Suggested Reading & Viewing

HBS Case Studies

YPE suggests the following Harvard Business School case studes on the global oil and gas industry:

• MW Petroleum Corp. (1994):  This case focuses primarily on valuation, involving discounted cash flows, option pricing, and simulation techniques.

• E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.: The Conoco Split-off (2001):  Intendend discussion is to debate the merits of the company's proposed risky strategic shift into a new "hot" industry whose prospects are highly uncertain. 
   
• BP and the Consolidation of the Oil Industry—1998-2002 (2002):  Learning objective is to analyze vertical integration, horizontal integration, economies of scale, potential limits to growth, and competition in a commodity industry.  
   
• Leading Anadarko (2005):  The learning objective is to highlight the multifaceted strategic, organizational, and governance issues facing leaders of large, complex organizations.   
   
• Unocal Corporation: China's Unwelcome Bid (2006):  The learning objective is to explore how scarcity guides the actions of resource firms and the problems that arise when governments are directly involved in commercial activity.
  
  
• Kerr-McGee (2006):  Activist investors Carl Icahn and Barry Rosenstein acquire a stake in Oklahoma-based company Kerr-McGee and propose changes to the company. The case protagonist, Luke Corbett, CEO, opposes their involvement