Research & Consulting

We strive continuously to increase our knowledge through R&D activities and customer relations. Our services and products are infused with this knowledge, and we apply it in close collaboration with our clients in a way that allows them to better manage the opportunities and challenges they face. Our capabilities include:

  • Legislation and Licensing
  • National Natural Resource Management Institutions
  • National and International Natural Resource Management Companies
  • Economic Diversification
  • Revenue Management
  • The Life Cycle of Natural Resource Fields
  • Local Content Development
  • Management of Heath, Safety and Environment (HSE)
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Resource Management Strategies

In the global natural resource industry we work with governments, institutions, organisations and companies, both locally and internationally. We help international institutions and countries design policies and institutions that will improve the political, economic and regulatory management of their natural resources, and we help companies better understand, and adapt to, the institutional context in which they operate.


Publications

Managing Resource Abundance and Wealth – The Norwegian Experience published at Oxford University Press.


In the Journal of World Energy Law and Business the article Breaking Brent: Norway’s response to the recent oil price shock  outlines how favorable institutional features have helped Norway to recover faster than could be expected.