national oil companies (NOCs)
As every quarter, we propose you a review of the energies market. But at that period of the year, our review covers a recapitulation of 2021 and perspectives for 2022. By energies market, we refer to the Oil & Gas, Petrochemical and Energy Transition sectors.
The Oil & Gas and Petrochemical market is surging on Q2 2021.
Along that year, the Covid and the mass communication about energy transition affected heavily projects investment decisions. So, that 2021 started in great uncertainty. But the demand was there. Therefore, we could observe a well loaded funnel of projects for sanction in 2021 and 2022.
Oil & Gas and Petrochemical Resilient in 2020. The Oil & Gas and Petrochemical market has proven to be more resilient in 2020 than feared or expected. The national oil companies and the independents took a leading role turning the market reality far above the market perception left by the international oil companies.
On Friday April 10th, the OPEC members and the non-OPEC oil producing countries, the so-called OPEC+, signed an agreement to cut the crude oil production by 9.7 million barrels per day (b/d).
In 2018, twice more, in volume of capital expenditure, EPC contracts were awarded than in 2017. This step change is not related to some barrel price speculations bu to the new business models developed by the game changers, mostly the Independent companies taking now the lead of the market.
Did you see the Oil & Gas and Petrochemical Market Shift and Upturn?
The volume of Oil & Gas and Petrochemical engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts awarded in 2018 is about to double compared with 2017 as a consequence of the market shift from the international oil companies (IOCs) to the national oil companies (NOCs) and independent companies.
Oil & Gas and Petrochemical market has grown up by 30% in 2017 in respect with the number of projects sanctioned for execution with EPC contracts. This number confirms our last year forecast and gives credit to our estimation of 20% to 35% growth for 2018. This market upturn is driven by a market shift from the IOCs to the NOCs and Independent companies, representing both nearly 80% of the capital expenditure as operator on the next five years. As a results the projects get smaller and run on fast-track requiring more agility from the sales organizations for detection and capture.
