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Thomas Bishop Ginger Edmonds Daniel Carrier Cory Facemire Group 7. Information Systems Security Norway Company Analysis. Criteria for Company Framework. CIA Fact book Research Insight Company 10K for last five years Individual Company Website Yahoo Finance. The Ranking System.
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Thomas Bishop Ginger Edmonds Daniel Carrier Cory Facemire Group 7 Information Systems SecurityNorway Company Analysis
Criteria for Company Framework CIA Fact book Research Insight Company 10K for last five years Individual Company Website Yahoo Finance
The Ranking System • 1). Does the company include an external audit within their 10k Reports? • Scoring: • 0 – was not included in the reports • 5 – included, but showed weak internal controls • 10 – included and showed no internal control weakness • 2). What is the degree that risk, controls and governance are mentioned within the reports? (Norway Government stds) • Scoring: • 0 – if controls are only mentioned briefly • 5 – if internal controls are mentioned in additional sections more than once • 10 – internal controls are mentioned throughout the reports greater than two different occurrences
3.) Does the company disclose improvements about their internal controls? • Scoring: • 0 – no mention of any weakness or strengths • 5 – shows weakness within the system • 10 – show improvements upon prior areas of weakness • 4.) Does the company mention or show that management is ultimately responsible for the company’s internal controls? • Scoring : • 0 – no mention of management responsibility • 5 – show that management is held responsible for internal controls • 10 – based on management’s evaluation of the company’s internal controls are effective
5). How well do the companies disclose their Internal Controls? • Scoring : • 0 – no framework or structure was mentioned for internal controls within the report • 5-mention internal controls and disclosures • 10 – internal controls substantially presented within the reports • 6). How does the company rank according to it’s financial and operational risk? • Scoring : • 0-High risk • 5-Medium risk • 10-Low risk
STATOILHYDRO ASA • Integrated Oil & Gas • World’s largest operator in water > 100 meters • Norwegian State holds 65% • Focus upstream oil & gas operations • Wright Investment Services
Scorecard: STATOILHYDRO ASA Strength Internal Control Weakness Management Responsibility
AKER SOLUTIONS ASA • Oil & Gas Exploration & Prod • Subsidiary to Aker Asa • Ownership • Multiple Industries • Wright Investment Services
Scorecard: AKER SOLUTIONS ASA Strength Management Responsibility Weakness Risk, control & governance
SOLSTAD OFFSHORE ASA • Oil & Gas Drilling • 29 vessels, 3 segments • 1000 personal 73% @ sea • 2216 million NOK • North Sea, Mediterranean, West Africa, Asia, and The Americas
Scorecard: SOLSTAD OFFSHORE ASA Strength Risk, control & governance Weakness Management Responsibility
PGS-PETROLEUM GEO-SERVICES • Oil & Gas Drilling • Multi-client data library • Corporate Governance • Geophysical Services • Investor Relations
Scorecard: PGS-PETROLEUM GEO-SERVICES Strength External Audit Weakness Fin/Oper. Risk
REVUS ENERGY ASA • Oil & Gas Exploration & Prod • Founded in 2002 • Medium Sized company • Explores Norwegian continental shelves
Scorecard: REVUS ENERGY ASA Strength Fin/Oper. Risk Weakness Improvements
SUBSEA 7 INC • Oil & Gas Drilling • Global operations • 5500 personal on & offshore • World leading subsea engineering & construction
Scorecard: SUBSEA 7 INC Strength Internal Controls Weakness Improvements
Conclusions: • Higher income does not equal increased controls • Overall – internal and external controls were increased due to the implementation of IFRS in 2005 • Aker Solutions & Solstad Solutions did not support an external audit in the past 5 years • There was an overall concern to increase governance after the implementation of IFRS in 2005
Recommendations: • Corruption control-government • Institution of Internal Auditors Norway • More External Audits • Put more internal controls in place • Invest in Statoilhydro • Benchmark against Statiolhydro