Abstract
Republic Of The Congo Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Industry
Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts of All Active and Planned
Exploration Blocks and Oil and Gas Fields to 2012
Summary
This profile is the essential source for top-level industry data and
information relating to the Exploration and Production industry in Republic of
Congo. It provides asset level information relating to the active and planned
oil and gas fields and exploration blocks in Republic of Congo. The profiles
of the major companies operating in the upstream industry of Republic of Congo
are also included in the report. The latest news and deals pertaining to the
sector are also provided and analyzed.
Scope
・ Updated information relating to all active and planned exploration
blocks.
・ Provides historical and forecast data and information for all
the major operating and planned crude oil and natural gas fields.
・
Details operators and equity partners of oil and gas fields and exploration
blocks.
・ Includes information relating to license round details, start
and end dates, acreage, location, and reserves.
・ Information on the top
companies in the sector 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
investments and IPOs.
Reasons to buy
・ Obtain the most up to date information available on exploration licenses and
oil and gas fields.
・ Identify growth markets and opportunities in the
industry.
・ Facilitate market analysis and forecasting of future industry
trends.
・ Facilitate decision making on the basis of strong historic and
forecast data data.
・ Assess your competitor' s exploration and production
asset portfolio.
・ Understand and respond to your competitors business
structure, strategy and prospects.
・ 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.
Table of Contents
1 Table of Contents 2
1.1 List of Tables 7
1.2 List of Figures 8
2
Introduction 9
2.1 What Is This Report About? 9
2.2 How To Use This
Report 9
2.3 Market Definition 9
3 Republic Of The Congo, Country
Snapshot 10
3.1 Republic of the Congo, Key Data 10
3.2 Republic of the
Congo, Exploration And Production Assets Map 11
3.3 Republic of the Congo,
Crude Oil & Natural Gas Reserves 12
4 Republic of the Congo, Crude Oil And
Natural Gas Production 14
4.1 Republic of the Congo, Historical Crude Oil
Production 14
4.2 Republic of the Congo, Crude Oil And Natural Gas
Producing Asset Details 15
4.3 Republic of the Congo, Crude Oil Production
Assets by Area 16
4.4 Republic of the Congo, Planned Production Assets
Details 17
4.5 Republic of the Congo, Crude Oil Production by Company
18
5 Republic of the Congo, Crude Oil And Natural Gas Forecasts 19
5.1
Republic of the Congo, Forecasted Crude Oil Production 19
6 Republic of
the Congo, Exploration Block Details 20
6.1 Republic of the Congo, Total
Number of Active Exploration Blocks 20
6.2 Republic of the Congo, Total
Number of Active Exploration Blocks by Company 21
6.3 Republic of the
Congo, Exploration Blocks Details 22
7 Eni S.p.A. 24
7.1 Eni S.p.A,
Key Information 24
7.2 Eni S.p.A, Company Overview 24
7.3 Eni S.p.A,
Business Description 24
7.3.1 Eni S.p.A, Business Description, Business
Overview 24
7.3.2 Eni S.p.A, Business Description, Engineering and
Construction 24
7.3.3 Eni S.p.A, Business Description, Exploration &
Production 26
7.3.4 Eni S.p.A, Business Description, Gas & Power 27
7.3.5 Eni S.p.A, Business Description, Others 29
7.3.6 Eni S.p.A, Business
Description, Petrochemicals 29
7.3.7 Eni S.p.A, Business Description,
