18/08/2021
Looking in to the Australian Oil and Gas Industry Now and in the Future
How do you see Australia’s Oil & Gas industry at the moment? Is it flourishing or facing problems?
If we remove the historic commodity cycles and events, Oil & Gas (O&G) companies have generally been able to achieve profitability, capture investors’ interest and maintain a level of public trust. However, the industry has now been fundamentally disrupted, exacerbated recently by an abundance of supply, the growing decarbonisation momentum, and structural shifts in consumer behaviours. Many companies’ relevance – and even their social license to operate – are therefore being called into question.
Looking ahead, the Australian O&G industry will need to make two fundamental shifts: i) in how they balance capital allocation to deliver against investors’ expectations on returns as well as decarbonisation, and ii) how, in upstream, they are able to shift from a ‘supply mindset’ to a ‘customer mindset’, and grow returns in ‘low carbon’ business through distinctive customer propositions.
Read more at: https://www.oilandgasaustralia.com.au/looking-in-to-the-australian-oil-and-gas-industry-now-and-in-the-future/
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