Solution

Gas Portfolio Optimisation

Gas Portfolio Optimisation

Bringing Clarity to LNG Backfill Decisions
Bringing Clarity to LNG Backfill Decisions
Aerial view of a large liquefied natural gas (LNG) processing and export terminal with storage tanks, pipelines, and multiple jetties extending into the water.
Aerial view of a large liquefied natural gas (LNG) processing and export terminal with storage tanks, pipelines, and multiple jetties extending into the water.

Helping operators balance subsurface, economics, and contracts to secure robust strategies for LNG plant utilisation.

Client(s)

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Sector

Oil & Gas

Challenge

Field Development

Decision lens

Investment Planning

Product

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Geography

Asia-Pacific

The challenge

The challenge

A major oil company in Western Australia asked us to help optimise their upstream gas portfolio. With two LNG plants to keep fully utilised, leadership faced a high-stakes challenge: how to secure reliable backfill strategies in the face of deep uncertainty.


Production volumes were unpredictable. Fields were in decline. Economics were shifting. And exploration and development timelines didn’t always align. The result was a decision landscape full of complexity and risk - where every choice carried billion-dollar implications, and clarity was hard to find.

A major oil company in Western Australia asked us to help optimise their upstream gas portfolio. With two LNG plants to keep fully utilised, leadership faced a high-stakes challenge: how to secure reliable backfill strategies in the face of deep uncertainty.


Production volumes were unpredictable. Fields were in decline. Economics were shifting. And exploration and development timelines didn’t always align. The result was a decision landscape full of complexity and risk - where every choice carried billion-dollar implications, and clarity was hard to find.

Solution

Dashboard interface showing multiple charts and graphs analyzing gas portfolio economics, including cash flow, net present value, CAPEX, and tax projections.
Dashboard interface showing multiple charts and graphs analyzing gas portfolio economics, including cash flow, net present value, CAPEX, and tax projections.
Dashboard interface showing multiple charts and graphs analyzing gas portfolio economics, including cash flow, net present value, CAPEX, and tax projections.

We designed a Gas Portfolio Optimisation tool that approached the challenge from every angle. Instead of focusing only on production volumes, it optimised strategies on full post-tax economics - while also accounting for different LNG contract scenarios.


The result: clear insight into the most resilient backfill sequences, optimal project milestones and investment plans - across a wide range of uncertainties.


Rather than leaving decisions to siloed analysis or subjective debate, the tool brought everything into one transparent framework. Leaders could test scenarios with confidence, see the trade-offs clearly, and move faster on the strategies that mattered most.

Results

Faster cycles

Portfolio decisions that previously took months could now be reached in weeks.

Confidence in investment

Clear visibility on project sequencing, milestones, and economics enabled leadership to commit with certainty.

Alignment secured

Cross-disciplinary teams collaborated on one transparent framework, reducing debate and accelerating agreement.

Results

Faster cycles

Portfolio decisions that previously took months could now be reached in weeks.

Confidence in investment

Clear visibility on project sequencing, milestones, and economics enabled leadership to commit with certainty.

Alignment secured

Cross-disciplinary teams collaborated on one transparent framework, reducing debate and accelerating agreement.

Results

Faster cycles

Portfolio decisions that previously took months could now be reached in weeks.

Confidence in investment

Clear visibility on project sequencing, milestones, and economics enabled leadership to commit with certainty.

Alignment secured

Cross-disciplinary teams collaborated on one transparent framework, reducing debate and accelerating agreement.

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