Portfolio Management in an Upstream Oil and Gas Organization 21页

Mazen A. Skaf

Navigant Consulting, Inc.
Strategy Consulting Practice (formerly Strategic
Decisions Group)
2440 SandHill Road
Menlo Park, California 94025

Implementing portfolio management in an organization presents
organizational and analytical challenges. A successful implementation
requires an integrated solution for both the people
aspects and the analytical aspects of the problem. Strategic
Decisions Group (now Navigant Consulting, Strategy Consulting
Practice) developed and implemented a portfoliomanagement
process and system for a client organization in
the upstream oiland gas industry. The tailored process provides
a forum for decision-focused dialogue between senior
management and asset teams. The system provides the analyticalsupport
for the process and enables management to compare
decisions and assets across the portfolio and determine
optimal allocation of resources. The system architecture builds
on a rigorous model of the asset life cycle and the key decisions
in the life cycle. To further integrate portfolio management
into its business processes, the organization set up an internalcore
team to facilitate the process and work with the
asset teams on an ongoing basis. This has helped reduce the
time for developing regional and business-unit portfolio strategies.
The value added from strategic alternatives developed
using the method is in the hundreds of millions of dollars.