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E&P Terms and Above-Ground Risk

Learn more about E&P Terms and Above-Ground Risk
Assess upstream investment opportunities and above-ground risk with one tool

Established in 1993, E&P Terms and Above-Ground Risk (formerly known as PEPS) is a service that allows you to assess country E&P above-ground attractiveness and quickly benchmark countries utilizing our proprietary ratings for 110+ countries, underpinned by the latest legal, contractual, fiscal, and petroleum-sector risk analysis. Subscribe to our E&P Terms and Above-Ground Risk service by module or by geography so you can:

  • Shortlist countries for deeper analysis
  • Enhance returns from exploration investment
  • Understand and manage above-ground risk and emerging threats
  • Reduce research and improve workflows
  • Enhance preparations for negotiations with host governments
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E&P Terms and Above-Ground Risk provides detailed research and analysis, as well as E&P attractiveness ratings based on the following modules:

Legal & Contractual
  • Online laws and contracts library of current and historical upstream-focused legislation and regulations
  • Detailed reports analyzing most impactful and relevant legislation, regulations, and contractual terms for 130+ countries
  • Country E&P legal and contractual risk ratings for 110+ countries
Fiscal
  • Modeling results for 190+ regimes
  • Regime overviews, economic modeling guides, fiscal analysis
  • Country E&P Fiscal attractiveness ratings for 110+ countries
Oil & Gas Risk
  • Political, economic, regulatory, and operational risk analysis
  • Country profiles
  • Country petroleum sector risk ratings for 110+ countries
E&P Activity and Success
  • Historical annual country-level E&P activity and success data for 150+ countries
  • Past awards information for 100+ countries
  • Ratings based on country-level activity and success for 110+ countries


E&P Terms and Above-Ground Risk in Practice

In order to negotiate with a prospective partner, a multinational energy, fuels, and power company needed to understand the level of prior offshore experience being required by host governments. The company used E&P Terms and Above-Ground Risk to compile a report that indicated clearly which countries required prior offshore drilling experience and which ones didn’t—as well as the specific requirements in each case.

The business development manager of a large petroleum company asked to meet with one of our analysts to get further advice on a country in which his company has a particular investment interest. During the meeting the manager noted that the company relies heavily on E&P Terms and Above-Ground Risk to gather all the initial information it needs to make the investment decision, without having to engage third parties for this service.

An E&P company was preparing an investment presentation in which it wanted to show how Brazilian terms compared to those of other countries. The company used E&P Terms and Above-Ground Risk to gather all the necessary information.

A client in a large E&P firm explained that the company uses E&P Terms and Above-Ground Risk during the initial stage (screening/ preparation/ pre-negotiation) of the investment process because its new ventures and legal teams prefer to conduct assessments without alerting the potential investment recipient and any related company

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E&P Terms and Above-Ground Risk rates 110+ countries and monitor activities in 175+ (countries in light grey are not covered).

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