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Global Oilfield Services Supplier
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For corporate, financial and government clients alike, we support decision-making processes from a commercial and market perspective. Our wide-ranging work includes from commercial due-diligence on mergers & acquisitions, helping oil majors understand the supply chain in a new geographic market, valuing the market for a new technology, and assisting government agencies in developing export business for their energy sectors.
We work extensively with clients throughout the energy supply chain, from multinational conglomerates to regional SMEs. Much of our work involves assisting our clients in developing an in-depth understanding of new markets.
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Major Manufacturing Group (USA)
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We provide strategic energy sector insight to IOCs, NOCs and Independent E&P companies and specialise in supply chain analysis.
The energy businesses are typically cyclical, and E&P companies face different supply chain concerns at each stage of the cycle.
Being able to anticipate supply chain disruption through a combination of supply-side and demand driven analysis allows operators to plan accordingly and avoid unexpected problems in project execution.
We provide efficient, detailed industry insight through both primary and secondary research by making use of our extensive in-house knowledge, data and professional networks.
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Douglas-Westwood works extensively with energy sector services companies and our clients include all of the ‘top-10’ OFS providers.
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Since 2000 we’ve also been engaged in every grid-connected renewable energy sector and have produced independent market forecasts on each. Our coverage of the global nuclear powergen business includes reviews and forecasts of future activity (newbuild and O&M) and country specific in-depth studies for specific technology.
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Private Equity Firm USA
We support buy and sell-side processes, including pre-IPO financing and actual IPO processes by providing market and commercial research and assisting with pre-sale due diligence.
We have worked for and supported transactions for all of the top-10 global mid-tier financial advisor firms (by value of deals completed).
We provide CDD on service, oilfield equipment and engineering companies from a sustainability-of-debt perspective, including working capital and Capex requirements.
We have worked with six out of the top-10 global banks ranked by asset size.*
*Bankers almanac
We have strong experience in assisting with buy-side diligence to support energy-related investments for private equity clients.
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Among our projects, we have worked on reviewing a number of public-to-private equity-backed transactions across the US, European and Asian bourses.
Douglas-Westwood has also worked for the largest nine of the top-10 PE firms by funds under management*, in addition to many mid-market and venture funds.
*Private Equity International
We provide advisory services on commercial aspects of the energy sector to presidential offices, national, regional and local governments worldwide.
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UK Minister for Science
Gaining real and enduring benefit from the energy sector, developing local content, job creation and assuring full and fair opportunity for local support and service industries is a challenge for governments worldwide.
We have wide experience of the realities of assisting governments with the development of strategies for gaining maximum national benefit from what might otherwise be a series of large but short-term projects.
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“The Douglas-Westwood report will be essential reading for ways ahead on Australian Industry participation in the oil & gas sector.”
Government of Western Australia
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Our services include assisting in the formation of trade bodies, identification of key products & services and valuing, forecasting and targeting export markets.
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Federal State of Bremen