Arnaud Breuillac · AB Energy Consulting

The problem he solves

Most upstream deals are decided long before the cheque is signed.

A reserves estimate is a forecast, not a fact. A partner's track record is a story, told by the partner. A host government's terms hold until they do not. Companies move on oil and gas assets every year with a confident model and an incomplete picture of the geological, operational and political risk they are about to inherit.

Arnaud Breuillac has sat on every side of that table. As an operator in the field, as the buyer in the room, and as the executive who sanctioned more than thirty-six billion dollars of projects across four continents.

He reads the deal the way the seller is hoping you will not.

40yrs

At the front of international Exploration and Production

8yrs

As President of E&P at Total and TotalEnergies

$36bn+

In flagship projects sanctioned under his presidency

6countries

Where he was personally posted across his career

The principal

An operator's read on the energy world.

Arnaud Breuillac joined Total in 1982 and spent four decades in international oil and gas, with operating roles across Abu Dhabi, the North Sea, Indonesia and Angola before leading the group's global upstream business. From 2014 to 2021 he served as President of Exploration and Production at TotalEnergies, running the portfolio through the 2014 price collapse, the rebuild of capital discipline and the LNG build-out.

He remains Senior Advisor to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TotalEnergies, and serves as a Non-Executive Director of Woodside Energy, Trident Energy and Géosel-Manosque. Through AB Energy Consulting, founded in Paris in 2022, he advises in an independent capacity.

The transition will be paid for by the cash flow of the assets we already produce. The industry has to be both pragmatic and accountable. Arnaud Breuillac

Advisory remit

Where independent judgement changes the outcome.

i.
Asset and reserves evaluation
An independent read on what an upstream asset is actually worth, and on the assumptions a valuation quietly depends on, before capital is committed.
ii.
Acquisition and farm-in due diligence
What the data room shows, and what it leaves out. Technical, operational and execution risk assessed by someone who has run these assets in the field.
iii.
Partner and operator assessment
A candid view of who you are about to be in business with, and of their real capacity to deliver the project they are presenting.
iv.
Country entry and fiscal terms
Reading host-government terms, partner selection and joint-venture architecture in markets where the published contract is only the beginning.
v.
Board-level counsel
Portfolio strategy, major-project governance and the energy transition pathway, for boards and senior management who need a frank, experienced voice.

Current standing

Boards and advisory roles.

Since September 2021

Before you commit, talk to him first.

Mandate enquiries are received directly and answered in person. Engagement is normally with the principal.

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