Moyes & Co. has over twenty five years experience advising on and marketing oil and gas properties and corporations to the international oil industry. With over three hundred transactions completed we have an established international reputation for superior performance in being able to identify the value drivers in projects and to match these to the optimum buyers to obtain the best price in a timely sale for our client. We are particularly strong in working in challenging countries and operating sectors with robust petroleum systems where our comprehensive knowledge of risk management mitigation presents the full potential of the opportunity.
 
Credibility with Buyers
 
Effective marketing requires a strong, long term professional relationship with buyers and sellers and in-depth understanding of corporate investment philosophy, objectives, management, technical capability and shareholders' positions. We have unique access to the industry through our continuous financial and strategic advisory services and the support we are able to provide decision makers through the knowledge of global investment opportunities, transaction activity and the values paid retained at moyesco.com.
 
An efficient sales process demands providing the decision maker with information to make sound decisions, accurate interpretation supported by complete information. Our professional staff have held key senior management positions in the international industry having worked for the major and large independent oil companies and the leading consulting firms. The staff has continuous dialogue with the industry in respect of current investment strategies and methods for realizing objectives. In addition, the moyesco.com database retains a twenty five year history of contacts in companies, information and schedules on all prior transactions and published industry reports relating to asset values. We advise on the fair market values for properties in all regions of the world each year.
 
Technical & Commercial Evaluation
 
The senior staff at Moyes & Co. believe in and are committed to developing a strong and complete understanding of the package being sold and to being directly involved in the evaluation process along with preparing in-house documentation that addresses all technical and commercial issues. The documentation, as appropriate, ranges from a summary presentation that addresses key issues through to a complete Information Memorandum. Moyes & Co. will make available, under license, to buyers and advisors pursuing the opportunity, the commercial models developed to support the understanding of the value in a package.
 
Web Data Access Integrated with Direct Sales
 
The web format addresses preliminary data distribution and updates and the firm has developed a unique and superior proprietary software system to support the acquisition and divestiture process. We nevertheless have found that face to face meetings are valuable to close transactions and the staff are committed to undertake the necessary travel for discussions to facilitate the buyer's complete understanding to support an offer that will close.
 
Targeted Marketing
 
Moyes & Co. commits a year in advance to sponsorship and contracts for space at the premium industry trade shows and conferences. A focused marketing effort is maintained to hundreds of active companies', through email, mail, advertising, phone calls and meetings. We attend over a dozen trade shows each year in every continent. We staff the trade shows with qualified personel, the engineers, geologists and financial professionals that can address the strengths of the sale package. We pre-contact qualified companies and individuals, providing summary advice about the package, and meet with key decision-making staff.
 
Based on twenty-five years of marketing experience, for any trade package we can establish a buying group that typically exceeds 150 companies in fifty countries selected from the moyesco.com database of over 20,000 companies. These are the active buyers at any time in what is a rapidly changing market place. In 2004, the top acquirers have frequently been from outside North America. We are prepared to manage an international road show with professional staff and staffed with with technical and financial presentations to close a transaction. In many transactions there are tight time frames to optimize transactions and we staff data rooms and will travel to meet such deadlines. We optimize the client's time and effort by concentrating on serious buyers where there is a demonstrable expectation of being able to negotiate a successful completion at a satisfactory price.
 
Senior staff that develop and understand the package directly manage the marketing effort through personal buyer contact. We make every effort to follow up with all contacted companies, whatever their time zone, and provide a custom comprehensive report of contacts, their status, questions and comments, on a weekly basis to our clients.