Feb 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 3 mos

• Provide Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) due diligence and transactions support, lead development of valuation models, review, negotiations, and drafting support for term-sheets, purchase agreements, operating agreements, and structuring
• Provide advisory on gas/LNG project screening, concept and business case development, cost benchmarking, project economics development, valuation (financial and tax), contract negotiation, and business development.
• Prepare business case analysis / investment reports for project developers
• Conduct technical, quantitative, and analytical training.

Feb 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 3 mos · Houston and Tokyo

• Lead organic and inorganic project portfolio development for JAPEX in mid-downstream energy business.

Jun 2020 – Feb 2021 · 8 mos · Houston, Texas, United States

• Presented supplier portfolio analysis for LNG procurement contracts and investment due diligence for $10 billion+ export terminal to the board and C-suite executives
• Undertook Lender’s technical advisory for a development finance institution (DFI) for a mid-scale LNG liquefaction and distribution (via LNG trucks) terminal in Africa
• Conducted techno-commercial, M&A, strategy, value-chain economics, and project investment advisory for clients including largest LNG sellers and buyers, National Oil Companies, and Private Equities.

Jan 2019 – Feb 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo

• Carried out gas market studies in 20+ countries and developed supply demand models for gas supply opportunity, market entry strategy, energy / gas /LNG trading, and infrastructure investment potential.
• Provided project development advisory for onshore, offshore, and floating infrastructure including concept development, pre-feasibility studies, project structuring, bid-evaluation, term-sheet / contract development.
• Conducted contractual, financial risks, and trading risk management (GSA, SPA, TCP, etc.) assignments, infrastructure use agreements (TSA and TUA), and EPC contracts for 10+ clients.
• Developed financial models for projects incorporating value-chain elements, technical parameters (CAPEX and OPEX), market outlook, regulations, financing, and tax assumptions in 10+ oil and gas projects in 8+ countries.

Jul 2015 – Dec 2018 · 3 yrs 5 mos

• Canadian LNG liquefaction projects: Provided comprehensive due diligence on three Canadian LNG liquefaction plants (Pacific-NorthWest LNG, Kitimat LNG and Prince Rupert LNG) for a client based in Thailand. The due diligence included establishing upstream gas price and delivery feasibility, estimating pipeline and LNG plant tolls and verifying against the project’s estimated values, and explaining the effects of First Nations’ involvement with the projects and new tax regime for LNG plants in Canada.
• Small Scale LNG Transaction: Provided due diligence on a small-scale LNG company buyout, including business potential, expansion viability and enterprise valuation.

Jul 2014 – May 2017 · 2 yrs 10 mos

• Market Analysis focused on SE Asia: Carried out a gas market study to identify a potential market for LNG, with major focus on Bangladesh, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, and Hong-Kong, with assessment of other SE Asian countries. The study focused on gas import possibility through LNG SPAs and infrastructure investments
• FSRU Term-sheet and Charter rate evaluation: For a client based in Singapore, carried out an assessment of FSRU term-sheet for possible loopholes, evaluated FSRU charter rate in the current market, and estimated the acceptable charter rate for a newbuild FSRU, along with the rate for a short-term bridging solution.
• Bangladesh gas market study: Carried out Bangladesh gas market study, with focus on allocation of natural gas resources and variation in the natural gas pricing in different consumer segments in Bangladesh. Also, as a part of the study, estimated the natural gas usage in the power and fertilizers industries, and ran a power dispatch model to simulate the energy mix of the country in the long term.
• Financial and Technical Bid Evaluation: Participated in a bid-evaluation, including technical and financial bid, for a client based in South Asia, which resulted in the approval of an FSRU contract to the winning party.

Jul 2014 – May 2017 · 2 yrs 10 mos

• LNG contract residual risk estimation model to estimate the swing between gains and losses that an aggregator based on various market conditions and scenarios.
• Supply sourcing and global price forecasting: conducted LNG market fundamental analysis for a client based in the Middle-East and developed a global LNG benchmark pricing and future trends.
• Upstream drilling and production decision making: designed a decision model to help upstream field developers on drilling and production decisions, based on constraints like variable costs, acreage, production commitments, market gas price and asset IRR.
• Bid evaluation and contract terms impact for an LNG supply contract in South America and provided contract pricing marker development support.
• Floating regasification market analysis for an International Lender including evaluation of the potential for an FSRU solution and vessel redeployment options.

Jul 2014 – May 2017 · 2 yrs 10 mos

• Galway Global Gas Supply Demand Balance.
• Regasification Cost of Service Model (Middle East) – Monthly regasification tariff estimation
• LNG Value-Chain economics Model – Upstream gas cost at Montney, Horn River and Liard Basin, Pipeline Cost of service, LNG Liquefaction Plant Cost of service, Tax and dividend repatriation estimation. (CANADA)
• Contract Residual Risk Quantification from an aggregator’s perspective (Singapore)
• Upstream gas drilling and production decision model
• LNG through ISO containers economics (USA)
• LNG Price forecast (HH, NBP, JKM, Middle East, China, India and South America)
• Levelized power cost comparison for various fuels (South Africa)

May 2013 – Aug 2013 · 3 mos

• Worked on total deal size of $ 40Mn in US and Canada (one early round and two mergers and acquisitions) involving financial modelling of pro‐forma/ returns, technology/IP due diligence and investor presentations.
• Researched, screened and identified investment opportunities based on market and fund investment criteria.
• Carried out due diligence on Oil and Gas E&P market estimating the earning and profit potential of established Oilfield services as well as leading technology start‐up companies

Oct 2011 – Jun 2012 · 8 mos

• Capacity augmentation of oil products pipeline connecting North India
• Job description:
• Construction supervision and commissioning of one pumping station at Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan.
• Liasoned with local government for permits and coordinated with state offices for right of way

May 2010 – Jun 2010 · 1 mo

• Bina Kota Pipeline is the central node of BPCL's product distribution network. 259KM pipeline connecting Bharat Oman Refineries Limited in Bina and Kota, Rajasthan.
• Planned, prioritized and facilitated the electrical setup of product dispatch terminal
• Achieved long pending power up, along with all redundancy planning and testing.

Sep 2009 – Sep 2011 · 2 yrs

• Part of Major Projects division of Bharat petroleum, responsible for construction of terminals, pumping stations, and cross-country pipelines.
• Managed construction of 1000+ km of crude oil pipeline and commissioned crude oil terminals
• Managed billing and project contract management
• Facilitated and witnessed the major civil and mechanical testing at the site.

Jun 2008 – Aug 2009 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Worked in the Retail management and LPG distribution of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited in Mathura Product Installation and Piyala, Faridabad Liquefied Petroleum Gas Plant.
• Carried out feasibility analysis for potential retail outlets in in Agra under the Sales Division in Agra
• Analyzed and dug for various technical and commercial options for LPG Distributive system