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OilNational advised a sovereign wealth fund on bidding strategy for a competitive offshore licensing round in Ghana. Our geopolitical risk analysis identified undervalued blocks, enabling the client to secure two major deepwater assets at 30% below market consensus.

Challenge

The client lacked local intelligence on the true geological potential of the blocks and feared overpaying due to aggressive bidding from major international oil companies. The fiscal terms were incredibly complex, containing hidden tax liabilities and royalty escalators that could silently erode future returns if not modeled correctly.

Solution

Our advisory team conducted independent seismic re-processing to validate reserve estimates and built a granular fiscal model accounting for every hidden tax and obligation. We recommended a targeted bidding strategy focused specifically on blocks with high-grading potential that others had overlooked. This data-driven approach resulted in a successful award of two prime assets and an estimated $2B in net present value savings, proving that superior intelligence beats aggressive capital.

Global energy investment, executed with institutional precision.

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