January 22, 2026

PRAGMA × AlixPartners Video Series

Episode 1: Examining the Challenges and Opportunities in the North American Oil & Gas Sector Today
PRAGMA × AlixPartners Video Series
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PRAGMA has partnered with AlixPartners on an exclusive four part video series examining the strategic, operational, and capital dynamics shaping the energy sector. Released monthly, the series brings together senior perspectives from across operators and investors.

Episode 1 focuses on the challenges facing the North American oil and gas sector, as companies navigate maturing shale basins, evolving business models, cost pressures, and shifting capital priorities. The discussion highlights how capital discipline, execution, and adaptability are increasingly central to remaining competitive and investable.

This episode features Vance Scott, Global Co Lead of Energy and Process Industries, and Bill Ebanks, Partner and Managing Director at AlixPartners. Together, they explore how operators are responding to current market pressures and where opportunities are emerging across the value chain.

The series continues with Episode 2, focused on digitalization and technology adoption; Episode 3, examining what investors are looking for as capital allocators reassess the sector; and Episode 4, centered on optimization and value creation across portfolios and assets.

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