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Z/Yen's risk/reward methodology has helped clients who have sought to correlate desired returns with project risk, to deal with feedstock costs that are volatile during process plant construction, or to learn lessons from previous project outcomes. Z/Yen’s risk/reward methodology is unique in its ability to combine ‘hard’ (e.g. technical or financial) and ‘soft’ (e.g. human) risk in either a qualitative or quantitative model. Z/Yen people are skilled at applying a wide range of business tools and synthesising the results into a coherent yet detailed whole. In addition, Z/Yen has first hand experience of using the methodology in environmental assignments where objectives can be multifarious. The final reward may not be financial but it can nevertheless be assessed and to some degree, measured. Z/Yen has consistently provided insight for clients in highly uncertain or ‘high-risk’ environments. For a major petrochemical industry group we showed how both required and actual return on capital had been affected by dumping of imported product. For a major trading exchange we revealed a lower than expected counter-party risk enabling them to proceed with certain new products. For a technology development group we showed how hard and soft risk factors could be combined to model the risk profile of their new product portfolio. We revealed major cost-reduction potential at the research facilities of a major company which could be achieved without affecting R&D staff. We carried out feasibility studies for energy co-generation plants for a number of government sites, and were involved in the outsourcing of a major government agency’s energy management, metering and supply. Z/Yen people also have experience that pre-dates our founding and memberships of the Institute of Petroleum and the Royal Society of Chemistry. Achievements include developing MundoCart, the first global mapping tool for the oil exploration industry, various studies for the world’s largest copper mines, post-project reviews of an integrated energy company’s minerals and diversification activities, many project and plant feasibility studies, and major debt/equity finance deals in the petrochemical industries in Russia, Indonesia, Ireland and China. Z/Yen staff have particular expertise was in managing privatisations in the energy sector representing around 20% of the UK’s electricity generation capacity combined with people who have a strong background in the privatised electricity, nuclear and water industries. Z/Yen people have studied, both qualitatively and quantitatively, the technico-economic threats posed by alternative technologies such as wind and solar power. Z/Yen's risk/reward approach helps organisations' executives, staff and even customers understand the issues they face in their proper perspective. We strive to undertake our extraction and energy sector work with zest, humour and creativity in order to provide our clients with solutions that control risk and enhance reward. |
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