May 2026
đź“Ł VC round data is live. Check it out!
Largest Energy Services Public Companies in Australia
Benchmark revenue and EBITDA valuation multiples for public comps like
APA Group, Ampol, Worley, Viva Energy Australia and PRL Global.
 | APA Group is Australia's largest gas infrastructure company with an extensive portfolio of transmission pipelines, distribution networks, and storage facilities, and is increasingly investing in renewable energy generation, electricity transmission, and batteries. It is internally managed and has direct operational control over all assets. It owns minority stakes in a few smaller gas infrastructure companies and manages operations for most of these. The stapled securities comprise a unit in Australian Pipeline Trust and in APT Investment Trust. | $7 | +27% | $10B | $19B | 8.4x | 13.8x | ||
| Ampol (nee Caltex) is the largest and only Australian-listed petroleum refiner and distributor, with operations in all states and territories. It was a major international brand of Chevron's until that 50% owner sold out in 2015. Caltex transitioned to Ampol branding due to Chevron terminating its licence to use the Caltex brand in Australia. Ampol has operated for more than 100 years. It owns and operates a refinery at Lytton in Brisbane, but closed Sydney's Kurnell refinery to focus on the more profitable distribution/retail segment. It successfully completed a NZD 2.0 billion bid for New Zealand peer Z Energy in first-half 2022. | $26 | +41% | $6B | $9B | 0.4x | 8.9x | ||
| Worley is a leading global provider of professional services, such as engineering, procurement, and construction management, to the oil, gas, mining, power, and infrastructure sectors. Purchase of Jacobs ECR in April 2019 reduced revenue contribution from hydrocarbons to just over 50%, from a prior 75%-80% position. Metals and mining contributes 23% and infrastructure and chemicals the balance. Worley has a global presence with about 59,000 staff in more than 50 countries. It has a strong presence in many developing economies, including Africa. | $9 | -4% | $5B | $6B | 0.7x | 8.8x | ||
| Viva is Australia's second-largest vertically integrated refined transport fuel supplier. We rate Viva as the second-most-significant pipeline owner, and at approximately 1,155 locations, Viva supplies the third-largest number of retail sites in Australia behind Ampol at approximately 1,985 and BP at 1,400.Vitol bought Shell's Australian downstream operations in 2014, and renamed them Viva Energy. Viva subsequently bought Shell's Australian aviation operations and a 50% investment in Liberty Oil. In 2016, Viva sold (and leased back) a portfolio of its retail sites to Viva Energy REIT and listed Viva Energy REIT on the ASX. It has since sold its entire REIT stake for AUD 734 million. Viva acquired OTR Group in 2014 for AUD 1.2 billion bringing over 200 South Australian stores. | $2 | +26% | $3B | $7B | 0.3x | 13.8x | ||
| PRL Global Ltd is a diversified industrial company. Its core business is providing phosphate rock to mainly Southeast Asian markets. The company's operating segments include Fertilizer and Logistics. The logistics division generates the majority of the group's revenue. The Logistics operating segment mainly involves trading, importing, and exporting commodities. It operates in the following geographic areas: Australia, Malaysia, Switzerland, and Singapore. Geographically, the company receives maximum revenue from Australia. | $1 | +8% | $121M | $160M | 0.2x | 5.9x | ||
| AJ Lucas Group Ltd is a provider of drilling services to the Australian coal industry, and an operator, through its subsidiary Cuadrilla Resources Holdings Limited, of exploration and appraisal of conventional and unconventional oil and gas prospects in the United Kingdom (UK). The Group is structured with two principal operating segments: Drilling (Australian operations) provides drilling services to the energy and resources sectors, but focuses on delivering a suite of degasification and exploration drilling and related services to Australian metallurgical coal mines; Oil & Gas Operations (UK investments operations) include the Exploration of unconventional and conventional hydrocarbons in the UK. It generates the majority of revenue from the Australian Operations segment. | $0 | +30% | $9M | $66M | 0.6x | 6.4x | ||
| Median | $5 | +27% | $4B | $6B | 0.5x | 8.9x |
Financial data powered by FactSet and Morningstar. Valuation multiples as of current fiscal year. For more data, start your free trial here.
Recent Insights
Start Your
Free Trial Today
Try Multiples for free for 3 days. Got questions or need a demo? Schedule a call with us below.