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In our Energy & Resources research area, you will find thought leadership on topics such as energy e-commerce, utility retailing, geo-politics, regulation, technology, globalization and a wealth of other related issues.

The Talent Crisis in Upstream Oil & Gas: Strategies to Attract and Engage Generation Y
In this report, Deloitte Research examines strategies for replenishing the white-collar workforce within the upstream oil and gas sector. Specifically, it looks at the values of Generation Y and suggests corporate tactics to engage and sustain the interests of this young talent. Source: Deloitte Research

Regime Change in the Oil and Gas Industry
Unrelenting high energy prices continue to pressure consumers and businesses that seek new, less expensive energy options. Innovative companies have appeared and are changing the traditional oil and gas market’s competitive landscape. In this study, Deloitte Research looks at how disruption and value migration could undermine the dominance of today’s leading firms. Source: Deloitte Research

Globalization & Energy Supply
Supplying enough energy on a reliable basis at prices that won’t hobble global economic growth is emerging as a challenge with repercussions that are hard to predict. For oil and gas companies, pipelines, generators, utilities and others in the energy business, this means new opportunities — but also serious risks. In this report, Deloitte Research advises companies to leverage uncertainty to their benefit rather than avoiding, ignoring or denying it. Source: Deloitte Research

Asset-to-Cash Optimization: A Stone Left Unturned
Considering the value-creation challenges facing the sector and the considerable experience that companies have gained in executing singular asset improvement efforts, the time is right for energy companies to move to the next level of improving return on assets (ROA). This evolution entails aligning the whole corporate organization (from the boardroom to the field) to maximize the integrated value of the total portfolio of both tangible and intangible assets. In this point of view, the Energy & Resources practice of Deloitte & Touche USA LLP outlines a genuine, enterprise-wide approach to asset management — “Asset-to-Cash” optimization.

2007 Deloitte Energy Conference Summary Report
Speakers at the 2007 Deloitte Energy Conference addressed the theme “The Shifting Dynamics of Energy.” This summary report outlines some of the more prominent dynamics presented. Discussions ranged from global to local, production to markets, policy to politics and more.

2007 Deloitte Survey of Electric Consumer Opinion on Alternative Energy
More than 1,000 respondents contributed to this survey commissioned by the Energy & Resources Industry group of Deloitte & Touche USA. Among other insights, the survey found a growing willingness among electricity consumers to pay higher costs to use fuels that are less damaging to the environment — including coal — if delivered as “clean coal.”

The Risk Intelligent Enterprise: ERM for the Energy Industry
Damage to energy infrastructure from natural disasters, loss of assets from expropriation, failures in corporate governance, losses from derivative trading and downgrades in credit ratings are just a few of the perils faced by energy companies. While some traditional risk management approaches may have served the industry well in the past, the scope, complexity and interdependencies of emerging risks are forcing many energy companies to adopt comprehensive and integrated approaches. This paper outlines an emerging solution, enterprise risk management (ERM). 

Energy in Flux: The 21st Century’s Greatest Challenge
In this paper, Joseph A. Stanislaw, Ph.D., independent senior adviser to the Energy & Resources practice of Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, offers an original and balanced point of view on the future of the energy industry. He analyzes the fundamental forces that will shape the energy industry and economies in the 21st century, including demographic shifts, emerging supply and demand centers, national approaches to greenhouse gas emissions, tensions over globalization, the role of fossil fuels and the potential promises of emerging energy technologies.

Terzic on Strategy
This biweekly New Power Executive column by Branko Terzic, U.S. and Global Regulatory Policy leader, Energy & Resources, Deloitte Services LP, is distributed to nearly 20,000 industry professionals. Prior to his current position, Terzic was commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and state Public Service Commission, and utility chief executive officer.

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