Commercial Operations

OpKnowledge Advisors has deep experience in commercial operations within the capital intensive energy industry. The nature of this business yields large returns on investments in technology, risk controls, and personnel, and OpKnowledge Advisors has repeatedly created large rates-of-return via process improvements.

Samples of high-value process improvements include:

• Pricing (forward, spot, derivative, price capture, illiquidity measurement, etc.)
• Risk Policies and Procedures
• Portfolio Optimization (efficient frontier)
• Investment in Plant (ROI, new product creation, etc.)
• Training & Re-purposing of Personnel
• Physical / Financial Arbitrage
• Contractual Risk Management
• Contractual Structuring
• Product Creation / Targeting
• Risk Adjusted Rate-of-Return Metrics
• Capital Deployment Efficiency
• Due Diligence for M&A, Deal Review
• Technology Investments in Systems
• Advanced Machine Learning (adaptive tuning, neural networks, etc.)
• Advanced Modeling (volatility, production, supply/demand, regime shifting, etc.)
• Financial Reporting
• Compliance with Financial Standards
• Operational Risk Management
• Price / Market Risk Management

Additionally, OpKnowledge Advisors resources in the above areas have been used for benchmarking purposes and/or comparison of appropriate and proper practices in litigation cases.

For more details on OpKnowledge Advisors expertise and how it has added value (or reduced risks) within large organizations, please contact us.