Forensic Accounting

Energy

Making complex energy matters, simple

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Our team of forensic accountants has the expertise, knowledge, and experience required to support a variety of energy matters across the mining, oil and gas, and power generation sectors.  

Mining

Our forensic accountants can help access mining claims by: 

  • Conducting comparisons between forecasted operations and actual operations during and after periods of interruption 
  • Analyzing the company’s reporting records and mining plans 
  • Liaising with management and operations employees 
  • Considering how other events unrelated to loss may have impacted operations 
  • Carrying our market studies 
  • Examining the impacts of environmental, employee, and market influences on expected operating results 
  • Sharing progress and analysis results  
  • Supporting the decision-making process with regards to loss mitigation opportunities 
  • Providing expert witness testimony 

Oil and gas

We can support in quantifying oil and gas losses by: 

  • Evaluating criteria and methodology used for forecasting operations 
  • Conducting comparisons of forecasted operations and actual operations during and after the disruption 
  • Analyzing the impact of factors not related to loss 
  • Sharing progress and analysis results efficiently and effectively 
  • Considering how changes to planned cycles may impact operations and separating other unrelated conditions that could also have had an effect 
  • Providing expert witness testimony  

Power generation

Our experts can support with: 

  • Analyzing criteria and methodology used for predicting measures of capacity and generation 
  • Examining the impact of factors unrelated to loss 
  • Inspecting reporting records  
  • Analyzing the decision-making process for loss mitigation opportunities 
  • Sharing progress and analysis results efficiently and effectively  
  • Interviewing key employees (management, sales and operations) 
  • Investigating forecasted generation level and comparing to actual level before, during, and after loss 
  • Exploring the impact of changes to maintenance cycles and other operating conditions  
  • Carrying out market studies to determine demand, pricing, etc 
  • Providing expert witness testimony

Find out more about our energy practice.  

Brad Ebel

Brad Ebel - Senior Partner, Global Energy Practice Leader