South Africa Gas Markets, 2011

South Africa Gas Markets, 2011

Summary

This profile is the essential source for top-level energy industry data and information. The report provides an overview of each of the key sub-segments of the energy industry in the South Africa. It details the market structure, regulatory environment, infrastructure and provides historical and forecast statistics relating to the supply/demand balance for each of the key sub-segments. It also provides information relating to the natural gas assets (gas fields and pipelines) in South Africa. The report compares the investment environment in South Africa with other countries in the region. The profiles of the major companies operating in the natural gas sector in South Africa together with the latest news and deals are also included in the report.

Scope

• Historic and forecast data relating to production, consumption, imports, exports and reserves are provided for each industry sub-segment for the period 1996-2020.
• Historical and forecast data and information for all the major gas fields and pipelines in South Africa for the period 2000-2015.
• Operator and equity details for major natural gas assets in South Africa.
• Key information relating to market regulations, key energy assets and the key companies operating in the South Africa’s energy industry.
• Information on the top companies in the South Africa including business description, strategic analysis, and financial information.
• Product and brand updates, strategy changes, R&D projects, corporate expansions and contractions and regulatory changes.
• Key mergers and acquisitions, partnerships, private equity and venture capital investments, and IPOs.

Reasons to buy

• Gain a strong understanding of the country’s energy market.
• Facilitate market analysis and forecasting of future industry trends.
• Facilitate decision making on the basis of strong historic and forecast production, reserves and capacity data.
• Assess your competitor’s major natural gas assets and their performance.
• Analyze the latest news and financial deals in the gas sector of each country.
• Develop strategies based on the latest operational, financial, and regulatory events.
• Do deals with an understanding of how competitors are financed, and the mergers and partnerships that have shaped the market.
• Identify and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the leading companies in the country.

Contents

1 TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.1 List of Tables
1.2 List of Figures

2 SOUTH AFRICA ENERGY SECTOR

2.1 South Africa Energy Sector, Market Overview
2.2 South Africa Energy Sector, Natural Gas
  2.2.1 South Africa Natural Gas, Overview
  2.2.2 South Africa Natural Gas, Supply and Demand Balance
  2.2.3 South Africa Natural Gas, Regulatory Structure
  2.2.4 South Africa Natural Gas, Infrastructure

3 SOUTH AFRICA GAS UPSTREAM INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT BENCHMARKING

3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Overall Ranking
3.3 Upstream Fiscal Attractiveness
  3.3.1 Maximum Government Take Index
  3.3.2 Maximum State Participation
3.4 Gas Sector Performance
  3.4.1 Gas Production
  3.4.2 Gas Reserves
  3.4.3 Gas Consumption
3.5 Economic Performance
  3.5.1 GDP Growth Index
  3.5.2 FDI Confidence Index
  3.5.3 Balance of Trade Index
3.6 Socio-Political Performance
  3.6.1 Democracy Index
  3.6.2 Governance Index

4 SOUTH AFRICA EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION SECTOR

4.1 South Africa Exploration and Production Sector, Country Snapshot
  4.1.1 South Africa Exploration and Production Sector, Key Data
  4.1.2 South Africa Exploration and Production Sector, Natural Gas Assets Map
4.2 South Africa Exploration and Production Sector, Marketed Natural Gas Production
  4.2.1 South Africa Exploration and Production Sector, Total Marketed Natural Gas-Historical Production
  4.2.2 South Africa Exploration and Production Sector, Marketed Natural Gas-Historical Production by Type
  4.2.3 South Africa Exploration and Production Sector, Marketed Natural Gas Production by Assets
  4.2.4 South Africa Exploration and Production Sector, Marketed Equity Weighted Natural Gas Production by Company
  4.2.5 South Africa Exploration and Production Sector, Market Share based on Marketed Natural Gas Production
4.3 South Africa Exploration and Production Sector, Marketed Natural Gas Forecasts
  4.3.1 South Africa Exploration and Production Sector, Marketed Natural Gas Forecasted Production
4.4 South Africa Exploration And Production Sector, Natural Gas Asset Details
  4.4.1 South Africa Exploration And Production Sector, Active Natural Gas Asset Details
  4.4.2 South Africa Exploration And Production Sector, Planned Natural Gas Asset Details

5 SOUTH AFRICA PIPELINE SECTOR

5.1 South Africa Pipeline Sector, Key Data
5.2 South Africa Pipeline Sector, An Overview
5.3 South Africa Pipeline Sector, Comparision of Key Natural Gas Pipeline Companies
5.4 South Africa Pipeline Sector, Natural Gas Pipelines

