Since commencing operations in April 2005, Merritt Partners has successfully executed and closed several advisory mandates.

Oil and Gas

• Currently engaged by Nido Petroleum Ltd., a publicly listed Australian oil and gas exploration and production company, to identify viable prospects and opportunities in the in the South China Sea
  
• Prepared a study on the upstream oil and gas sector in the South China Sea for a U.S. consulting firm

Downstream Petroleum

• Provide strategic advice to a major Southeast Asian downstream petroleum company to improve market position and explore related opportunities in the Philippines
  
• Provide advice to an emerging new independent oil industry player on expanding its market reach in the Philippines

Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution

• Advised Korea Electric Power Company (KEPCO) in the development of its proposed 200 MW expansion project in Cebu Province, Philippines
  
• Successfully arranged and advised on the sale of a strategic block by Boustead Holdings of Singapore of its holdings in a publicly listed power company
  
• Appointed as Advisor by a UK Independent Power Generation company to identify investment opportunities in the Philippine power generation sector and bid for generation assets being auctioned off
  
• Co-advised on the sale of a strategic block by STEAG AG, a German power generation company, in an IPP project in the Philippines
  
• Engaged by a top-tier Japanese trading company to identify energy investment opportunities, notably in the renewable energy, power, biofuels and upstream oil and gas sectors in the Asia Pacific Region
  
• Appointed by a Top 5 Philippine Conglomerate to advise on business opportunities in the Philippine Power Sector

Renewable Power

• Successfully arranged an equity investment in Northwind Power Development Company, the first wind farm in Southeast Asia
  

Alternative Fuels

• Engaged by the International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and Rusni Distillery of India to promote investments in bioethanol production in Asia using sweet sorghum as feedstock
  
• Engaged by a US-based company to raise capital for its proposed ethanol project in the Philippines

Energy Policy and Research

• Conducted studies for the Asian Development Bank on the Electric Power Industry in the Philippines and Renewable Energy Prospects in the BIMP-EAGA sub-region
  
• Conducted in-depth industry studies for the International Finance Corporation on the Philippine downstream oil sector and the Philippines biofuels market and potential