Refining and Marketing 30
7.3.8 Eni S.p.A, Business Description, Major
Products and Services 31
7.4 Eni S.p.A, VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS 33
7.4.1
Eni S.p.A, VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS, Upstream 33
7.4.2 Eni S.p.A, VALUE CHAIN
ANALYSIS, Midstream 34
7.4.3 Eni S.p.A, VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS, Downstream
35
7.4.4 Eni S.p.A, VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS, Retail 35
7.5 Eni S.p.A,
SWOT Analysis 36
7.5.1 Eni S.p.A, SWOT Analysis, Overview 36
7.5.2 Eni
S.p.A, SWOT Analysis, Strengths 37
7.5.3 Eni S.p.A, SWOT Analysis,
Weaknesses 38
7.5.4 Eni S.p.A, SWOT Analysis, Opportunities 39
7.5.5
Eni S.p.A, SWOT Analysis, Threats 41
7.6 Eni S.p.A, Revenue Analysis
42
7.6.1 Eni S.p.A, Revenue Analysis, Revenue by Segment 42
7.6.2 Eni
S.p.A, Revenue Analysis, Revenue by Geography 43
7.7 Eni S.p.A, Financial
and Operational Review 45
7.7.1 Eni S.p.A, Financial and Operational
Review, Financial Statements 45
7.7.2 Eni S.p.A, Financial and Operational
Review, Financial Ratios 46
7.8 Eni S.p.A, Operational Indicators 47
8
TOTAL S.A. 48
8.1 TOTAL S.A, Key Information 48
8.2 TOTAL S.A, Company
Overview 48
8.3 TOTAL S.A, Business Description 48
8.4 TOTAL S.A,
Business Description, Business Overview 48
8.4.1 TOTAL S.A, Business
Description, Chemicals 49
8.4.2 TOTAL S.A, Business Description,
Downstream 50
8.4.3 TOTAL S.A, Business Description, Upstream 51
8.4.4
TOTAL S.A, Business Description, Major Products and Services 52
8.5 TOTAL
S.A, VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS 55
8.5.1 TOTAL S.A, VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS,
Upstream 55
8.5.2 TOTAL S.A, VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS, Midstream 56
8.5.3
TOTAL S.A, VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS, Downstream 56
8.5.4 TOTAL S.A, VALUE
CHAIN ANALYSIS, Retail 57
8.6 TOTAL S.A, SWOT Analysis 58
8.6.1 TOTAL
S.A, SWOT Analysis, Overview 58
8.6.2 TOTAL S.A, SWOT Analysis, Strengths
59
8.6.3 TOTAL S.A, SWOT Analysis, Weaknesses 60
8.6.4 TOTAL S.A, SWOT
Analysis, Opportunities 60
8.6.5 TOTAL S.A, SWOT Analysis, Threats 61
8.7 TOTAL S.A, Revenue Analysis 62
8.7.1 TOTAL S.A, Revenue Analysis,
Revenue by Segment 62
8.7.2 TOTAL S.A, Revenue Analysis, Revenue by
Geography 63
8.8 TOTAL S.A, Financial and Operational Review 64
8.8.1
TOTAL S.A, Financial and Operational Review, Financial Statements 64
8.8.2
TOTAL S.A, Financial and Operational Review, Financial Ratios 65
8.9 TOTAL
S.A, Operational Indicators 66
9 Republic of Congo Exploration and
Production Industry, Financial Deals Landscape 68
9.1 Acquisition 68
9.1.1 Afren Acquires Heritage Congo For $22.68 Million 68
9.1.2 Chevron
Sells Muanda International Oil Company To Perenco 69
9.2 Asset
Transactions 71
9.2.1 PA Resources Acquires Assets From Murphy West Africa
71
9.2.2 Eni Congo Acquires Oil Fields In Congo From Maurel & Prom 73
9.2.3 ONGC Videsh Acquires Interest In MTPN Exploration Block From Eni 74
9.2.4 Heritage Oil Sells Interests in the Kouakouala A and B Licenses to
Maurel and Burren 75
9.2.5 Maurel Acquires Royalty Interest In M' Boundi
Field And Kouilou Exploration Permit 77
9.2.6 Lundin Petroleum Acquires
18.75% Interest In Marine Block From SOCO 78
10 Republic of Congo
Exploration and Production Industry, Recent Developments 80
10.1 License
Awards 80
10.1.1 Sep 06, 2006: SOCO Enters Marine XI Farm-out Agreement
80
10.2 Strategy and Business Expansion 80
10.2.1 Apr 14, 2007: Eni
Signs Exploration Agreement In Congo 80
