Covid-19
In this period of social and economic confusion, Gas projects seem to benefit from an exceptional stability.
The level of investment for gas projects is equal in 2020 to 2019.
As part of the underlying Oil & Gas and Petrochemical market revolution, the business model for projects is changing.
In fact, the new business model is a return to the basic of ROI (Return on Investment) calculations.
Thus, the new business model aims to shorten project timeline while controlling costs. Delivering “Fast-track” projects in 2-3 years.
Surprisingly, the Oil & Gas and Petrochemical market stands robust on Q3 2020 by reaching 12 months 2019 capital expenditure.
Where do we stand 6 months in 2020?
we decided to investigate the reality of data and crunch our numbers from www.projectsmartexplorer.com to make an inventory halfway through the year.
Today trends on the market give us the forecast Capital Expenditures for 2020 should end-up at the same level or above compared to 2019. Previsions for 2021 are also high, fueled by projects postponed.
Medias have largely covered the last weeks Ups and Downs of the Oil & Gas and Petrochemical industry. Well, mostly the Downs in fact.
To figure out the reality, we crunched the numbers from our database www.projectsmartexplorer.com
In fact, the outlook of the Petroleum industry is rather different than what has been massively reported.
In reaction to the social and economic roller coaster initiated by Covid-19, operators of the Oil & Gas industry have taken actions to adapt their strategies. Some have delayed projects, others have rushed projects to restore their market share and take advantage of lower prices in retendering contracts.
The Covid-19 crisis has been shaking the world and the Oil & Gas indutry for the past few weeks, putting all businesses to an halt.
While some countries are emerging from quarantine situation, companies are having hard time evaluating the impacts to their environement, wondering what should we do next?
Once the context awareness done, the question is no more “if” but “how” should the Oil & Gas industry turn digital.
For this purpose we designed a simple list to breackdown and categorize all the Use Cases from digitalization applicable to Oil and Gas operations.
