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Alboran provides independent strategy analysis and executive development to support energy companies. Enhancing your company’s competitiveness is our goal. Alboran translates in-depth insight of market drivers and change dynamics for practical use in your organization. We work with the world’s leading organizations, providing strategy reports, consultancy and executive training. Our consultants are seasoned professionals. Alboran also performs client studies upon request (multiclient or confidential). ‘Let our value grow your results’
Services
Consultancy
Alboran provides independent strategy analysis to support energy executives and professionals. Alboran translates in-depth insight of market drivers and change dynamics for practical use in your organization. We specialize in: Energy Strategy Studies Peer Group Analysis using Clockspeed Benchmarking Expert Witness Advice on Rate Cases Corporate IQ Assessments Transition to Privatization Organizational Change Processes Clockspeed Optimization Please contact us for further queries.
Corporate Strategy Development
Natural Gas Business Optimization
Shale Asset Evaluation and Development
Training
Alboran provides executive development programs and coaching to support energy professionals. Executive development consists of task skills (like finance), behavioral skills, and strategic skills. These are learned through experience (70%), coaching/mentoring (20%), and formal learning (10%). All our executive programs are based on a solid philosophy that integrates theoretical knowledge with practical applications. We specialize in: Strategy Analysis Change Management Corporate Intelligence Leadership Readiness Please contact us for further queries.
Executive Development Courses
Oil & Gas Economics Courses
Shale Resource Appraisal & Development Courses
Research
Alboran performs client studies upon request (multiclient or confidential). Our research is best in class and provides in-depth analysis that distinguishes Alboran as your partner of choice. Our cutting edge analysis provides a sound basis for competitive action. The following studies are freely available for your orientation: US Natural Gas Transmission Business: Guidelines for Clockspeed Acceleration Price-making in Natural Gas Value Chain ROCE cycles in Eu0026amp;P Business Managing Cultural Differences between NOCs and IOCs Building Corporate IQ (Abstract) Please contact us for further queries.
Corporate Strategy Analyses & Benchmarks
Geomechanical Studies
Enhanced Oil Recovery
Board Members
Professionals
Alboran works with seasoned professionals and awarded leaders in their field. Our principal consultants are: Strategy Analysis Dr. Ruud Weijermars Ruud Weijermars specializes in independent strategy analysis and training to support energy executives and professionals in strategy, leadership and change management. Read biosketch » Strategy and Leadership Development Dr. Ken Graham Ken Graham serves enterprises in the areas of strategy and leadership development. Strategy formulation and strategy implementation are important parts of this work, with implementation often being 90% of the opportunity for things to go astray. Read biosketch » Planning and Asset Management Crispian McCredie Crispian McCredie is a planning and strategy consultant for energy related projects. His interests include the efficient use of energy from both hydrocarbon and renewable sources. As a skillful moderator and speaker at energy conferences, Crispian has spoken on topics that include the use of bio-fuels, electric vehicles and the need for coal. Read biosketch »
Ruud Weijermars
— Strategy Analysis Dr. Ruud Weijermars specializes in independent strategy analysis and training to support energy executives and professionals in strategy, leadership and change management. Ruud is also affiliated to the Department of Geotechnology, Delft University of Technology. His research focus is on the integration of technology, people and processes in the energy value chain in order to optimize the business performance. Ruud is a key lecturer in the Master of Petroleum Business Engineering, which he helped develop at Delft University of Technology in close cooperation with industry partners (Shell, BP, Aramco, Baker Hughes, Petronas, Statoil) and energy knowledge partners (TNO, IFP and EDI). Ruud blends energy business optimization, cognitive principles and learning games, with his knowledge of the geosciences and geo-engineering. Ruud holds a BS (1977) and MS (1981) in Geoscience from the University of Amsterdam, and a PhD from the University of Uppsala (1987), which he then joined as an Associate Professor and remained affiliated for many years. He moved on to hold professional positions in Switzerland (ETH Zurich – postdoc 2 yrs), the United States (Bureau of Economic Geology, UT Texas at Austin – visiting research fellow – 1 yr), Saudi Arabia (King Fahd University of Petroleum…
Crispian McCredie
– Strategy and Asset Management Crispian McCredie is a planning and strategy consultant for energy related projects. He has eleven years experience as Managing Director of the renowned Petroleum Economist Magazine, during which time he has had extensive world-wide contacts within the finance and energy sectors. Crispian’s background is in consultancy, finance and asset management. He holds a M.Sc. in Economics from the London Business School and a Bachelor’s with Honors in Business. He has worked with the Swiss Bank Corporation, Bank of America, and started out his career as an industrial trainee with Shell-Mex and BP in the UK. Crispian’s interests include the efficient use of energy from both hydrocarbon and renewable sources. He has managed joint programs with supra nationals such as the World Petroleum Council and the World Energy Council. He is a skillful moderator and speaker at energy conferences. He has spoken on topics that include the use of bio-fuels, electric vehicles and the need for coal.
Arthur Berman
– Geological Consultant Arthur Berman is a geological consultant with thirty-two years of experience in petroleum exploration and production. He is specialist in prospect and play evaluation, reserve assessment, risk evaluation, subsurface geological and geophysical interpretation, and database management. Art has an M.S. (Geology) from the Colorado School of Mines and a B.A. (History) from Amherst College. Art’s clients include Eu0026amp;P companies and capital groups in the energy sector. Art has made over 30 presentations to Financial Analyst Conferences, Oil u0026amp; Gas Association Meetings, Engineering and Geological Society Meetings and Eu0026amp;P Company Executive Committees over the past year. He is a guest lecturer at the Rice University Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management. Art also published over 50 articles on geology, technology, and the petroleum industry. Publication topics include petroleum exploration, oil and gas price trends and cycles, petroleum play evaluation, sequence stratigraphy, coastal subsidence, earthquakes, tsunamis, and petroleum geopolitics. He has published 10 articles on shale gas plays including the Barnett, Haynesville and Fayetteville shales. He is a member of the National Petroleum Council and on the Board of Directors of ASPO USA. He is a on the editorial board of The Oil Drum, and…
Allen Brooks
— Financial and Market Analysis Allen Brooks has spent more than 40 years in the energy and investment industries as an energy securities analyst, an oilfield service company manager, a consultant to energy company managements and as a member of the board of directors of several oilfield service companies. He most recently advised a private equity firm about the business strategy of their oilfield service company. Since early 2005, Allen has been an advisor to PPHB, a boutique oilfield service investment banking firm. There he publishes his highly regarded energy newsletter, Musings From the Oil Patch and provides proprietary research for the firm’s partners. During his career, Allen was recognized as a Wall Street Journal All-Star analyst. He headed the oilfield service equity research team at CIBC World Markets for eight years and prior to that was with New Orleans-based energy research firm, Howard Weil for four years. In the early 1990s, Allen was a member of the senior management team of ENSCO International, the offshore contract drilling company. He also served as the court appointed expert in the bankruptcy of Global Marine Drilling Company in the mid 1980s, and assisted the Federal Maritime Administration in numerous bankruptcy cases that…
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We are delighted to provide additional information on our services. Please contact us via the form below or any of the following media: Phone: +31 655 873136 Email: info@alboran.com Surface mail: Alboran Energy Consultants Molslaan 220 2611CZ Delft The Netherlands Online contact form: [contact-form 1] Alboran is registered at the Chamber of Trade and Commerce in Amsterdam Reg. No. 33287792. VAT no. NL8055.81.984 B01
Musings From The Oil Patch, April 6, 2021
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