The United Kingdom Gas Markets, 2011

GlobalData, May 2011, Pages: 134

The United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom. It details the market structure, regulatory environment, infrastructure and provides historical and forecasted 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, pipelines, LNG terminals and underground gas storage facilities) in The United Kingdom. The report compares the investment environment in The United Kingdom with other countries in the region. The profiles of the major companies operating in the natural gas sector in The United Kingdom 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 2000-2020.
- Historical and forecast data and information for all the major gas fields, (Liquified Natural Gas) LNG Terminals, pipelines and underground gas storage facilities in The United Kingdom for the period 2000-2015.
- Operator and equity details for major natural gas assets in The United Kingdom.
- Key information relating to market regulations, key energy assets and the key companies operating in the The United Kingdom’s energy industry.
- Information on the top companies in the The United Kingdom 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.

1 Table Of Contents
1 Table Of Contents
1.1 List of Tables
1.2 List of Figures
2 United Kingdom Energy Sector
2.1 United Kingdom Energy Sector, Market Overview
2.2 United Kingdom Energy Sector, Natural Gas
2.2.1 United Kingdom Natural Gas, Overview
2.2.2 United Kingdom Natural Gas, Supply and Demand Balance
2.2.3 United Kingdom Natural Gas, Regulatory Structure
2.2.4 United Kingdom Natural Gas, Infrastructure
3 The United Kingdom 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 Exploration Activity
3.4.2 Gas Production
3.4.3 Gas Reserves
3.4.4 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 United Kingdom Exploration and Production Sector
4.1 United Kingdom Exploration and Production Sector, Country Snapshot
4.1.1 United Kingdom Exploration and Production Sector, Key Data
4.1.2 United Kingdom, Exploration And Production Sector, Assets Map
4.2 United Kingdom Exploration and Production Sector, Marketed Natural Gas Production
4.2.1 United Kingdom Exploration and Production Sector, Total Marketed Natural Gas-Historical Production
4.2.2 United Kingdom Exploration and Production Sector, Marketed Natural Gas-Historical Production by Type
4.2.3 United Kingdom Exploration and Production Sector, Marketed Natural Gas Production by Assets
4.2.4 United Kingdom Exploration and Production Sector, Marketed Equity Weighted Natural Gas Production by Company
4.2.5 United Kingdom Exploration and Production Sector, Market Share based on Marketed Natural Gas Production
4.3 United Kingdom Exploration and Production Sector, Marketed Natural Gas Forecasts
4.3.1 United Kingdom Exploration and Production Sector, Marketed Natural Gas Forecasted Production
4.4 United Kingdom Exploration And Production Sector, Natural Gas Asset Details
4.4.1 United Kingdom Exploration And Production Sector, Active Natural Gas Asset Details
4.4.2 United Kingdom Exploration And Production Sector, Planned Natural Gas Asset Details
4.5 United Kingdom Exploration and Production Sector, Major Gas Discoveries
4.5.1 United Kingdom Exploration and Production Sector, Number of Gas Discoveries, 2005-2010
4.5.2 United Kingdom Exploration And Production Sector, Gas Discovery Details
4.6 Italy Exploration and Production Sector, Recent Discoveries
4.6.1 Apr 12, 2011: EnCore Oil Encounters Oil Bearing At 210/30a-4 Well In UK North Sea
4.6.2 Mar 28, 2011: EnCore Oil Encounters Hydrocarbons At Burgman Side-Track Well 28/9-4z In UKCS Central North Sea Block 28/9
4.6.3 Mar 21, 2011: Rockhopper Exploration Encounters Oil At 14/10-4 Appraisal Well In North Falkland Basin
4.6.4 Mar 21, 2011: EnCore Oil Finds Hydrocarbons At Burgman Well 28/9-4 On UKCS Central North Sea Block 28/9
