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Byrony Coan, Principal in Opportune LLP’s Upstream Transactional Advisory group, discusses why upstream oil and gas M&A deal activity declined in Q1 2022 compared to the previous quarter, why M&A activity is picking up across most major shale regions and not just the Permian Basin, and why communication across departments is key to executing asset transitions between the buyer and seller, and more. For more podcasts from Opportune, visit https://opportune.com/insights/podcast.

Steve Hendrickson, President of Ralph E. Davis Associates, an Opportune LLP company, discusses key findings from Haynes and Boone’s Spring 2022 “Borrowing Base Redeterminations Survey”, including why a large share of respondents believe borrowing bases will increase, why reserve-based lending (RBL) is and has always been a critical source of capital for the oil and gas industry, and why survey respondents reported lower hedging percentages compared to the last several surveys conducted, and more. For more podcasts from Opportune, visit https://opportune.com/insights/podcast.

Patrick Long, Director in Opportune LLP’s Process & Technology practice, and Rick Marriner, President, and Chief Operating Officer at Standard Soil, discuss why regenerative agriculture is a promising solution to addressing environmental challenges, why consumers, investors, and stakeholders are demanding more ESG transparency from businesses throughout the supply chain, and why ESG issues are evolving across many industries and are a critical business imperative, and more. For more podcasts from Opportune, visit https://opportune.com/insights/podcast.

Samuel Stewart, Manager in Opportune LLP’s Process & Technology practice, shares his thoughts on why the pandemic and recent weather events exposed deficiencies in the global supply chain, why digitizing certain aspects of a business can help assess operational processes and grow despite adverse challenges, and why optimizing, forecasting and reporting are key aspects of building an effective digital transformation strategy to gain critical visibility and insight into the overall supply chain, and more. For more podcasts from Opportune, visit https://opportune.com/insights/podcast.

James Hanson, Managing Director with Opportune Partners LLC, an independent investment banking and financial advisory affiliate of Opportune LLP, gives a high-level comparison between IPOs, SPACs, and MLPs, and issues involving the legal protections of each. Hanson also shares insight into the recent Delaware court decision about conflicts in the MultiPlan SPAC and why the ruling has broad implications for how SPAC transactions may be executed going forward. For more podcasts from Opportune, visit https://opportune.com/insights/podcast.

Glenn Hartfiel, Principal, and Geoff Yut, Consultant, at Opportune LLP discuss why recent geopolitical events are heightening the need for the implementation of improved cybersecurity measures in the energy industry, why creating robust cybersecurity plans that feature regular monitoring and updating of malware virus protection and multifactor authentication can help prevent security breaches, and how the 2021 Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack underscores why oil and gas companies need to be vigilant in mitigating cyber risks, and more. For more podcasts from Opportune, visit https://opportune.com/insights/podcast.

Patrick Long, Director in Opportune LLP’s Process & Technology practice, Randy Whitaker, CFO and Co-Founder of Viridis Chemical, and Bhavesh Patel, Senior Manager Strategic Projects at HELM AG – Americas, discuss why ESG strategies benefit chemical manufacturers and suppliers, their employees, and their customers, why putting ESG strategies into practice enables transparency with business partners and builds trust throughout the supply chain, and why consumer awareness and behavior are influencing how companies integrate ESG strategies in their supply chains and more. For more podcasts from Opportune, visit https://opportune.com/insights/podcast.

Ross Benton, Director in Opportune LLP’s Process & Technology practice, and Chris Baker, Production Manager at Ensign Natural Resources, discuss why integrating Salesforce’s CRM and cloud-based solutions can transform business operations quickly and efficiently, why Salesforce integrations allow companies to maximize opportunities through data-centric decision-making, and why Salesforce offers a customizable, out-of-the-box solution for improving business operations, and more. For more podcasts from Opportune, visit https://opportune.com/insights/podcast.

Byrony Coan, Principal, Kyle Luong, Manager, and Kyle Blair, Director at Opportune LLP, discuss why utilizing legacy data warehouse solutions help companies stand out from the competition with digital differentiation, why accessing and storing accurate historical data in one location is key to maximizing efficient operations, and how Opportune developed an innovative tool that helps prioritize and simplify how companies and their stakeholders access and interact with information that spans a variety of systems and/or acquisitions, and more. For more podcasts from Opportune, visit https://opportune.com/insights/podcast.

Byrony Coan, Principal, Katie-Rose Herd, Director, and Maggie Caldwell, Director, at Opportune LLP, discuss why there are unlimited opportunities for women in the energy industry, why careers in energy span nearly every interest or skill, from marketing to operations, and why diversity is a focus for many companies, including energy, and more. For more podcasts from Opportune, visit https://opportune.com/insights/podcast.

Dave Loucks, Principal in the Complex Financial Reporting practice at Opportune LLP based in Denver, discusses what the Standardized Measure of Oil and Gas (SMOG) is and why it’s essential to the oil and gas industry, why public and private energy companies can benefit from outsourcing SMOG reporting, why accounting for inflation needs to be factored in SMOG calculations and reports, and more. For more podcasts from Opportune, visit https://opportune.com/insights/podcast.

Gregg Laswell, Managing Director in Opportune LLP’s Complex Financial Reporting and Restructuring practices, and Allison Firestone, Director in Opportune LLP’s Restructuring practice, discuss why quality of earnings reports constitute a key area of importance in financial due diligence involving M&A transactions, why there are key differences in quality of earnings reports that are different from standard financial disclosures and reports, how key red flags can be uncovered in quality of earnings reports, and more. For more podcasts from Opportune, visit https://opportune.com/insights/podcast.