Risk Assessments

Where will natural gas and oil prices be in 5 to 30 years?   What will the US look like under various climate policies?  At AEC we are here to help manage those uncertainty to help you create a robust plan for the future.  Commodity and policy/regulations risk are intertwined.  AEC breadth experiences in all parts of the energy chain allows us to be optimally position in a world of uncertainty.   You need someone to put the pieces together so it makes sense.  Information without formulation is just data.  We help you convert...

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Competitive Market Assessments

Supply / Demand utlimately dictates markets not market prices resulting from inefficient signals.   At AEC we know your company vision should be predicated on long-term views not near-term market gyrations.  Our focus will always be on the fundamentals.   Evaluating competitive markets is no different.   Competition occurs with price arbritage and ingenuity.   We evaluate technology for economics and engineering feasibility.   We apply that knowledge into market dynamic simulations – balancing the supply and demand...

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Refinery Optimization Studies

Refineries are a complex chain of machinery.  Each piece in the facilitiy does its job for the greater good of the whole.   Within each part of the refinery there are levels of flexibility.   This flexibility opens the door for greater optimization.   Optimization should focus on the changing feedstock market to the changing landscape of product demand.   Over the past few years we have seen shifts to greater distillate yields as the US market pauses on its demand growth.   Many prognosticators should have seen the light many years...

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Merger Acquisition Analysis

Merger & Acquisitions should be based on the long-term vision of the market and your strategy to optimize that vision.  At AEC we can evaluate your merger or acquistion given the changing landscape of the commodity markets to policy/regulations changes.   An M&A deal has its own impact to the vision.   Many pundits lose sight of the potential market response to M&A .   Given our focus on the market fundamentals, we will be able to offer insights on potential market impacts on your deal.  We can help you with due dillegence...

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Due Diligence Analysis

Preparing and evaluating requires an investigative approach.  At AEC we ask the questions.  We try to understanding everthing.  Given our history of understanding the entire energy complex, we focus on putting things together so they make sense.   When you are looking at a potential venture or acquistion we can help you do the due dillegence.   There will be no rock unturned.  Market risk to competitive assesments can and will be done.   Let us help you in your due dilligence analysis.

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