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Energy & Natural Resources

BDO Canada Energy & Natural Resources Industry
Our practice serves over 1,400 clients in Canada and many more in over 50 other countries worldwide throughout our global network.​
The energy and natural resource industry understands that fluctuating demands, volatile pricing and economic uncertainty all drive the cost of doing business at higher rates.
 
For years, BDO has worked with thousands of clients in exploration, production and service companies.  We have provided customized solutions to help our clients in the following areas:
  • Globalization and the importance to manage projects in multiple countries with varied regulatory and political risks
  • The need for financing and tax planning
  • The need for infrastructure to support projects in isolated regions and underwater
  • Changing customer requirements, with products tailored to meet specific customer needs 
  • Market price volatility and instability impacting demand in all sectors
  • Evolving and complex regulatory environments, ranging from environmental regulations to changing accounting standards
  • An increasingly complex network of suppliers with new relationships to manage
  • Evolving technology to facilitate communication and lower costs
  • Difficulty finding good talent and experience in management and in
    the field

Energy and natural resources specialties

 
Our energy and natural resources team has the expertise to help you plan and implement business and financial strategies to accomplish your goals. Our international practice has centres in London, Houston, Perth, Johannesburg, Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver and more than 50 other countries. Our strong international BDO network enables us to better serve clients worldwide.
 
We understand the issues affecting your business:
  • Gaining access to capital
  • Responding to the need for heightened risk management
  • Managing elevated investor expectations
  • Reacting to changing market trends
  • Dealing with the pressure to increase profitability
BDO can offer you customized solutions on structuring complex international projects, tax minimization strategies, financing, understanding evolving accounting standards, and more.
 
Our team serves many energy and natural resources clients working in various sectors within the industry, including oil and gas, mining, and alternative energy and power generation and distribution.
 

Services

 
We have developed our services to help clients address the key issues in the industry. These include:
  • Audit and assurance
  • Taxation
  • Risk management
  • Financial advisory
  • Technology solutions
  • Transaction services

Serving the industry

 
We have extensive experience in the energy and natural resources sector, working closely with clients as their auditors, tax and/or corporate finance advisors. Our active participation in a multitude of international organizations enables us to be responsive to emerging industry issues. These include: