Oil and Gas

The professionals of Collins Barrow have consistently focused on the financial needs and demands of Canada's Oil and Gas sector. We understand the many challenges and pressures facing the industry and have the expertise to bring financial clarity.

At Collins Barrow, we serve a wide range of oil and gas clients whether they are upstream, E&P or oilfield services. Our professionals are experienced and understand the critical issues impacting the sector. Risk management controls, securing capital, industry consolidation, commodities pricing, and exit strategies are just some of the challenges that constantly test even the most established oil and gas companies. To be successful in this environment, companies must be agile, innovative and focused.

The audit, tax and transaction professionals at Collins Barrow have years of experience serving this industry advising both public and private oil and gas companies. We offer dedicated partners and professional staff who will customize the right solutions for you in an industry that is essential to Canada's continuing prosperity.

Fuel your Success

We offer dedicated partners and professional staff who will customize the right solutions in an industry that is essential to Canada's continuing prosperity.

The Oil and Gas sector professionals at Collins Barrow provide the highest level of specialized service to emerging, junior and established exploration and production companies. Our upstream clients range from start-ups with little to no production to established companies producing 5,000 to 10,000 BOEPD. We apply our talents, experience and in-depth understanding of the industry to help our clients succeed at every stage of their growth.

Getting Started

We begin by helping many clients long before their first barrel is pumped or their first well is spudded. Our early involvement ensures that appropriate accounting systems and controls are established in the beginning and can accommodate future growth. We know that emerging companies often face time, staffing and financial constraints, so we work closely with you to tailor systems that best meet your specific needs.

New players need ownership structures that are tax-effective and support strategic business goals. Our experts can advise on the optimum solutions, including the possible use of multiple share classes, flow-through shares, partnerships, trusts and other scenarios. New public or widely-held private companies need governance structures that will meet increasing levels of scrutiny.

Initial and ongoing financing is very often the key to the success of emerging companies. Our extensive experience with all forms of financing transactions includes prospectuses, private placements, flow-through shares and debt financings. When companies go public, we have the expertise to fulfill the requirements of securities regulators.

Managing Growth

Companies face new challenges as they become larger and more complex. Collins Barrow can assist you with evaluating financial controls and enhancing reporting systems so that managers have the timely and accurate information they need to make good decisions. Further, if you are looking at acquisitions, we can provide corporate due diligence and assist with Take-Over Bids and Information Circulars required in the public arena. Collins Barrow has significant experience with companies in the 5,000 to 10,000 BOEPD range so we are well suited to meet your needs as your company continues to grow.

Harvesting Value

For both private and public companies, a sound exit strategy is essential to maximize returns. In many situations, this strategy is developed before a sale is even being contemplated. Our substantial experience in both corporate and asset sales, including the structuring of transactions, ensures that you make the best use of capital gains exemptions, capital dividends and refundable taxes for private companies. For public or private companies, if your exit strategy is a corporate sale, we have extensive experience in securities legislation and reporting requirements that will help any sale that has public reporting requirements go smoothly.

From a mergers and acquisitions perspective, Collins Barrow assists companies to identify and mitigate corporate, financial and political risks that may be encountered when entering new territories. We draw from our corporate finance and industry professionals and examine critical areas including ownership of underlying assets, the mechanics of production-sharing contracts, geographic - specific risk and concerns which inevitably impact transaction structure and success.

Our Services for the Oil and Gas sector include:

• Audit/ Assurance
• Tax Compliance
• Comprehensive Tax Planning
• Mergers, Acquisitions Planning and Integration
 • Internal Control Assurance
• Shareholder Value Analysis
• Business Process Standardization and Optimization
• Financial Management
• The Talent

Our specialists are located across the country as well as locally in the heart of the upstream sector. Having served oil and gas clients for decades, we have developed specific expertise in assurance, accounting, tax and business consulting. Whether you operate in the private or public domain, we can help your business thrive.