Services/Technical due diligence and economics
For buyers, lenders and boards. Does the value survive a realistic view of production, cost, water, integrity and execution? We keep the technical case separate from the financing structure and say how good the evidence is behind each assumption.
Asset transfers are where technical optimism meets a term sheet. In Nigeria, indigenous operators now produce more than half of the crude after the 2024 and 2025 divestments, and the 2026 decommissioning regulations tie approved abandonment plans to annual fund contributions. In the UK, decommissioning spend reached GBP 2.6 billion in 2025 and the regulator expects about GBP 3 billion a year to 2032, with sellers keeping part of the well liability (NSTA, 13 August 2026). A buyer who inherits high water cut, ageing flowlines and a decommissioning fund needs the engineering priced, not described.
We keep the distinctions that move value: nameplate capacity against reliable throughput; production against sales against cash collected; resources against reserves; log permeability against well test kh; a history match against a credible forecast; a design basis against the operating envelope; a removed bottleneck against a solved system.
Each finding is written as evidence, consequence, recommended action and owner, with a severity rating. Where a risk can be handled in the contract, we name the mechanism: condition precedent, escrow, retention, earn-out, warranty, price adjustment or staged funding.
Data room review, the gaps that move value, and a test of the production, water, integrity and cost assumptions behind the purchase case.
Cash flow models with volumes, prices, tariffs, capital by class and timing, fixed and variable operating cost by currency, fiscal terms, abandonment and financing. NPV, break-even, unit cost and cover ratios where there is debt.
Scoped opinions on development concepts, performance assumptions, technical risk and project readiness, with the reliance terms stated.
Decision papers, data room question lists, evidence registers, value-of-information ranking and technical input to negotiations.
A data room review for one producing asset takes three to six weeks. Reports carry an Important Notice that states scope, the basis of information, and reliance limited to the named client.
Scope boundary
Reserves certification, competent person reports and formal expert roles need a separate scope and qualified signatories. We do not give legal opinions.
Feed composition, liquids recovery, plant fuel, product specification, capital and offtake brought into one study basis and one financial model, with every input marked measured, vendor-stated or assumed.
Met4 of 4 success criteriaAssos studyRead the caseMiddle East·Concept study reviewAn independent review of a consultant's concept study for free water knockout and produced water treatment at one facility, with a verdict and a numbered list of items to close.
Met4 of 4 success criteriaOperator engagementRead the caseA technical question, a train that will not stabilise, a water balance that will not close, a data room that will not reconcile. Describe it in a paragraph and we will propose the scope.
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