4.6.5 Mar 10, 2011: Maersk Oil Confirms Culzean Gas Discovery In UK
4.7 Italy Exploration and Production Sector, Drilling and Production Updates
4.7.1 Apr 18, 2011: Desire Petroleum To Plug And Abandon 14/15-3 Well In Ninky Prospect, Falkland Islands
4.7.2 Apr 11, 2011: Egdon Resources Commences Keddington-4 Well Drilling Operations
4.7.3 Mar 29, 2011: Ithaca Energy Updates On J03 Well In Jacky Field, UK
4.7.4 Mar 29, 2011: Desire Petroleum Spuds 14/15-3 Exploration Well In Ninky Prospect, Falkland Islands
4.7.5 Mar 11, 2011: Nautical Petroleum Upgrades Estimates For Kraken Oil
5 United Kingdom FPSO Sector
5.1 United Kingdom FPSO Industry, FPSO Capacity Details by Vessel
5.2 United Kingdom FPSO Industry, FPSO Vessel Specifications
6 United Kingdom Pipeline Sector
6.1 United Kingdom Pipeline Sector, Key Data
6.2 United Kingdom Pipeline Sector, An Overview
6.3 United Kingdom Pipeline Sector, Comparision of Key Natural Gas Pipeline Companies
6.4 United Kingdom Pipeline Sector, Natural Gas Pipelines
7 United Kingdom LNG Sector
7.1 United Kingdom LNG Sector, Key Data
7.2 United Kingdom LNG Sector, Regasification
7.2.1 United Kingdom LNG Sector, Regasification, Total Regasification Capacity
7.2.2 United Kingdom LNG Sector, Regasification, Capacity-Wise Market Share By Company
7.2.3 United Kingdom LNG Sector, Regasification, Asset Wise Capacity
8 United Kingdom Undergound Gas Storage Sector
8.1 United Kingdom Underground Gas Storage Sector, Key Data
8.2 United Kingdom Underground Gas Storage Sector, An Overview
8.3 United Kingdom Underground Gas Storage Sector, Market Share By Company
8.4 United Kingdom Underground Gas Storage Industry
8.4.1 Underground Gas Storage Industry in United Kingdom, Storage Capacity by Area, 2010
8.4.2 United Kingdom, Underground Gas Storage Sector, Storage Capacity of Active Terminals
8.4.3 United Kingdom Underground Gas Storage Sector, Storage Capacity of Planned Terminals
9 Profile of BP p.l.c.
9.1 BP p.l.c., Key Information
9.2 BP p.l.c., Company Overview
9.3 BP p.l.c., Business Description
9.3.1 Business Overview
9.3.2 Exploration and Production
9.3.3 Other Businesses and Corporate Segment
9.3.4 Refining and Marketing
9.4 BP p.l.c, SWOT Analysis
9.4.1 Overview
9.5 BP p.l.c. Strengths
9.6 BP p.l.c. Weaknesses
9.7 BP p.l.c. Opportunities
9.8 BP p.l.c. Threats
10 Profile of Royal Dutch Shell plc
10.1 Royal Dutch Shell plc, Key Information
10.2 Royal Dutch Shell plc, Company Overview
10.3 Royal Dutch Shell plc, Business Description
10.3.1 Business Overview
10.3.2 Corporate
10.3.3 Downstream
10.3.4 Upstream
10.4 Royal Dutch Shell plc, SWOT Analysis
10.4.1 Overview
10.4.2 Royal Dutch Shell plc Strengths
10.4.3 Royal Dutch Shell plc Weaknesses
10.4.4 Royal Dutch Shell plc Opportunities
10.4.5 Royal Dutch Shell plc Threats
11 Profile of BG Group plc
11.1 BG Group plc, Key Information
11.2 BG Group plc, Company Overview
11.3 BG Group plc, Business Description
11.3.1 Business Overview
11.3.2 Exploration and Production
11.3.3 Exploration and Production
11.3.4 Liquefied Natural Gas
11.3.5 Power Generation
11.3.6 Transmission and Distribution
11.4 BG Group plc, SWOT Analysis
11.4.1 Overview
11.4.2 BG Group plc Strengths
11.4.3 BG Group plc Weaknesses
11.4.4 BG Group plc Opportunities
11.4.5 BG Group plc Threats
12 Financial Deals Landscape
12.1 Detailed Deal Summary
12.1.1 Rumored Deals
12.1.2 Acquisition
13 Recent Developments
13.1 License Rounds
13.1.1 Oct 08, 2010: India Holds NELP-IX Road Show In London
13.1.2 Jun 28, 2010: UK Approves New North Sea Oil And Gas Development
13.2 License Awards
13.2.1 Nov 30, 2010: GDF SUEZ Secures Seven New Licenses In UK
13.2.2 Nov 19, 2010: InfraStrata Wins Petroleum Exploration License In Northern Ireland
13.3 Strategy and Business Expansion
