Oil & Gas
For over four decades, our specialists have supported clients across the global Oil & Gas industry.
As liquefied natural gas (LNG) drives a new wave of industry challenges, HKA remains one of the world’s most experienced providers of expert witness, claims resolution, and advisory services to the energy and resources sector.
Navigating complex hydrocarbon market forces
Oil & Gas companies and their partners face a dynamic web of cyclical, regulatory, contractual, and commercial pressures that demand multi-disciplinary expertise.
HKA works with owners, investors, government agencies, contractors, specialist subcontractors, and legal counsel to resolve a wide range of challenges. Whether it’s financial and regulatory insight, environmental risk analysis, or experience delivering billion-dollar capital projects, our teams provide essential analysis and advice – spanning conception, operation, and decommissioning.
Why HKA
HKA’s track record spans oil and gas contracts worldwide, including pioneering LNG developments across both hemispheres. Our experts have been involved in onshore and offshore projects, refineries, terminals, petrochemical facilities, pipelines, and ancillary sectors such as shipbuilding and support vessels. We understand the full LNG value chain – from production and liquefaction to storage, regasification, and distribution.
Whether your challenge is contractual, financial, or technical, HKA provides targeted expertise across a wide range of issues, including:
- Breaches of long-term contracts
- Damages from changing economic conditions
- Royalty and pricing disputes
- Antitrust and post-M&A matters
- Asset and loss-of-profit valuations
- Planning and project management
- Environmental impact assessments
- Permitting and consents
- Risk mitigation and dispute avoidance
- Project delay and disruption
- Design failures and technical defects
How we can help you
HKA’s multi–disciplinary team delivers tailored solutions through three core service streams, providing the expertise you need – when and where you need it.
Our engineering, architecture, and technical specialists bring deep industry knowledge across disciplines – from geology and chemistry to permitting, oil spill remediation, and every branch of engineering. This is complemented by forensic accounting and commercial damages experts who investigate, assess economic loss, and prepare robust insurance claims and valuations.
HKA has been involved in some of the most complex oil and gas cases globally, including megaprojects, and ranked top for energy-related hearings in the GAR 100 2024. Clients rely on our rigorous analysis of delay, disruption, and quantum in engineering and construction disputes. Our highly regarded team draw on data analysis, digital modelling, and compelling visual aids to clearly communicate their investigations, reports and findings to clients and deliver credible, independent testimony to arbitrators and judges.
From project inception to completion, HKA’s advisory services help clients achieve greater certainty and better outcomes. Drawing on insights from our CRUX integrated research programme, we help mitigate risk, avoid claims, and improve project performance through effective project and risk management, alternative contracting models, and proactive planning. Our experts also support clients in strengthening governance, enhancing delivery frameworks, and embedding lessons learned to drive continuous improvement. With a deep understanding of the root causes of project failure, we provide practical, data-driven strategies that enable more resilient and successful project execution.
Our engineering, architecture, and technical specialists bring deep industry knowledge across disciplines – from geology and chemistry to permitting, oil spill remediation, and every branch of engineering. This is complemented by forensic accounting and commercial damages experts who investigate, assess economic loss, and prepare robust insurance claims and valuations.
HKA has been involved in some of the most complex oil and gas cases globally, including megaprojects, and ranked top for energy-related hearings in the GAR 100 2024. Clients rely on our rigorous analysis of delay, disruption, and quantum in engineering and construction disputes. Our highly regarded team draw on data analysis, digital modelling, and compelling visual aids to clearly communicate their investigations, reports and findings to clients and deliver credible, independent testimony to arbitrators and judges.
From project inception to completion, HKA’s advisory services help clients achieve greater certainty and better outcomes. Drawing on insights from our CRUX integrated research programme, we help mitigate risk, avoid claims, and improve project performance through effective project and risk management, alternative contracting models, and proactive planning. Our experts also support clients in strengthening governance, enhancing delivery frameworks, and embedding lessons learned to drive continuous improvement. With a deep understanding of the root causes of project failure, we provide practical, data-driven strategies that enable more resilient and successful project execution.
