International Maritime Associates, Inc.

International Maritime Associates, Inc.

International Maritime Associates (IMA) is a firm of business consultants specializing in market analysis and strategic planning for companies in the marine and offshore sectors.

We provide

  • the front-end research needed to size the available market, analyze customer requirements, benchmark market position, identify new business opportunities, evaluate market positioning options and assess potential acquisitions or strategic alliances.
  • Since formation in 1973, IMA has performed over 350 consulting assignments for clients in more than 40 countries.
  • World Energy Reports (WER) was cofounded by IMA in 2014 and focuses on multi-client analytical studies in the offshore energy sector. Based in New York, WER maintains a proprietary online database of floating production systems and publishes monthly reports on the industry.
  • WER's client base includes many of the major companies in the offshore industry.

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Recent Articles

Floating Production Sector Continues to Rebound

February 1, 2020

Jim McCaul — Activity in the deepwater sector took a huge hit in the second half of last decade as a result of a global oil demand/supply imbalance, downturn in oil prices, hiatus in Petrobras production

Which FLNG and FSRU Projects Are Likely To Clear the Investment Hurdle?

February 14, 2019

Jim McCaul — IMA/World Energy Reports has just completed a twelve month detailed assessment of the floating liquefaction and regasification market. The 150+ page study examines future market opportunities

Growth in the FPSO Sector and Outlook for New Orders

February 12, 2019

Jim McCaul — Floating production storage and offloading vessels (FPSOs) are by far the most popular type of floating production system. They account for two thirds of the oil/gas production floaters now

Floater Sector Beginning to Regain Traction -- With More Than 70 Projects Awaiting the Market Upturn Signal

April 15, 2017

Jim McCaul -- Orders for production floaters have finally begun to flow.  The break came early this year when contracts for a production semi for use in the GOM and an FPSO for use off Malaysia were awarded.

Events Over the Past Two Months Have Changed the Dynamics of Domestic Energy Development

December 12, 2016

Jim McCaul -- Donald Trump’s presidential win and Republican sweep of the US government in November – along with OPEC’s oil production cuts in December -- have injected new dynamics into the US energy

  


Consulting Services

Jim McCaul

About Jim McCaul

Jim is the founder and manager of IMA, a consulting firm providing market analysis, competitive benchmarking and business planning support in the maritime and offshore sectors. Over the past 40 years IMA has performed more than 350 business consulting assignments for 170+ clients in 40+ countries.

One of the firm’s specialties is analyzing requirements for floating production systems. IMA has published more than 60 reports since 1996 analyzing this business sector and has been engaged by numerous clients to assist in analyzing specific market opportunities in the floating production sector.

Jim is also the co-founder of IMA/World Energy Reports, a New York based business intelligence service for the floating production supply chain.



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March 2023 Monthly Floating Production Systems Report

March 2023 Monthly Floating Production Systems Report

Oil prices have fallen into the upper $70s as traders take account of the risks to oil demand should recent banking turmoil become a wider financial contagion, slowing global economic growth. Meanwhile, several large oil companies have been rethinking their announced plans to reduce presence in fossil fuel production over the coming decades. Energy security needs, profit potential and pressure from…

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Floating Production News

Brazil: Atlanta Field Daily Output Reaches 22,000 bbl/d, Enauta Says

March 31, 2023

Brazilian oil company Enauta Participações has concluded the production ramp-up of…

Karoon Brings Another Production Well Online at Patola field, Offshore Brazil

March 31, 2023

Australian oil company Karoon said this week that it had brought on stream the PAT…

Asian Energy Services to Operate and Maintain Svetah Venetia FPSO

March 27, 2023

India-based Asian Energy Services has recently secured a Letter of Award for the…

Energy News

Valero Seeks US Approval to Import Venezuelan Oil

March 30, 2023

Valero Energy Corp, the second-largest U.S. oil refiner, is seeking Washington's permission to import Venezuelan crude, according…

VARD Electro, Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch Ink Deal

March 30, 2023

Vard Electro signed a multi-million-euro agreement with Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch to supply full DC distribution…

Heavy Lift Ships Start Moving Refinery Upgrading Cargo

March 17, 2023

The Jumbo-SAL-Alliance (JSA) commenced its scope of work in the Basrah Refinery Upgrading Project for JGC Corporation, when…