Pump Fiction

profitability

What this case is about

Your client is an oil and gas company that operates both upstream and downstream businesses. Their downstream retail gas stations are experiencing profitability stagnation. You are asked to analyze the problem and suggest solutions to improve profitability in the retail gas business.

Objective

Diagnose the drivers behind stagnant profitability in the retail gas stations and recommend actionable solutions to improve profitability.

Skills this case tests

Structuring the problem
Working the numbers
Reading the data
Judgement and recommendation
Pump Fiction (profitability case interview) · Northstar