Oil and Gas Procurement

Feb 7, 2015

Making Sense of the Economic Numbers

There has been a huge amount of economic data pouring out in the last two weeks, all the while in the face of news of increasing violence in the Ukraine,…

Dec 15, 2014

The Politics of Global Oil

Oil prices continued to plummet last week to below $60, and experts predict that it could continue to drop. All of a sudden, what seemed like a boost to the…

Nov 12, 2014

Changing SRM Behaviors in a Period of $70/bbl Oil

I was in Houston yesterday evening, speaking to a large group of procurement executives at a roundtable held by KPMG’s Procurement Advisory Group, at the fabulous Brennan’s restaurant on Smith…

Oct 13, 2014

Collaborative Approaches to Design-Build Contracts in Oil and Gas Construction

Many companies are still proclaiming that they have “collaborative relationships”, but nowhere is this less the case then in the construction industry in oil and gas. In this environment, traditional Design-Build…

Oct 30, 2013

Natural Gas is Cheaper and More Sustainable for Transportation….Just Ask Truckers!

Today’s story in the Wall Street Journal discusses how more operators of the largest truck fleets in the US are in the process of converting their fleets over to natural…

Oct 19, 2013

Emerging Issues for Procurement in Oil and Gas

This past week, I hosted a meeting with a small group of oil and gas procurement executives in Houston to share thoughts on some of the major trends occurring in…