IMA has been providing market research and strategic advisory services in the floating production sector for more than 30 years. We have worked for numerous clients at all levels of the supply chain.
Consulting Services - Our assignments have included advice on market positioning, acquiring a major leasing contractor, forming an alliance to bid for large FPSO contracts, evaluating redeployment options for FPSOs, establishing residual values in FPSO contracts, targeting unmet requirements through technology development, etc.
Floating Production Systems
Around 280 floating production systems of various types are in service worldwide and another 65+ are on order.
Production floaters are very complex systems. A deepwater production floater can easily be a $1 billion construction contract - really big units in ultradeepwater can exceed $3 billion. Their construction, leasing and operation provide very attractive business opportunities.
For more information on this business sector, please visit our monthly summary of "What's New" in the floating production sector.
Industry Research - We have produced more than 60 multi-client industry reports on the floating production sector over the past 20 years. Our "floater reports" have been a widely cited reference source in the offshore industry and our annual forecast of equipment orders has been widely referenced in investment presentations, industry publications and other consulting firm reports.
The final IMA floater report in our multi-client series was published in November 2013. IMA has now teamed up with Marine Link, the world's largest print and online maritime publisher, to create a deepwater business intelligence service. Our new company, World Energy Reports, combines IMA's floating production business experience with Marine Link's publishing/IT capability and worldwide network of industry correspondents. Click here for brochure.
Jim McCaul personally manages the consulting services and industry research assignments of IMA. He is the point of contact in IMA for these activities and is available on a daily basis to look into issues and obtain answers to client questions. For further information, please give him a call at 1 202 333 8501 or email imaassoc@msn.com.
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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May 28, 2020
Brazil's state-controlled oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA has hired banks to coordinate…
May 27, 2020
Norwegian offshore vessel contractor Island Offshore has shared photos of what it…
May 27, 2020
Eni-operated Coral South FLNG project is making progress with the first topside module…The Covid-19 crisis and oil price rout continue to seriously impact sentiment and planning in the offshore oil and gas sector. But recent developments indicate the market likely bottomed over the past month and the offshore sector is now in the early stage of recovery. Projected decline in oil demand during 2020 is now expected to be less than earlier thought, the oil glut is falling as producers aggressively cut oil supply and oil prices have recovered some of the huge losses in March/April.
May 27, 2020
Austrian oil and gas firm OMV has been granted a permit for the drilling of the offshore well 6506/11-12 S in the Norwegian…
May 27, 2020
Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) and SEA O.G have entered into an agreement to provide marine services and CTV operations…
May 27, 2020
Kazakhstan has no plans to shut down oil production at its biggest oilfield, Tengiz, despite the novel coronavirus outbreak among its workers…