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Project Type: Benchmarking
Company: International Major Oil Company
Region: Africa
 		Ziff Energy benchmarked their operations against peer operations both inside and outside Africa.

Project Type: Benchmarking
Company: Leading US Independent
Region: Asia
 		Ziff Energy Group benchmarked the onshore Asian assets of a PSC against comparable Asian and North American fields. In addition to operating costs, the benchmarking compared G&A costs, drilling support costs, production support costs, then analyzed national staffing and expatriates, a key cost driver for many international operations. A separate study of OpEx and G&A costs was completed for a Super-Major.

Project Type: Benchmarking
Company: International Independent
Region: Asia
 		Ziff Energy Group completed an Operating Costs Benchmarking project for an international independent in Asia, covering all its offshore oil and gas fields. The project includes visiting all the fields to learn first hand about their local operations and resources. The Ziff Energy team presented results of the study to a selected group of company personnel in Asia.

Project Type: Benchmarking
Company: National Oil Company
Region: Caribbean
 		Ziff Energy Group completed benchmarking onshore and offshore operating costs in the Carribean against comparable fields in North America. Additionally, leading North American operating practices were studied to improve field performance.

Project Type: Benchmarking
Company: Major Oil Company, International Independent
Region: Caribbean
 		Ziff Energy Group benchmarked oil and gas fields in the Caribbean against comparable fields inside and outside the country. Best practices for similar operations were also identified. The study included trend analysis based upon data from an earlier study done by Ziff Energy, and best practices for reliability.

Project Type: Benchmarking
Company: Large Independent and Gas Company
Region: Europe
 		Ziff Energy analyzed the operating costs of oil and gas assets in onshore Europe for a large Independent and gas company against similar fields in North and South America. The diagnosis pinpointed cost areas needing improvement and quantified the savings available if these costs are lowered to 'best in class' levels. The Ziff Energy team reviewed the operating practices in use, and provided the details of replacement operating practices that will lead the company toward more efficient and low cost operations. Based upon the specific recommendations around well automation installation, the client contracted Ziff Energy to provide an automation project checklist, as determined by recent experience of leading, low-cost companies. This checklist was used by the client to learn from the experience of other companies and prevent costly errors in equipment design, the bid process, installation, and system usage.

Project Type: Benchmarking
Company: International Major Oil Company
Region: Europe
 		Ziff Energy reviewed their internal benchmarking processes and approach and made recommendations for improvements, including external benchmarking, and benchmarked their operations in one international country against peer operations.

Project Type: Benchmarking
Company: Large European Independent
Region: South America
 		Phase 1 benchmarked operating costs for a large onshore rehabilitation project in South America, including an analysis of future budgeted costs, against comparable North American fields. In Phase 2, operating practices were evaluated against North American practices.

Project Type: Benchmarking
Company: National Oil Company
Region: South America
 		Ziff Energy Group completed benchmarking assignments focusing on operating costs in onshore operations against comparable fields in North America. A Phase 2 Best Practices initiative related to automation and well servicing areas was also completed. The National Oil Company has expanded its pilot project to cover six business units in two countries, for operating costs and field efficiency.

Project Type: Benchmarking
Company: National Oil Company
Region: South America
 		Ziff Energy completed a Cost Benchmarking and Field Operating Efficiency study for the years 2002 and 2003 for three companies including a National Oil Company. Our firm worked with them in implementing leading operating practices in key areas identified in the previous study. Also, Ziff Energy provided in-house training to their benchmarking team on how to utilize benchmarking tools internally. To measure improvement efforts over time, Ziff Energy has installed our Performance Monitoring Tool (PMT) on each company's intranet.

Project Type: Benchmarking
Company: National Oil Company
Region: South America
 		Ziff Energy Group, with partner Accenture, was awarded a large project to examine 30+ oil fields in South America.

Project Type: Benchmarking
Company: Super-Majors, Majors, and International Independents
Region: South America
 		Ziff Energy has completed numerous benchmarking studies comparing onshore operations against comparable North American and International Operations.

