INSIGHTS - APRIL 2024

UK Oil & Gas Industry

UK Oil & Gas Industry Information

The oil and gas industry is focused on the exploration and production of petroleum and natural gas from wells including all activities in the preparation of oil and gas up to the point of shipment.

Active Businesses

1,664

Annual Sales

£108bn +

Employees

96,194

Economic Contribution 

£69bn

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Location of Oil & Gas Companies

Oil & Gas Companies by Size

42% Micro

31% Small

13% Mega

8% Mid

7% Large

Oil & Gas Companies by Age

35% Established

33% Mature

23% Young

9% Startup

Fastest Growing Oil & Gas Companies

34% Declining

31% Rapid

14% Healthy

14% High

6% Low

Oil & Gas Industry Competitive Environment - New Entrants vs Leavers

Oil & Gas Industry Valuation

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Oil & Gas Industry Valuation

Turnover Multiple

Oil & Gas Industry Valuation

Net Asset Multiple

Note - from March 2020 multiples are calculated monthly, prior to this they were calculated on an annual basis.
UK Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas Industry Insights

There are 1,664 active Businesses in the UK with combined annual sales of £108 billion .

The Industry employs around 96,194 people and contributes £69 billion to the economy.

The most popular location for Oil & Gas companies is London with 723 and the fewest are located in Northern Ireland with 9.

The largest Oil & Gas company is Shell Global Lng Limited with a turnover of £22.9bn. 42% of the industry is comprised of Micro companies with only 13% Mega companies.

23% of the Oil & Gas Industry is made up of 23% Young but the majority are Established businesses (35%) the oldest company is One-dyas Eog Limited founded in 1902.

Oil & Gas industry has a number of high growth companies (14%), the fastest growing company is Ithaca Alpha (N.i.) Limited with a 3 year growth rate of 277%. Other fast growing companies include Bp Exploration (Alpha) Limited (230%), Bg International Limited (142%) and Neo Energy Petroleum Limited (124%).

The UK Oil & Gas Industry’s valuation has been improving over the past 3 years with a current EBITDA multiple of 4.62x, Turnover multiple of 2.00x and a Net Asset multiple of 1.43x.