Latest issues
LNG market outlook post-COVID-19
June 12, 2020
Lower prices may enable new and smaller market players.
Enterprise analytics management
May 22, 2020
Introducing model literacy and discipline to a digital economy
Looking forward from the eye of the storm
April 29, 2020
What companies are doing or can still consider doing as the market impacts of COVID-19 and the collapse in oil prices have reverberated through the value chain.
Tax implications of COVID-19 and low commodity prices
April 28, 2020
Strategies to help manage liquidity and debt concerns
Maintaining cyber security vigilance during business continuity challenges
April 13, 2020
Actions to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 are forcing oil and gas organizations to increase their reliance on remote access and fewer on-site operational staff, raising cybersecurity concerns. We talked to Jason Haward-Grau of KPMG Cyber Services about how the sector is looking to bolster cyber defenses despite the impact of depressed oil prices on capital.
Managing the dual challenges impacting oil and gas
March 23, 2020
The industry confronts dynamic conditions driven by the Coronavirus and the collapse of oil prices
Examining the Section 45Q Tax Credit
March 5, 2020
In this edition of KPMG Global Energy Institute’s Drilling Down, we asked Katherine Breaks, Robert Swiech, and Megan Whitlock about the key provisions of the revised section 45Q tax credit for the oil and gas industry.
Navigating the LIBOR transition (part 2)
October 10, 2019
In the previous issue of Drilling Down, KPMG’s Brian O’Neal and Eamonn Maguire described the challenges oil and gas corporations can expect in the coming transition from LIBOR to alternative reference rates. Here, they discuss how firms can prepare to navigate the process.
Navigating the LIBOR transition
September 10, 2019
The London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) has been a major benchmark interest rate for decades, underpinning hundreds of trillions of notional volume in debt instruments and derivatives. Market reform has been in the works since 2012’s Wheatley Review, 1 and a major transition is expected based on those ongoing efforts.
Enhancing ethics and compliance
August 30, 2019
Ethics and compliance programs in the energy industry are mature in many ways relative to other sectors. And yet, as energy chief ethics and compliance officers identified in the KPMG 2019 CCO Survey, certain areas still need development.
Millennial values: Building passion for an oil and gas career in the next generation
May 28, 2019
In this edition of KPMG Global Energy Institute’s Drilling Down, we asked Matt Campbell and Crystal Thompson from our People & Change Advisory team about how to bridge the disconnect between millennial views on the oil and gas industry and real career opportunity.
Stress Testing: Anticipating extreme events in the oil and gas sector
May 28, 2018
In this edition of KPMG Global Energy Institute’s Drilling Down, we asked Brian O’Neal and Patrick Wagner about establishing a robust stress-testing regime.
Time to invest in the digitization of trading and risk management
December 11, 2017
In this edition of KPMG Global Energy Institute’s Drilling down, we asked Jason Guyre about the digitization of trading and risk management.
Exploration and production transactions aim to improve resiliency
November 2, 2017
In this edition of KPMG Global Energy Institute’s Drilling Down, we asked Andy Steinhubl and Chris Click about recent merger and acquisition transactions in the exploration and production E&P sector.
