Energy Practice Area

Overview

New trends in economics, geopolitics, industry behavior, and technology are causing tectonic shifts in the energy industry landscape. These shifts pose both a significant threat and an opportunity for the industry. While some players will capitalize on these windows of opportunity, others will destroy value for shareholders and other stakeholders.

Our Practice

BCG’s Energy practice helps companies navigate an increasingly complex business environment. We work with the full range of players in the industry: international energy companies, major integrated oil companies, national oil companies, global power developers, regulated and deregulated utilities, gas companies, government authorities, and regulatory bodies.
Industries within the practice

BCG’s Energy expertise covers several areas including:

Oil
With escalating demand, high oil and gas prices, tight refining capacity, and evolving environmental uncertainty, there is increasing pressure on all facets of the oil industry to reduce costs, improve production, invest in new technology, and increase margins and revenues—all while responsibly addressing environmental issues, security of supply, infrastructure issues, and growth strategies. We offer clear strategic thinking to help oil companies maximize their assets in a climate punctuated by volatility.

Power and Gas
The power and gas landscape continues to change as new policy frameworks develop for carbon dioxide, restructuring accelerates in some markets and re-regulation appears in others, and the trend toward consolidation continues.

We help our clients with some of the key challenges facing the industry such as choosing the right generation mix to maximize portfolios, efficient power generation technologies and assessing the future of gas supply, and the role of liquefied natural gas.

Sustainable Development
We work with clients to develop concrete solutions that achieve a win-win for both the emissions emitters and the world’s energy consumers, who face the challenge of meeting increasing energy needs while reducing greenhouse gases and other emissions.

Recent Projects

• Scenario planning for Indian business landscape for a global oil major
  We helped our client develop and assess various scenarios for gas market evolution in India over the next ten years.
  
  
• Comprehensive country risk review for India for a leading global oil and gas major
  During the course of the project we determined the commercial, political, legal, and regulatory landscape risks and opportunities for entry into India.
  
  
• Business portfolio restructuring and growth strategy for a mid-size lubricant manufacturer
  Examined the client’s portfolio in India and recommended restructuring options. Also, we evaluated business ideas currently in relatively advanced stages of planning and recommended strategic growth options for select businesses post restructuring.
  
  
• Long term energy business strategy for one of the largest private companies in India
  The project encompassed the development of a fact base of the gas business in India and an in-depth analysis of the Indian energy landscape and outlook for the next 15 years.
  
  
• Organization structure for E&P business of a leading energy company
  The project involved developing a business plan and organization structure for launching the client’s gas business.

People

Dr. Harsh Vardhan is the leader for the Energy practice in India.