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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August 21, 2019
Trelleborg announced on Wednesday that its offshore operation has been awarded a…
August 21, 2019
Norwegian operator Aker Energy has again extended an option agreement for the use…
August 19, 2019
Worley subsidiary INTECSEA has been awarded a project management consultancy (PMC)…
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
With greenfield investments in Nigeria, Egypt, Mozambique and elsewhere reaching nearly $103 billion this year, it is clear…
August 21, 2019
Voyager, a company offering a solution to the bulk commodity shipping market to operate in a unified and digital environment…August 21, 2019
Gulf Marine Services said on Wednesday Chief Executive Officer Duncan Anderson has resigned as the oilfield industry contractor…