The "midstream" portion of the energy business is the link between the producing well and the ultimate consumer. Midstream companies gather, treat, process, transport, and distribute hydrocarbons. They deliver oil to refineries, gas to local distribution companies, and NGL’s to terminals where they are moved to the end user.

Midstream is also the most complex portion of the value chain. Its profitability and long term value depend on the outlook for both supply and demand, and its opportunities are influenced by the economic drivers for multiple markets – refined products, petrochemical feedstocks, power, and gas liquids.

Midstream businesses face unique challenges. Optimum profitability depends on anticipating future needs to support anticipated growth in both the upstream and downstream sectors that they link, and effective execution of both organic growth projects and targeted acquisitions.

Today’s environment is unprecedented and sometimes contradictory. High prices have encouraged drilling , which in some regions has exceeded the available takeaway capacity to move and process both oil and gas. However, the impact of high prices on energy consumers, new environmental regulations, and the high decline rates seen in shale gas plays have introduced more than the usual levels of uncertainty around forecasting future growth. Toss in the challenges the North American ethylene industry faces in coping with high gas based feedstock prices relative to those on offer for future expansions in other parts of the world. Add an unprecedented increase in construction and materials costs, and the turmoil in the capital markets, and projects that would have automatically been approved get more second looks

Are based on a deep understanding of the midstream business, gained from years of experience in strategic planning, project development, asset management, and commercial negotiations in all types of economic conditions. Along the way, we’ve learned how to better anticipate trends and identify and incorporate uncertainty in a structured way to reduce risk and optimize the use of resources during the business development cycle. We look forward to putting these skills to work for you.