Gas Utilities in South Africa - Industry and Country Analysis

Project Synopsis:
Gas Utilities in South Africa – Industry and Country Analysis provides five forces Industry analysis, along with PESTLE country analysis of South Africa. This report concludes with profiles of the leading companies in the South African gas utilities market.

Project Description:
Includes market value/volume, geographical segmentation, and five forces (buyer power, supplier power, new entrants, substitutes, and rivalry) analysis of the Gas Utilities Industry in South Africa. The PESTLE analysis section analyzes the current challenges, future prospects and risks across political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental areas of the country.

Scope:
- Contains data on market value, volume and/or segmentation for Gas Utilities in South Africa

- Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis

- analyzes the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental (PESTLE) structure of South Africa

- The leading companies are identified with supporting key financial metrics (where available)

Market Definition:
The gas utilities industry covers all natural gas consumption, net of distribution or transmission losses, by end-users in the following categories: industrial (including use as a feedstock and autogeneration), commercial and public-sector organization, residential consumer, electric power generation (including combined heat and power but excluding autogeneration and heat plant), and other (including transport, agriculture, centralized heat plant, and other usage). Values are calculated from segment volumes and the average annual price of gas charged to end-users net of any applicable taxes. All currency conversions are at constant average annual 2009 exchange rates.

Highlights:
The South African gas utilities industry had total revenue of $2,009.1 million in 2009, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 27.3% for the period spanning 2005-2009.

Industry consumption volumes increased with a CAGR of 12.8% between 2005 and 2009, to reach a total of 125.9 billion cubic feet in 2009.

The performance of the industry is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 4.6% for the five-year period 2009-2014, which is expected to drive the industry to a value of $2,519.3 million by the end of 2014.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
Market definition
Research highlights
GAS UTILITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA: MARKET OVERVIEW
Market analysis
Market Value, 2005–09
Market value forecast, 2009–14
Market Volume, 2005–09
Market volume forecast, 2009–14
Market Segmentation by Category
GAS UTILITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA: FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS
Summary
Buyer power
Supplier power
New entrants
Substitutes
Rivalry
SOUTH AFRICA: PESTLE ANALYSIS
Summary
Political analysis
Economic analysis
Social analysis
Technology analysis
Legal analysis
Environmental analysis
GAS UTILITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA: LEADING COMPANIES
Market Share
Egoli Gas
Sasol Limited
APPENDIX
Methodology
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: South Africa gas utilities industry value: $ billion, 2005–09
Table 2: South Africa gas utilities industry value forecast: $ billion, 2009–14
Table 3: South Africa gas utilities industry volume: billion cubic feet, 2005–09
Table 4: South Africa gas utilities industry volume forecast: billion cubic feet, 2009–14
Table 5: South Africa gas utilities industry segmentation I:% share, by volume, 2009
Table 6: Analysis of South Africa’s political landscape
Table 7: Analysis of the South African economy
Table 8: Analysis of the South African social system
Table 9: Analysis of South Africa's technology landscape
Table 10: Analysis of South Africa's legal landscape
Table 11: Analysis of South Africa's environmental landscape
Table 12: South Africa gas utilities industry share: % share, by volume, 2009
Table 13: Egoli Gas: key facts
Table 14: Sasol Limited: key facts
Table 15: Sasol Limited: key financials ($)
Table 16: Sasol Limited: key financials (ZAR)
Table 17: Sasol Limited: key financial ratios

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: South Africa gas utilities industry value: $ billion, 2005–09
Figure 2: South Africa gas utilities industry value forecast: $ billion, 2009–14
Figure 3: South Africa gas utilities industry volume: billion cubic feet, 2005–09
Figure 4: South Africa gas utilities industry volume forecast: billion cubic feet, 2009–14
Figure 5: South Africa gas utilities industry segmentation I:% share, by volume, 2009
Figure 6: Forces driving competition in the gas utilities industry in South Africa, 2009
Figure 7: Drivers of buyer power in the gas utilities industry in South Africa, 2009
Figure 8: Drivers of supplier power in the gas utilities industry in South Africa, 2009
Figure 9: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the gas utilities industry in South Africa, 2009
Figure 10: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the gas utilities industry in South Africa, 2009
Figure 11: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the gas utilities industry in South Africa, 2009
Figure 12: South Africa gas utilities industry share: % share, by volume, 2009
Figure 13: Sasol Limited: revenues & profitability
Figure 14: Sasol Limited: assets & liabilities