13.3.1 Apr 01, 2011: Mitsui Establishes Management Subsidiary In UK For Existing LNG Investments
13.3.2 Feb 03, 2011: SSE Opens New Offices In Glasgow, UK
13.3.3 Feb 02, 2011: Iberdrola Allocates EUR130 Million To R&D Innovation In 2010
13.4 Other Significant Developments
13.4.1 Apr 19, 2011: Antrim Energy Contracts Kommander Jack And Starts Pre-Drilling Site Surveys In UK North Sea
13.4.2 Apr 18, 2011: Argos Resources Completes 3D Seismic Data Acquisition Over PL001 License In North Falkland Basin
13.5 New Contracts Announcements
13.5.1 Mar 22, 2011: AMEC Wins £32m Asset Support Contract From TGLP
13.5.2 Mar 01, 2011: Cosalt Offshore Secures Three-Year Contract From Shell
13.5.3 Jan 31, 2011: Storengy Selects GE Oil & Gas's ICL Technology For European Gas Storage Expansion
14 Appendix
14.1 Abbreviations
14.2 Methodology
14.2.1 Coverage
14.2.2 Secondary Research
14.2.3 Primary Research
14.2.4 Expert Panel Validation
14.3 Contact Us
14.4 Disclaimer

1.1 List of Tables
Table 1: United Kingdom, Historical and Forecast Production and Consumption of Natural Gas, Billion Cubic Feet, 2000-2020
Table 2: United Kingdom, Historical and Forecast Exports and Imports of Natural Gas, Billion Cubic Feet, 2000-2020
Table 3: United Kingdom, Historical Reserves of Natural Gas, Billion Cubic Feet, 2000-2010
Table 4: Western Europe, Investment Benchmarking, Overall Country Rankings, April 2011
Table 5: Western Europe, Investment Benchmarking, Upstream Fiscal Attractiveness, April 2011
Table 6: Western Europe, Investment Benchmarking, Gas Sector Performance, April 2011
Table 7: Western Europe, Investment Benchmarking, Economic Performance, April 2011
Table 8: Western Europe, Country Standings, Economic Performance, April 2011
Table 9: Western Europe, Investment Benchmarking, Socio-Political Performance, April 2011
Table 10: Western Europe, Country Standings, Socio-Political Performance, April 2011
Table 11: United Kingdom, Natural Gas Key Statistics, 2010
Table 12: United Kingdom, Total Marketed Natural Gas Production (MMcf), 2003-20010
Table 13: United Kingdom, Marketed Natural Gas Production by Type (MMcf), 2003-2010
Table 14: United Kingdom, Marketed Natural Gas Production (MMcf) by Major Assets, 2003-2010
Table 15: United Kingdom, Marketed Natural Gas Production (MMcf) by Major Assets, 2003-2010 (Contd. 1)
Table 16: United Kingdom, Marketed Natural Gas Production (MMcf) by Major Assets, 2003-2010 (Contd. 2)
Table 17: United Kingdom, Marketed Equity Weighted Natural Gas Production (MMcf), by Company, 2003-2010
Table 18: United Kingdom, Market Share (%) based on Marketed Natural Gas Production, 2003-2010
Table 19: United Kingdom, Marketed Natural Gas Production (MMcf), Forecast by Major Assets, 2011-2015
Table 20: United Kingdom, Marketed Natural Gas Production (MMcf), Forecast by Major Assets, 2011-2015 (Contd.1)
Table 21: United Kingdom, Marketed Natural Gas Production (MMcf), Forecast by Major Assets, 2011-2015 (Contd.2)
Table 22: United Kingdom, Major Active Gas Field Assets Details
Table 23: United Kingdom, Major Active Gas Field Asset Details (Contd.1)
Table 24: United Kingdom, Major Active Gas Field Asset Details (Contd.2)
Table 25: United Kingdom, Major Active Gas Field Asset Details (Contd.3)
Table 26: United Kingdom, Major Active Gas Field Asset Details (Contd.4)
Table 27: United Kingdom, Planned Gas Field Assets Details
Table 28: United Kingdom, Number of Gas Discoveries, 2005- 2010
Table 29: United Kingdom, Gas Discovery Details, 2005-2010
Table 30: United Kingdom FPSO Industry, FPSO Gas Production Capacities, April 2011
Table 31: United Kingdom FPSO Industry, FPSO Vessel Specifications, April 2011
Table 32: United Kingdom, Pipeline Key Statistics, April 2011
Table 33: United Kingdom, Natural Gas Pipeline Length by Company (Km), April 2011
Table 34: United Kingdom, Natural Gas Pipelines, April 2011