10.2.2 Apr 02, 2007: Total
Announces Two New Oil Discoveries In Congo 80
10.2.3 Jul 19, 2006: SOCO
Enters Production Sharing Contract 81
10.3 Drilling and Production Updates
81
10.3.1 Aug 08, 2007: Eni Completes Drilling Activities At Cassiopee Est
Marine -1 Well 81
10.3.2 Apr 05, 2007: Chevron Announces Two Discoveries
In Congo 82
10.3.3 Aug 01, 2006: SOCO Updates On Operations In Vietnam,
Congo 82
10.4 New Contracts Announcements 83
10.4.1 Feb 14, 2007: Eni
Enters Co-operation Agreement With ONGC 83
11 Appendix 84
11.1
Methodology 84
11.1.1 Coverage 85
11.1.2 Secondary Research 85
11.1.3 Primary Research 86
11.1.4 Forecasts 86
11.2 Key Economic
Assumptions 88
11.3 Expert Panel Validation 89
11.4 Definitions 90
11.5 Unit of Measure 91
11.6 Contact Us 91
11.7 Disclaimer 91
1.1 List of Tables
Table 1: Republic of the Congo, Oil and Gas, Key
Statistics, April 2008 10
Table 2: Republic of the Congo, Total Crude Oil
and Natural Gas Reserves, 2000-2012 13
Table 3: Republic of the Congo,
Total Crude Oil Production (MMBBLs), 2000-2007 14
Table 4: Republic of the
Congo, Oil and Gas Asset Details, April 2008 15
Table 5: Republic of the
Congo, Oil and Gas Asset Details, April 2008 (Cont' d) 16
Table 6: Republic
of the Congo Offshore, Total Crude Oil Production (Barrels), by Assets,
2000-2007 16
Table 7: Republic of the Congo Offshore, Total Crude Oil
Production (Barrels), by Assets, 2000-2007 (Cont' d) 17
Table 8: Republic
of the Congo Onshore, Total Crude Oil Production (Barrels), by Assets,
2000-2007 17
Table 9: Republic of the Congo, Oil and Gas Planned Asset
Details, April 2008 17
Table 10: Republic of the Congo, Total Crude Oil
Production (MMBBLs), by Company, 2000-2007 18
Table 11: Republic of the
Congo, Total Crude Oil Production (MMBBLs), Forecast, 2008-2013 19
Table
12: Republic of the Congo, Total Number of Active Exploration Blocks,
2000-2007 21
Table 13: Republic of the Congo, Total Number of Active
Exploration Blocks By Company, 2000-2007 21
Table 14: Republic of the
Congo, Oil and Gas Exploration Blocks Details, April 2008 22
Table 15:
Republic of the Congo, Oil and Gas Exploration Blocks Details, April 2008
(Cont' d) 23
Table 16: Eni S.p.A.,Key Facts, 2007 24
Table 17:
Eni S.p.A., SWOT Analysis , 2007 37
Table 18: Eni S.p.A., Revenue by
Segment, Euro Million, 2003-2007 43
Table 19: Eni S.p.A., Revenue by
Geography, Euro Million, 2003-2007 44
Table 20: Eni S.p.A., Financial
Statements, Euro Million, 2003-2007 45
Table 21: Eni S.p.A.,
Financial Ratios, Euro Million, 2003-2007 46
Table 22: Eni S.p.A.
Operational Indicators, 2003-2007 47
Table 23: TOTAL S.A.,Key Facts,
2007 48
Table 24: TOTAL S.A., SWOT Analysis , 2007 59
Table 25:
TOTAL S.A., Revenue by Segment, Euro Million, 2003-2007 63
Table 26:
TOTAL S.A., Revenue by Geography, Euro Million, 2003-2007 63
Table 27:
TOTAL S.A., Financial Statements, Euro Million, 2003-2007 64
Table 28:
TOTAL S.A., Financial Ratios, Euro Million, 2003-2007 65
Table 29:
TOTAL S.A. Operational Indicators, 2003-2007 66
Table 30: TOTAL S.A.
Operational Indicators, 2003-2007 67
Table 31: Brent Blend NYMEX
Future Prices 89
1.2 List of Figures
Figure 1: Republic Of
The Congo, Exploration and Production Assets Map, April 2008 11
Figure 2:
Republic of the Congo, Total Crude Oil Production (MMBBLs), 2000-2007 14
Figure 3: Republic of the Congo, Total Number of Active Exploration
Blocks, 2000-2007 20
Figure 4: Eni S.p.A., Value Chain Analysis
33
Figure 5: TOTAL S.A., Value Chain Analysis 55
Figure 6:
Global Markets Direct Methodology 84