6 PROFILE OF BHP BILLITON GROUP

6.1 BHP Billiton Group, Key Information
6.2 BHP Billiton Group, Company Overview
6.3 BHP Billiton Group, Business Description
  6.3.1 Business Overview
  6.3.2 Aluminium
  6.3.3 Base Metals
  6.3.4 Diamonds and Specialty Products
  6.3.5 Energy Coal
  6.3.6 Iron Ore
  6.3.7 Manganese
  6.3.8 Metallurgical Coal
  6.3.9 Petroleum
  6.3.10 Stainless Steel Materials
6.4 BHP Billiton Group, SWOT Analysis
  6.4.1 Overview
  6.4.2 BHP Billiton Group Strengths
  6.4.3 BHP Billiton Group Weaknesses
  6.4.4 BHP Billiton Group Opportunities
  6.4.5 BHP Billiton Group Threats

7 PROFILE OF FOREST OIL CORPORATION

7.1 Forest Oil Corporation, Key Information
7.2 Forest Oil Corporation, Company Overview
7.3 Business Description
  7.3.1 Business Overview
  7.3.2 Oil and Gas
7.4 Forest Oil Corporation, SWOT Analysis
  7.4.1 Overview
  7.4.2 Forest Oil Corporation Strengths
  7.4.3 Forest Oil Corporation Weaknesses
  7.4.4 Forest Oil Corporation Opportunities
  7.4.5 Forest Oil Corporation Threats

8 PROFILE OF ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC

8.1 Royal Dutch Shell plc, Key Information
8.2 Royal Dutch Shell plc, Company Overview
8.3 Royal Dutch Shell plc, Business Description
  8.3.1 Business Overview
  8.3.2 Corporate
  8.3.3 Downstream
  8.3.4 Upstream
8.4 Royal Dutch Shell plc, SWOT Analysis
  8.4.1 Overview
  8.4.2 Royal Dutch Shell plc Strengths
  8.4.3 Royal Dutch Shell plc Weaknesses
  8.4.4 Royal Dutch Shell plc Opportunities
  8.4.5 Royal Dutch Shell plc Threats

9 FINANCIAL DEALS LANDSCAPE

9.1 Detailed Deal Summary
  9.1.1 Acquisition
  9.1.2 Debt Offerings
  9.1.3 Partnerships

10 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

10.1 License Awards
  10.1.1 Aug 10, 2010: PetroSA Wins Permit To Explore Offshore Gas Block 5/6 In Orange Basin, South Africa
  10.1.2 Jul 19, 2010: Sasol Announce Award Of Joint Application With Statoil And Chesapeake Energy
  10.1.3 Dec 16, 2009: Shell Awarded Permit To Study Natural Gas Potential In Central South Africa
  10.1.4 Nov 25, 2009: Sasol, Statoil And Chesapeake Energy Submit Joint Application For Exploration Right In South Africa
  10.1.5 Nov 05, 2009: Shell Wins Bid For Deep Water Exploration Rights In South Africa
10.2 Strategy and Business Expansion
  10.2.1 Mar 01, 2010: GDF Suez, PetroSA End Discussions On Supply Of LNG For Mossel Bay Refinery
  10.2.2 Mar 27, 2009: Petromoc To Set Up ZAR6 Billion Oil Pipeline Linking Johannesburg With Maputo Port
10.3 Other Significant Developments
  10.3.1 Apr 11, 2011: SacOil Appoints Two Non-Executive Directors
  10.3.2 Apr 01, 2011: Sasol Non-Executive Director Greg Lewin Resigns
  10.3.3 Mar 08, 2011: SacOil Announces Proposed Admission To AIM
  10.3.4 Dec 16, 2010: Molopo Energy Announces South African Reserves Update
  10.3.5 Sep 29, 2010: Sasol Announces Senior Executive Appointments
  10.3.6 Aug 03, 2010: Gigajoule Re-Submits Application To Supply Natural Gas To Cape West Coast
  10.3.7 Jul 19, 2010: South Africa Awards Technical Cooperation Permit To Sasol, Statoil And Chesapeake Energy For Karoo Shale Gas Hunt
  10.3.8 Mar 18, 2010: Sasol Appoints Gregory Arthur Lewin As Non-Executive Director
  10.3.9 Oct 27, 2009: Falcon Oil & Gas Wins Approval To Evaluate Karoo Basin In South Africa
  10.3.10 Oct 14, 2009: Sasol Announces Director Resignation
  10.3.11 Oct 05, 2009: Molopo Provides Operations Update
  10.3.12 Aug 27, 2009: Molopo Provides Operations Update

