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.
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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
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
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.
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
April 28, 2016
Jim McCaul -- No question that the market for new floating production systems has taken a battering. The past 12 to 18 months have been a difficult period for everyone in the business sector. Absence ofby Jim McCaul 21 August 2019
US crude inventory slightly decreased in the week ending 16 August. Inventory level fell by 2.7 mb and is now 2 percent above the average for this time of year. The decrease could help temper fears that crude demand growth is slowing as a result of trade frictions and global economic weakening.
Brent is now trading around $61. WTI crude, the US oil pricing benchmark, is trading at a $4 discount to Brent, reflecting the continuing logistics bottlenecks in getting growing US tight oil production to market.
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.
2019 Annual Outlook. Our new 150-page report is the first professional effort to systematically look at the universe of FLNG and FSRU projects in the planning stage – and categorize the likelihood of each making the development investment hurdle. Many FLNG and FSRU projects are planned – but only some will ultimately will move forward to development. The goal of our report is to objectively sort out likely winners and losers – and explain the rationale for the rating.
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August 21, 2019
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August 21, 2019
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August 19, 2019
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Our July WER floating production report highlights the large number of FPSO projects that are approaching final investment decision. Assuming no major shock in the underlying market, around two dozen FPSO contracts are in line for award over the next 18 to 24 months. Whether the supplier base is capable of taking on all of these projects within this time frame is an issue. Growing backlog is already forcing major FPSO contractors to be increasingly selective in bidding on new contracts.
August 22, 2019
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August 21, 2019
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