About Us
Ecco Consulting Pty Ltd (Ecco) was established in 2004 to provide specialists services in commercial negotiation, marketing, business strategy, research and operations to the Australian and international oil, gas, petroleum, alternative fuels and resource sectors. Mike Cochran is the founding CEO of Ecco Consulting.
The ability to provide high quality services by Ecco Consulting is backed by over 30 years of commercial and marketing experience with prominent international organisations in the oil, gas, mining (BHP, RioTinto, Santos) and resource sectors in Australia and overseas.
Our journey
With over 30 years of corporate commercial engagement with three international mining and oil and gas organisations, Ecco is in the position of sharing its commercialisation experiences engaged in local and international markets. Followed then by some 20 years as an independent advisory, Ecco has been in the lead of advising clients on the gas, liquid fuels and biofuels sectors in Australia and overseas.
We are now excited to share our hard-earned knowledge and insights with a broader commercial audience.
What Sets Us Apart
From our extensive involvement in local and international commercial dealings, we believe that successful commercial negotiation process is not just about tactics; it’s about understanding and managing the nuances of embedded behaviours, especially in international dealings. Ecco brings a wealth of commercialisation experience to the table, ensuring our clients – ranging from the mega corporations to the entrepreneurial SMEs – are guided to rightful sustainable business outcomes in their high value commercial dealings and process.
About the RONO™ Model
As part of our commitment to excellence, Ecco devised and launched the RONO™ Model for advancing your commercialisation process. The RONO™ Model is a unique resource protected by an international trademark, thus standing out in the crowded global landscape of commercial negotiation training programs. Its structured and innovative framework empowers corporate and SME leaders to unlock the full potential of their high value negotiation and commercialisation process. In addition, RONO™ offers a negotiation intelligence layer within your digital procurement ecosystem
Whether you are brokering procurement deals, forging partnerships or navigating high value complex commercial agreements in your local or international markets, the RONO™ Model with its succinct logical strategies avoiding the sprawling narrative, offers you that strategic edge
Click here for seeking the rightful value from your commercialisation process!
Liquid fuels and biofuels advisory
Since leaving the corporate world in 2004, Ecco embarked on a successful 20 year commercial, logistical, research and marketing advisory to the Australian and international oil, gas liquids, liquid transport and biofuel sectors. In 2006, Ecco Consulting and EnergyQuest Pty Ltd also formed APAC Biofuels Consultants which soon become a leading independent advisory to the Australian and international biofuel industry.
While Ecco’s key focus now is on promoting RONO, we keep a casual interest in liquid fuels developments.
Clients who have benefited from Ecco Consulting’s services
Since its establishment in 2004, ECCO Consulting has been engaged by and consulted to a wide range of Australian and international corporations including:
- Governments (Australian Federal, State and Local) and government agencies,
- International refiners, and oil and gas companies (Middle East, Asia),
- Other Australian and international companies engaged in:
- upstream oil and gas exploration and midstream liquids processing,
- Major Japanese refining and trading houses
- petroleum refining, liquid fuels distribution and importation,
- legal expert witnessing, contract auditing,
- biofuels – production, policy, economics (ethanol, biodiesel, renewable diesel, SAF),
- banking and investment for new biofuel projects,
- alternative transport fuel development and economics (LNG, CNG and LPG),
- international infrastructure and fuel storage development,
- government policy research and policy development,
- project development, and
- international commodity trading.
- As Ecco Consulting,clients included:
Idemitsu (Japan)
Mitsui (Japan)
AGL (Australia)
Oil Search
Bahrain National Oil Corp
Queensland Energy resources
EnergyQuest
Licella
Southern Oil Refining
EDL
Horizon Oil
Deloitte
ARENA (Govt)
Department of Energy (Commonwealth)
Alinta
Ashurst
Beach Energy
Buru Energy
Qld Dept. of StateDevelopment
Meat and Livestock Assn.
Aust. Oilseeds Federation
BP
Exxon/Mobil
IPART
ACCC
Graincorp
Caltex
NSW Dept of Trade
Australian Taxation Office
