Report analyses the 20 leading companies in the $33.24bn shale gas market

Tuesday 5 November 2013, Amsterdam

This new report, The 20 Leading Companies in Shale Gas 2013: Competitive Landscape Analysis, profiles the major players in the shale gas market, analysing their current involvement in the market and assessing their future prospects.

The lead analyst of the report commented that: ‘The leading 20 players in the shale gas market comprise a broad range of companies, including the supermajors, large international energy companies and smaller independent companies specialising in shale gas. With prices at a level where only some shale deposits are currently economic to produce, each company’s current position and future strategy will be crucial to their success in the market. In particular, targeting liquids-rich, or ‘wet gas’ formations, can substantially improve the economics of gas extraction from shale rock.  Against this backdrop, therefore, it is very important to understand which companies have the best acreage for such development and are pioneering the techniques that enable shale gas extraction to be economic moving forward.’

The 73 page report contains 115 tables, charts and graphs that add visual analysis in order to explain developing trends in the shale gas market and the position of the leading companies within it. The study provides shale gas capital expenditure (US$) and market share figures for the leading 20 companies in 2013, as well as analysing the longer term prospects for each company. A SWOT analysis is provided for each of the leading 20 companies, in addition to data and analysis of each company’s current shale gas acreage and shale gas spending as a percentage of total company spending. The report also contains a breakdown of regional shale gas spending among the leading 20 companies in the market and, where possible, a breakdown of capital expenditure by play. A PEST analysis of the shale market, covering the critical political, economical, social and technological issues influencing companies in the market is also included, in addition to an exclusive interview with the Ohio Oil & Gas Association (OOGA).

The 20 Leading Companies in Shale Gas 2013: Competitive Landscape Analysis will be of value to companies already involved in the in the shale gas market, or those wishing to enter this expanding industry in the future.