS). He is multilingual (English, Italian, Spanish and German). He and his brother Alfonso read and study companies' financial reports such as 10-K and 20-F forms and other publicly available reports for the investment public. He helped with data processing and conversion by creating some custom applications & utilities.
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