Industries

With the current drop in crude oil prices, major suppliers of crude oil are looking to diversify their oil and gas portfolios to include refinery products and petrochemicals. Some older refineries in Europe have also temporarily become profitable to operate. Further, the success of Shale Gas and Oil has created self-sufficiency in the US and is p...

The Iraqi government has adopted a mix of measures aimed at establishing political stability, national and homeland security, and economic reforms. These are gaining credibility and impact, with support from unilateral and multilateral agencies. The electricity sector, having witnessed a significant decline in terms of investments in the past, is e...

Scope of the report The research report includes the following segments: Product scope: Diesel Generator based Power rentals Geographic scope: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) End-user scope: Utilities (SEC), Oil and Gas, Petrochemicals and Refining, Construction, Industrial, Metals and Mining, Malls and Commercial, Others (including events, labour...

The study highlights the transformation of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) market in the Middle East. As a hub of oil and gas, some Middle Eastern countries are experiencing low production levels of gas. This lack of availability of domestic gas has stimulated LNG imports in some Middle Eastern countries. With new LNG suppliers such as the United S...

India has shown significant promise as one of the worlds rapidly growing economies. While focusing on its strength of resilient economic policy, the Indian Government will need to address important issues pertaining to the capital goods industry: such as, rising prices of raw materials, lack of skilled manpower, and ambiguous environmental policie...

The energy industry in the UAE is highly dependent on the hydrocarbon sector. Most of the electricity is generated using natural gas and the rest through other fossil fuels. The demand for oil and gas is envisaged to rise steadily driven by the increase in the demand for electricity during the forecast period. The government is likely to make inves...

The Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) economies have been heavily dependent on the hydrocarbon sector, which accounts for a large part of their export earnings and government revenue. However, the GCC nations are striving to diversify and reduce the risks that stem from their economic dependence on the oil and gas sectors, which, although lucrative, ...

The expansion of LNG trains in 2011 by the major LNG producers in Qatar (Ras Gas and Qatar gas) has increased the production and export capacity of LNG. Increase in the world's demand for LNG and various long term contracts signed by the country to supply LNG are expected to drive the economic growth of Qatar in 2011 and beyond. Investments have be...

With the Indian economy on the growth mode coupled with the growing need for power, the demand for switchgears is expected to be on the rise. The factors that are expected to propel the growth of the medium and low voltage switchgear markets are power generation capacity addition, power sector reforms and the governments thrust on the development ...