11 APPENDIX

11.1 Abbreviations
11.2 Methodology
  11.2.1 Coverage
  11.2.2 Secondary Research
  11.2.3 Primary Research
  11.2.4 Expert Panel Validation
11.3 Contact Us
11.4 Disclaimer

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: South Africa, Historical and Forecast Production and Consumption of natural gas, billion cubic feet, 1996-2020
Table 2: South Africa, Natural Gas Imports, Billion Cubic Feet, 2006-2020
Table 3: South Africa, Historical Reserves of Natural Gas(Billion Cubic Feet), 1996-2010
Table 4: Africa, Investment Benchmarking, Overall Country Rankings, April 2011
Table 5: Africa, Investment Benchmarking, Upstream Fiscal Attractiveness, April 2011
Table 6: Africa, Investment Benchmarking, Gas Sector Performance, April 2011
Table 7: Africa, Investment Benchmarking, Economic Performance, April 2011
Table 8: Africa, Country Standings, Economic Performance, April 2011
Table 9: Africa, Investment Benchmarking, Socio-Political Performance, April 2011
Table 10: Africa, Country Standings, Socio-Political Performance, April 2011
Table 11: South Africa, Natural Gas Key Statistics, 2010
Table 12: South Africa, Total Marketed Natural Gas Production (MMcf), 2003-2010
Table 13: South Africa, Marketed Natural Gas Production by Type (MMcf), 2003-2010
Table 14: South Africa, Marketed Natural Gas Production by Assets (MMcf), 2003-2010
Table 15: South Africa, Marketed Equity Weighted Natural Gas Production by Key Companies (MMcf), 2003-2010
Table 16: South Africa, Market Share (%) of Key Companies based on Marketed Natural Gas Production, 2003-2010
Table 17: South Africa, Marketed Natural Gas Production Forecast by Assets (MMcf), 2011-2015
Table 18: South Africa, Active Gas Field Asset Details
Table 19: South Africa, Planned Gas Field Asset Details
Table 20: South Africa, Pipeline Key Statistics, April 2011
Table 21: South Africa, Natural Gas Pipeline Length by Company (Km), April 2011
Table 22: South Africa, Natural Gas Pipelines, April 2011
Table 23: BHP Billiton Group, Key Facts
Table 24: BHP Billiton Group, SWOT Analysis
Table 25: Forest Oil Corporation, Key Facts
Table 26: Forest Oil Corporation, SWOT Analysis
Table 27: Royal Dutch Shell plc, Key Facts
Table 28: Royal Dutch Shell plc, SWOT Analysis
Table 29: Sunset Energy Acquires Bundu Gas And Oil Exploration
Table 30: Pioneer Natural Resources Completes Public Offering Of 7.5% Senior Notes Offering For $450 Million
Table 31: Universal Power Enters Into An Agreement With The National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: South Africa, Energy Sector Consumption Split by Fuel Type, 2010
Figure 2: South Africa, Natural Gas Production and Consumption, Billion Cubic Feet, 1996-2020
Figure 3: South Africa, Natural Gas Imports, Billion Cubic Feet, 1996-2020
Figure 4: South Africa, Natural Gas Reserves, Billion Cubic Feet, 1996-2010
Figure 5: Africa, Country Standings, Upstream Fiscal Attractiveness, April 2011
Figure 6: Africa, Country Standings, Gas Sector Performance, by Reserves-Exploration & Production, April 2011
Figure 7: Africa, Country Standings, Economic Performance, April 2011
Figure 8: Africa, Country Standings, Socio-Political Performance, April 2011
Figure 9: South Africa, Natural Gas Assets Map, April 2011
Figure 10: South Africa, Total Marketed Natural Gas Production (MMcf), 2003-2010
Figure 11: South Africa, Marketed Natural Gas Production by Type (MMcf), 2003-2010
Figure 12: South Africa, Marketed Equity Weighted Natural Gas Production by Key Companies (MMcf), 2003-2010
Figure 13: South Africa, Market Share (%) of Key Companies based on Marketed Natural Gas Production, 2010
Figure 14: South Africa, Natural Gas Pipeline Length by Company (Km), April 2011

COMPANIES MENTIONED

BHP Billiton Group
Forest Oil Corporation
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