Strategic Decision Making in the Oil and Gas Industry

"Using Cross-Sector Capability to Build the Energy Companies of the Future" Background You are the CEO of a small-medium enterprise of your choice within the oil and gas supply chain, based in anywhere in the world. The period 2014-2017 has seen an unprecedented decline in the number of companies operating within the oil and gas sector. 1. Using an applicable framework of your choice, critically evaluate your company’s market-entry opportunities with a clear focus on the current business situation, to use their cross-sector capabilities to enter into the renewables and offshore wind sector, to optimise your company’s profitability in the next five years, to ensure their long-term success. Frameworks you may wish to consider could include: 1. Victor Cheng Business Situation and Profitability Analysis 2. Porter’s Five Forces to evaluate competitiveness