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In the News, April 23 2015

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This week has seen the release of the World Offshore Maintenance, Modifications, and Operations Market Forecast which has been featured in a range of publications.

 

Andrew Reid was quoted by the Press and Journal this week:

“Andrew Reid, Aberdeen based MD of energy consultancy Douglas-Westwood, said a recovery could come about quite quickly as the oversupply situation rights itself. Mr Reid said that a price boost was more likely to occur in 2016 rather than in 2015.”

PressReader.com 23/04/2015


Jason Waldie was quoted on website Marine Link this week:

“Oil companies have been complaining about creeping projects costs for years. The industry doldrums are the excuse they, and companies like Halliburton, need to restructure long-term projects and cut the fat, say analysts like Jason Waldie.”

MarineLink.com 21/04/2015


Matt Cook was quoted in an article that referenced Douglas-Westwood World Drilling and Production Forecast and also featured some charts from the company:

“The active land rig count internationally dropped by only approximately 3% from 2014 to 2015, according to Matthew Cook, Researcher for global market research and consulting firm Douglas-Westwood.”

No end in sight for market volatility 23/04/2015


The Oil & Gas Financial Journal Magazine had an article that quote Douglas-Westwood:

“The low oil price is expected to dramatically impact O&G activity on the UKCS. Most notably, the number of wells drilled will decrease – particularly E&A wells.”

Oil & Gas Financial Journal Magazine Apr 2015


The Floating Production Market Forecast was quoted by Upstream in its quarterly Technology magazine:

“A recent Douglas-Westwood report paints a rather grim picture…researchers anticipate a total $81billion to be spent on the construction of floating production units between 2015 and 2019.”

Upstream Technology Issue 2, 2015


Douglas-Westwood’s latest edition of DW’s World Offshore Maintenance, Modifications, and Operations Market Forecast was released this week and was featured on a number of websites:

“This decline is due to the delay of some major modifications by operators and a reduction in some aspects of MMO that do not directly impact production,” said Fay Bridges, author of DW’s “World Offshore MMO Market Forecast” report.”

Offshore-Mag.com 20/04/2015
PennEnergy.com 20/04/2015
Petro.no 20/04/2015
LeMarin.fr 21/04/2015
Asahi.com 23/04/2015
WorldOil.com 23/04/2015 


The recently released World Deepwater Market Forecast 2015-2019 was referenced this week:

“Led by developments offshore Latin America and West Africa, the energy research firm Douglas-Westwood projects deepwater capital expenditure (Capex) will jump by 69 percent to $210bn between 2015-2019, compared to the previous five-year period.”

AfricaBriefing.org 21/04/2015
Maritime-Executive.com 22/04/2015
TradeNewsWire.net 23/04/2015


A number of Chinese news sites have reference Douglas-Westwood’s World ROV Operations Market Forecast 2013-2017 report this week:

“According to the International Maritime Organization Douglas Westwood forecasts from 2013 to 2017 in five years, the cumulative expenditure in the world of deep-sea robot operation is expected to reach $ 9.7 billion.”

RobotsBase.com 17/04/2015
KeguanJP.com 20/04/2015
Sina.com 20/04/2015
Huanqiu.com 21/04/2015
ChinaTimes.com 21/04/2015
People.com.cn 21/04/2015
Robot-Home.com 21/04/2015
MT.Sohu.com 22/04/2015

A different article by the Australian Financial Review also referenced the World ROV Operations Market Forecast:

“It would join a growing global AUV fleet, from some 600 in 2014 to an estimated 825 by 2018, according to the research firm Douglas-Westwood. That is to say, the drone called WANDA will likely have a sequel.”

AFR.com 22/04/2015 


This week’s DW Monday was popular, appearing on a number of websites:

“Douglas-Westwood (DW),UK’s energy business strategy, research and commercial due-diligence services provider, commented on “BG Acquisition Kicks Start a Fulcrum Year for Mega Gas” in its latest edition of DW Monday.”

Rigzone.com 20/04/2015
WorldOil.com 20/04/2015
ApexFuels.com 20/04/2015
4-Traders.com 20/04/2015
Noodls.com 20/04/2015
NaturalGasEurope.com 21/04/2015
TeknoBlog.Ru 21/04/2015
NGV.Ru 23/04/2015
WPRR.Ru 23/04/2015