Energy & Power
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2/6/12 10:00 am EST
Health, safety, quality and environmental issues will have major impact on current and future use of oil field chemicals
Driven in large part by the rapid expansion of shale oil and gas drilling and production in North America, the world market for oil field specialty chemicals reached nearly $16 billion in 2010, with the U.S. and Canada accounting for more than $8 billion or 52 percent, according to a new IHS Chemical global market study from IHS (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of information and analysis. According to the IHS Chemical 2012 Oil Field Chemicals Report (formerly from SRI Consultingmore...English -
2/2/12 10:03 am EST
Will address the world’s premiere energy conference in Houston March 5-9, 2012
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ExxonMobil Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Rex Tillerson will be a keynote speaker at the 31st annual IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates (IHS CERA) executive conference, CERAWeek 2012, Energy and the Economy: Quest for Growth March 5-9 in Houston. Recognized as the world’s premiere energy conference, CERAWeek 2012 is chaired by IHS CERA Chairman and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Daniel Yergin and will convene an internationalmore...English -
1/24/12 12:25 pm EST
Unique new platform delivers personalized content based on individual workflows through a single interface
IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of information and analysis, announced today the release of IHS Connect™ Oil and Gas, a scalable platform that provides energy upstream decision makers access to IHS integrated energy information and insight through a single user interface. The platform allows customers to optimize the value of their existing IHS subscriptions by providing tools that support their business workflows, making them more effective and efficient. “In the past,more...English -
1/23/12 6:41 pm EST
Download the complete report: www2.cera.com/oilsandsdialogue
The environmental regulatory system for Canadian oil sands is similar in rigor to that of its peers, according to a new case study by IHS CERA. The report assesses the project-level environmental regulatory system for oil sands compared to South Australian Mining and Alaskan mining and oil operations. The Southern Australia and Alaskan operations were determined to be suitable project-level peers to the oil sands because their operations are similar in size and scope, and they havemore...English -
1/18/12 10:58 am ESTIHS CERA special report outlines policies that would help Ukrainian gas sector realize its full potential in partnership with domestic and foreign investorsUkrainian gas production has the potential to more than triple to 70 billion cubic meters per annum (Bcma) by 2035 but would require gas sector investment to increase tenfold to some $10 billion per year, according to a new IHS CERA special report. Improvements to the country's investment climate are essential to achieving these potential increases in production, the report says. The report, Natural Gas and Ukraine's Energy Future is the product of an intensive six-monthmore...English
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12/15/11 9:33 am EST
International group of industry, policy and financial leaders set to convene 31st annual IHS CERA energy conference in Houston March 5-9, 2012
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The energy industry continues to face increasing risk in the wake of the prolonged “great economic contraction,” but it also has a prime opportunity to play a key role in economic growth, jobs and global security as new technologies unlock energy frontiers and new boundaries in business are drawn. The energy industry’s role in the global economy will be a focus of the 31st annual IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates (IHS CERAmore...English -
12/14/11 9:00 am EST
Global benchmark Brent crude oil expected to average the highest in both real and nominal terms since the earliest years of the modern oil industry
The annual average oil price of global benchmark Brent crude for 2011 is poised to be the highest (in both real and nominal terms) since 1860, the year after the birth of the modern oil industry in Titusville, Pennsylvania, according to a new IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates (IHS CERA) analysis. Growing demand amidst supply concerns and rising production costs are sustaining prices at record levels. The annual average price of Brent crude so far this year is well abovemore...English -
12/13/11 3:21 pm EST
High oil prices more than offset impact of sanctions and decreased exports
Iran’s oil revenues have risen sharply in 2011 and will reach an all-time high of more than $100 billion for the year, according to estimates by IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates (IHS CERA). The revenue increase—nearly a third higher than 2010—has been the result of high oil prices driven upward in part by increased tensions related to Iran’s defiant pursuit of nuclear technology. “Relations between Iran and the West have gone from bad to worse this autumn at a time whenmore...English -
12/6/11 9:30 am EST
Increasing demand for smaller, lighter autos, along with growing finished goods production and consumption in Asia, is driving demand for specialty engineering resins
Growing demand for durable goods, and the production of those goods in Asia and China, in particular, means that, through 2016, Northeast Asia will continue to be the largest consumer of nylon engineering resins, a specialty chemicals group of engineering plastics used for production of a broad range of applications including component parts for automobiles, electronics and appliances , according to a new, global market study issued by IHS (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source ofmore...English -
12/6/11 12:01 am EST
"Shale gale" will also blow in lower natural gas, electricity costs, and boost tax revenue
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The natural gas "shale gale" that has dramatically transformed the outlook for U.S. energy supplies is also having profound economic impacts -- creating jobs, reducing consumer costs of natural gas and electricity, stimulating economic growth and bolstering federal, state and local tax revenue, according to a new IHS Global Insight study. The study found that shale gas production supported more than 600,000 jobs in 2010, a number that is projected tomore...English
