Oil & Gas in Brazil

Agenda for the competitiveness of the fuel chain in Brazil

The stoppage of the truck drivers in Brazil in May of 2018 had repercussions far beyond the transport sector, demanding governmental actions amid the resulting political crisis.

Disruption Coming to Your Home: Decentralized Solar Generation in Brazil

Decentralized Solar Generation is already a reality in Brazil, and should show a high growth in the next years - due to the high solar irradiation economic incentives (explicit or not) for users to adopt this solution. We describe possible scenarios for future adoption, and suggest possible patterns of response by utilities.

Preparing for a Sea Change in Global Refining

The new sulfur regulations for marine fuel will disrupt the refining industry. By taking action now, refiners can limit the downside—or even emerge as winners.

Attack of the Algorithms: Value Chain Disruption in Commodity Trading

Digital forces are deconstructing commodity trading’s value chain—and, in the process, changing what it takes for traders to succeed.

Value Creation

For Utilities Investors, the War in Ukraine Has Disrupted Expectations

Power and utilities sector investors expect higher prices and more volatility. As they invest in an undervalued sector, they want greater transparency on companies’ energy transition plans.

How Energy Companies Can Organize for the Low-Carbon Era

Companies that historically have focused on oil and gas production can evolve their businesses to meet net-zero challenges.

Is Your Refinery Ready for the Low-Carbon Future?

The next ten years will determine the winners and losers in the refining business. Here’s what industry participants can do to prepare—and succeed.

A New Era for Fuel Retailers

Digital, EVs and alternative fuels, new mobility models, changing customer habits: to thrive amid these new challenges, fuel retailers must create new value pools.

How Institutional Investors See the Future of Oil and Gas

Key stakeholders believe that oil prices will remain high in the short term. They also think that companies need to plan for the transition to cleaner energy.

Energy Transition and Climate

Five Ways CEOs Can Take On the Climate Challenge

These strategic steps can help companies in developed and developing countries alike realize their decarbonization commitments.

In Oil and Gas, the Energy Transition Requires a People Transition

To successfully adapt their HR strategies and operating models for a decarbonizing world, companies must ensure that the new approaches make sense for all parts of the organization.

How the US Can Win in Six Key Clean Technologies

By building a durable competitive advantage in emerging climate-friendly tech, US players can unlock a huge global market.

How to Meet the Coming Demand for Hydrogen

Expanded use of low-carbon hydrogen and the fuels derived from it is critical to slowing global warming. Can we develop the renewable energy needed to make them?

How to Ensure a Just Transition

The green revolution is taking off, but the transition must be managed thoughtfully to be as fair and inclusive as possible. We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get it right.

BCG Executive Perspectives: The CEO’s Dilemma

In this series, we examine the disruptive forces that are bearing down on business leaders today, so that they can understand where opportunities exist amid the uncertainty.

Digital and Technology

The AI Angle in Solving the Oil and Gas Emissions Challenge

Digital tools enabled by advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning can help companies uncover the fastest and most effective path to abating the O&G industry’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Reduce Carbon and Costs with the Power of AI

Artificial intelligence has the potential to reduce companies’ greenhouse gas emissions and cut costs by monitoring their carbon footprint and then reducing it through increased efficiency.

Shell's MachineMax Revolutionizes Equipment Management with Telematics

Shell and BCG Digital Ventures have paired numerous times to reimagine the future and, in the process, have incubated and launched several new businesses. MachineMax, which evolved from an initiative whose initial aim was to find new applications for Shell lubricants, provides an answer to a critical challenge facing the mining and construction industries: how to maximize the productivity of their equipment.

Diversity in Energy

Priorities for the C-Suite in 2022: Embed Equity into Strategy and Use Your Voice for Change

The pandemic and a host of social crises over the past 18 months have put a much-needed spotlight on the important role the corporate community can play in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion. CEOs were truly moved to do more.

Untapped Reserves 2.0: Driving Gender Balance in Oil and Gas

Although the oil and gas industry has made significant progress toward greater diversity, much remains to be done to gain the performance and productivity benefits that a diverse workforce provides.

Ensuring Commitment from Senior Leadership to Achieve Gender Balance

BCG's Tina Zuzek demonstrates how companies can retain their best female employees.

A Commitment to Gender Balance

BCG's Alan Thomson speaks to the tangible benefits of gender balance in the workplace.

Strengthening the Future Organization

Pursuing Value Beyond Cost Savings in Oil and Gas Supply Chains

Chasing new ways to manage volatility, advance sustainability, and build resilience can boost individual companies and benefit the broader business ecosystem.

Boosting ESG Performance in Today’s Energy Supply Chains

Data-driven transparency provides the basis for setting performance targets, designing and implementing collaborative vendor development programs, and activating the broader business ecosystem.

What CEOs Can Learn from Energy Traders

As electricity markets become more volatile, the value of using energy flexibly is increasing. Companies can take four practical actions to create advantage.

A New Reality for Oil and Gas Procurement and Supply Chains

Faced with an unprecedented crisis, operators should use a dual approach that supports suppliers and embraces strategic partnerships.

Insights from Energy Day at COP27

A New Era for Energy

BCG’s Patrick Herhold and ACWA Power’s Paddy Padmanathan discuss what increasingly expensive fossil fuels and rapidly accelerating green technologies mean for the public and private sectors.

Ensuring a Just Energy Transition

BCG's Kesh Mudaly and the Environmental Defense Fund's Mandy Rambharos explore what stakeholders across society must do to make sure no one is left behind in the global energy transformation.

Learning by Doing

André de Ruyter, CEO of Eskom, discusses decarbonization and what it will take to enable a just transition at his company and around the globe.

Securing a Secure Energy Future

BCG’s Shelly Trench speaks with 3M’s chief sustainability officer, Gayle Schueller, about the policies and technologies that will be needed to ensure broad access to sustainable energy.

The Power of Collaboration

Sasol executives Sarushen Pillay and Priscillah Mabelane discuss the importance of ecosystems and partnerships in enabling the transition to a low-carbon economy.