Recent Study: Saudi Arabia Oil & Gas Competitive Intelligence Report Q4 2010

Nov. 19, 2010 - PRLog -- Competitive Landscape Analysis

* The main government vehicle is Saudi Aramco, which accounts for virtually all oil and gas production and owns refineries either outright or through JVs with IOCs.
* IOC upstream involvement is limited but is now increasing, thanks to an initiative to develop gas fields using groupings of foreign operators. Deals are in place with Royal Dutch Shell, Eni, Repsol YPF, Lukoil and Sinopec.
* IOC involvement in the downstream segment is substantial, mostly in partnership with local firms. Benefiting from the extremely low cost of oil inputs and government financial support, several major foreign players operate large petrochemical plants in the industrial city of Jubail.
* Currently, Aramco has four gas exploration JVs with Shell, Eni and Repsol, Lukoil and Sinopec.
* US major Chevron operates three onshore fields in the Partitioned Neutral Zone (PNZ) shared with Kuwait. Net liquids output in 2009 was 101,000b/d. Chevron Phillips Chemical operates a 50% JV at the S-Chem plant, alongside Saudi Industrial Investment Group at Jubail. The company's 35%-owned Saudi Polymers Company is building a petrochemicals facility in Jubail which is expected to be complete by 2011.
* Shell has sizeable petrochemicals exposure and leads an E&P gas consortium in the Empty Quarter.
* ExxonMobil has a 50% stake in the 400,000b/d SAMREF refinery JV with Aramco, shares in two lubricating base oils plants in Jeddah and Yanbu and operates petrochemicals sites in Yanbu and Al Jubail.
* In 2007, France's Total agreed to build a US$6bn, 400,000b/d refinery with Aramco, now expected onstream in 2013. Total decided to exit its gas exploration venture in the Empty Quarter in early 2008.
* Eni has operated an exploration and development concession for Area C in the Rub al-Khali basin with 50% of the interest since 2004. It supplies lubricants and shares in a petrochemical complex in Jubail.
* In April 2010, ConocoPhillips announced that it had exited a JV with Aramco to build a new 400,000b/d refinery at the Red Sea port of Yanbu. Aramco has indicated that it will push ahead with the project on its own and awarded several construction and engineering contracts in late July 2010.
* Castrol-branded lubricants are distributed by the Al Khorayef Group.
* BP has a 25% stake in the PASCO venture, which provides aviation refuelling services in Jeddah, Medina and other airports.
* Sinopec is a partner in a potential US$3.5bn JV refining and petrochemicals project with ExxonMobil.

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Report Table of Contents:

Competitive Landscape Analysis
- Table: Key Players In Saudi Arabia's Oil And Gas Sector
- Overview/State Role
- Government Policy
- Table: Key Upstream Players
- Table: Key Downstream Players
Company Profiles
- Saudi Aramco
- Market Position
- Strategy
- Latest Developments
- Shell Saudi Arabia
- Market Position
- Strategy
- Latest Developments
- ExxonMobil Saudi Arabia
- Market Position
- Strategy
- Latest Developments
- Chevron
- Market Position
- Strategy
- Latest Developments
- Total - Summary
- Eni - Summary
- ConocoPhillips - Summary
- BP - Summary
- Repsol YPF - Summary
- Lukoil - Summary
- Sinopec - Summary
- Sumitomo - Summary
Market Attractiveness Analysis
- Saudi Arabia Energy Market Overview
- Oil and Gas Infrastructure
- Oil Refineries
- Table: Refineries In Saudi Arabia
- Ras Tanura Refinery
- Yanbu (SAMREF) Refinery
- PetroRabigh Refinery
- Jubail SASREF Refinery
- Jubail SATORP Refinery (Planned)
- Jizan Refinery (Planned)
- Yanbu Refinery (planned)
- Oil Processing Facilities
- Service Stations
- Oil Terminals/Ports
- Ras Tanura
- Yanbu
- Ras al-Ju'aymah
- Rabigh
- Oil Pipelines
- East-West Oil Pipeline
- Shaybah Abqaiq Pipeline
- Saudi Arabia-Bahrain Pipeline
- Trans-Arabian Oil Pipeline (Closed)
- IPSA Pipeline (Closed)
- Gas Pipelines
Risk-Reward Ratings
- Business Environment Ratings
- Middle East Region
- Composite Scores
- Table: Regional Composite Business Environment Rating
- Upstream Scores
- Table: Regional Upstream Business Environment Rating
- Saudi Arabia Upstream Rating - Overview
- Saudi Arabia Upstream Rating - Rewards
- Saudi Arabia Upstream Rating - Risks
- Downstream Scores
- Table: Regional Downstream Business Environment Rating
- Saudi Arabia Downstream Rating - Overview
- Saudi Arabia Downstream Rating - Rewards
- Saudi Arabia Downstream Rating - Risks
Business Development Directory

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