Table 35: United Kingdom, Natural Gas Pipelines, April 2011 (Contd. 1)
Table 36: United Kingdom, Natural Gas Pipelines, April 2011 (Contd. 2)
Table 37: United Kingdom, Natural Gas Pipelines, April 2011 (Contd. 3)
Table 38: United Kingdom, Natural Gas Pipelines, April 2011 (Contd. 4)
Table 39: United Kingdom LNG Key Statistics, April 2011
Table 40: United Kingdom, Total Regasification Capacity (Bcf), 2000-2015
Table 41: United Kingdom, Regasification Capacity, Company-wise (Bcf), 2000-2015
Table 42: United Kingdom, Regasification Capacity (Bcf), 2000-2015
Table 43: United Kingdom Underground Gas Storage Key Statistics, April 2011
Table 44: United Kingdom Underground Gas Storage Capacity by Company (MMcf), April 2011
Table 45: United Kingdom, Underground Working Gas Storage Capacity by Area (MMcf), April 2011
Table 46: United Kingdom, Active Underground Gas Storage Capacity (MMcf), April 2011
Table 47: United Kingdom, Planned Underground Gas Storage Capacity (MMcf), April 2011
Table 48: BP p.l.c., Key Facts
Table 49: BP p.l.c., SWOT Analysis
Table 50: Royal Dutch Shell plc, Key Facts
Table 51: Royal Dutch Shell plc, SWOT Analysis
Table 52: BG Group plc, Key Facts
Table 53: BG Group plc, SWOT Analysis
Table 54: TNK-BP To Acquire Zhaikmunai
Table 55: Rheochem Acquires Remaining 50% Interest in Zeus Petroleum
Table 56: Valiant Petroleum To Acquire Antrim Causeway
Table 57: Incitive Acquires 100% Stake In Hawkley Oil & Gas
Table 58: Dragon Oil Rejects Offer Made By ENOC
Table 59: Petrominerales Acquires Pan Andean Resources
Table 60: Cairn Energy To Acquire 9.99% Interest In Capricorn Energy From Dyas
Table 61: Idemitsu Kosan Acquires Petro Summit Investment
Table 62: Chairman Capital To Acquire Longreach Oil and Gas
Table 63: Santos Acquires 75% Stake In Zhibek Resources
Table 64: Velo Energy Acquires North Sea Oil And North Sea Oil Exploration
Table 65: Sinochem Acquires Emerald Energy

1.2 List of Figures
Figure 1: United Kingdom, Energy Consumption Split By Fuel Type (%), 2010
Figure 2: United Kingdom, Natural Gas Production And Consumption, Billion Cubic Feet, 2000-2020
Figure 3: United Kingdom, Natural Gas Imports and Exports, Billion Cubic Feet, 2000-2020
Figure 4: United Kingdom, Historical Reserves of Natural Gas, Billion Cubic Feet, 2000-2010
Figure 5: Western Europe, Country Standings, Upstream Fiscal Attractiveness, April 2011
Figure 6: Western Europe, Country Standings, Gas Sector Performance, by Reserves-Exploration & Production, April 2011
Figure 7: Western Europe, Country Standings, Gas Sector Performance, by Production & Consumption, April 2011
Figure 8: Western Europe, Country Standings, Number of Exploration Blocks Awarded, April 2011
Figure 9: Western Europe, Country Standings, Economic Performance, April 2011
Figure 10: Western Europe, Country Standings, Socio-Political Performance, April 2011
Figure 11: United Kingdom, Natural Gas Assets Map, April 2011
Figure 12: United Kingdom, Total Marketed Natural Gas Production (MMcf), 2003-2010
Figure 13: United Kingdom, Marketed Natural Gas Production by Type (MMcf), 2003-2010
Figure 14: United Kingdom, Marketed Equity Weighted Natural Gas Production (MMcf) by Key Companies, 2003-2010
Figure 15: United Kingdom, Market Share (%) based on Marketed Natural Gas Production by Key Companies, 2010
Figure 16: United Kingdom, Number of Gas Discoveries, 2005- 2010
Figure 17: United Kingdom, Natural Gas Pipeline Length by Company (Km), April 2011
Figure 18: United Kingdom, Total Regasification Capacity (Bcf), 2000-2015
Figure 19: United Kingdom, Regasification Capacity by Company (Bcf), 2000-2015
Figure 20: United Kingdom Underground Gas Storage Market share (%) by Company, April 2011
Figure 21: United Kingdom, Underground Working Gas Storage Capacity (%) by Area, April 2011

BP p.l.c.
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