Project Type: Benchmarking
Company: Major Multi-national
Region: South America
 		Ziff Energy Group completed an Operating Costs Benchmarking project for a major multinational in South America, covering all its oil and gas fields. The project included visiting all the fields throughout the country to learn first hand about their local operations and resources. At the conclusion of the project, Ziff Energy presented the results of the study to a selected group of company personnel in South America.

Project Type: Consulting
Company: International Service Company
 		For an International Service Company, we gathered corporate information on potential engineering firm acquisitions.

Project Type: Consulting
Company: Offshore Operator
Region: Caribbean
 		For an offshore operator of a 'prolific gas well' in the Caribbean, we assisted them by identifying actions to achieve improved operations and future reliability. With prolific wells, low cost does not necessarily mean 'Best-in-Class', and operators of this type of production need to assess opportunities via benchmarking their performance relative to peers to learn how to improve and maintain the reliability/efficiency of their operations. They also need to do this to stay world class as their prolific field matures, but also to avoid - by spending more now - potential 'train wrecks' that could jeopardize production volumes in the future.

Project Type: Consulting
Company: E&P Company
Region: Europe
 		We first completed a performance review of various equipment and software available for Well Automation. After, Ziff Energy was asked to survey product pricing and service contract negotiations. Focus was placed on the negotiated hardware/software and service agreement prices of operators in the Permian Basin and Western Canada. The information proved valuable to the client in assembling their bid package for well automation and services. The client indicated the cost/performance analysis in Ziff Energy's Field Automation Review exceeded their expectations.

Project Type: Consulting
Company: E&P Company
Region: Middle East
 		For a far Eastern E&P Company, we assisted in planning the future operations for a very large oil field development by providing a comparison against peer operating fields in Ziff Energy's database. The objective was to assist the company with its development plan to position the field to achieve Best-in-Class operations over the field's entire life cycle. We defined the specific metrics and main operating cost drivers to be analyzed and monitored, and identified and defined best practices for Best-in-Class positioning of the field with the development plan.

Project Type: Consulting
Company: Super-Major
Region: North America
 		For a Super-Major, we conducted interviews with leading service providers to assess the feasibility of alternative business models for operations and capital investment in mature North American basins.

Project Type: Consulting
Company: Multi-National E&P Company
Region: North America
 		For a Multi-National E&P company, Ziff Energy assembled a multi-disciplanary team to assess exploration potential and economic attractiveness of entry into deep gas plays in Western Canada.

Project Type: Consulting
Company: Large Independent
Region: North America
 		For a Large Independent with a dominant presence in a specific North American basin, we conducted an internal benchmarking analysis of their fields. As the dominant operator in the basin, the company had a sufficient number of fields to obtain valuable information for field level performance improvement from an internal comparison.

Project Type: Consulting
Company: National Hydrocarbon Agency
Region: South America
 		Ziff Energy was commissioned to design and implement a cost model based on production, finding and development, and transportation costs for each of the basins in the country. Ziff Energy's team of experienced geologists, petroleum engineers, and economists characterized 18 basins taking in consideration the geology of the basin, geography, environmental issues, technical challenges, infrastructure, and transportation networks. By implementing the cost model, the agency was able to visualize not only the differences of costs between basins, but also their cost components. The model was valuable to promote and negotiate new E&P contracts, benchmarking in the process the country's competitiveness.

Project Type: Consulting
Company: International Major
Region: South America
 		A trio of companies in South America engaged Ziff Energy to conduct a cost benchmarking and field efficiency analysis of their fields. Based on the opportunities identified in Phase 1 of the project, Ziff Energy designed a modular approach to assist each company to capture potential savings. Phase 2 of the project included implementing best practices (i.e. well servicing, surface maintenance), optimizing material management, and identifying potential synergies between the three companies. To augment the success of the project, each company established internal benchmarking teams and Ziff Energy provided comprehensive training for their leaders and team members. To measure performance and progress on the improvement initiatives, Ziff Energy is providing its Performance Monitoring Tool (PMT).

Project Type: Consulting
Company: Major International and State Owned Oil & Gas Company
Region: South America
 		The client rated Ziff Energy's performance at the conclusion of two different projects. The client measured and qualified Ziff Energy's Human Resources, Efficiency, and Quality of the work with a near perfect score: 9.9 in both opportunities.