BG Group plc Energy Oil & Gas SWOT Report

Publication Date	August 2008
Publisher	Global Markets Direct
Product Type	Report
Pages	83
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	GMD07038

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Summary

BG Group plc - Energy Oil & Gas SWOT Report is a comprehensive report of the company including both quantitative and qualitative research. The report examines the company's business structure and operations, history and products. The report provides strategic insight on the company in the form of a SWOT analysis. This studies the major internal factors which will affect the company's performance e.g. size, strength, cost, revenues and strategy as well as external factors e.g. competitive positioning and industry trends. There is a forward-looking discussion of the opportunities the company can exploit and the threats facing it.

Scope

Critical appraisal of the company's positioning using SWOT analysis.
Company information, including business descriptions, company history, product lines, key competitors and key employee biographies.

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Content

1 List of Tables
2 Company Snapshot
- 2.1 Key Information
- 2.2 Company Overview
- 2.3 Financial Performance
- 2.4 Industry Outlook Production & Exploration
- 2.5 Industry Outlook Pipelines
- 2.6 Industry Outlook LNG Terminals
3 Business Description
- 3.1 Business Overview
- 3.2 Exploration and Production
  - 3.2.1 Overview
  - 3.2.2 Production
  - 3.2.3 Financials
  - 3.2.4 Capital Expenditure
  - 3.2.5 Market View
  - 3.2.6 Key Strategies
- 3.3 Liquefied Natural Gas
  - 3.3.1 Overview
  - 3.3.2 Production
  - 3.3.3 Financials
  - 3.3.4 Market View
  - 3.3.5 Key Strategies
  - 3.3.6 Capital Investment
- 3.4 Power and Other activities
  - 3.4.1 Overview
  - 3.4.2 Production
  - 3.4.3 Financials
  - 3.4.4 Market View
  - 3.4.5 Key Strategies
  - 3.4.6 Capital Investment
- 3.5 Transmission and Distribution
  - 3.5.1 Overview
  - 3.5.2 Production
  - 3.5.3 Financials
  - 3.5.4 Market View
  - 3.5.5 Key Strategies
  - 3.5.6 Capital Investment
- 3.6 Major Products and Services
  - 3.6.1 Overview
4 History
5 SWOT Analysis
- 5.1 Overview
- 5.2 BG Group plc Strengths
  - 5.2.1 Strong financial performance
  - 5.2.2 Vertically integrated operations
  - 5.2.3 Global presence
  - 5.2.4 Increased production
- 5.3 BG Group plc Weaknesses
  - 5.3.1 Dependency on new reserves
  - 5.3.2 Regulation
- 5.4 BG Group plc Opportunities
  - 5.4.1 Expansion in Lake Charles and Elba Island operations
  - 5.4.2 Expanding Indian natural gas market
  - 5.4.3 Increasing demand for LNG
- 5.5 BG Group plc Threats
  - 5.5.1 Instability in some oil-producing regions
  - 5.5.2 Maturing reserves base
6 Competitors
7 Key Employees
8 Key Employee Biographies
9 Company Statement
10 Locations And Subsidiaries
- 10.1 Head Office
- 10.2 Other Locations & Subsidiaries
11 Recent Developments
- 11.1 License Awards
  - 11.1.1 Jul 04, 2008: QGC Receives Approval For LNG Project
  - 11.1.2 May 02, 2008: StatoilHydro Granted Barents Sea Drilling Permit By Norway
  - 11.1.3 Apr 20, 2008: Edison To Bid For 100% In Abu Quir Field, Egypt
  - 11.1.4 Feb 08, 2008: Norway Declares Licensing Awards For APA 2007
  - 11.1.5 Mar 02, 2007: BGEPIL, ONGC Sign Production Sharing Contract
  - 11.1.6 Nov 14, 2006: Serica, BG Enter Into Agreement
  - 11.1.7 Jun 07, 2006: CNOOC Inks PSC With BG
- 11.2 Strategy and Business Expansion
  - 11.2.1 Jul 24, 2008: BG Group Resumes Gas Deal Talks With Israel
  - 11.2.2 Apr 18, 2008: BG Group To Supply LNG To Singapore
  - 11.2.3 Apr 11, 2008: BG Group To Sell LNG In India
  - 11.2.4 Apr 11, 2008: QGC And BG Group Complete LNG Transaction
  - 11.2.5 Mar 05, 2008: Premier Completes Farmout Agreement With Oilexco And BG
  - 11.2.6 Jan 09, 2008: BG Group To Sell Its Share In Israeli Gas Field Project
  - 11.2.7 Jun 01, 2007: BG Group And Partners Agree Terms Of Karachaganak Gas Sales Agreement
  - 11.2.8 Feb 12, 2007: BG Group, Nigeria LNG Enter Agreement For LNG Supply
  - 11.2.9 Jan 04, 2007: BG Group Signs HoA For Domestic Gas Sales In Trinidad And Tobago
  - 11.2.10 Aug 04, 2006: Gulf Keystone, Sonatrach, BG Announce A Major Expansion In Algeria
  - 11.2.11 Jun 07, 2006: BG Group Signs Production Sharing Contracts With CNOOC
- 11.3 Recent Discoveries
  - 11.3.1 Aug 13, 2008: Canadian Superior Announces Natural Gas Discovery Offshore Trinidad
  - 11.3.2 Aug 11, 2008: Revus Discovers Oil At 34/3-1S Well In Jordbaer Prospect
  - 11.3.3 Aug 07, 2008: Petrobras Announces New Oil Accumulation Found In Santos Basin, Brazil
  - 11.3.4 Aug 04, 2008: Sonatrach Announces Three Separate Gas Finds In Sahara Desert, Algeria
  - 11.3.5 Jul 10, 2008: Revus Encounters Oil And Gas At Well 34/3 - 1S In Jordbaer Prospect
  - 11.3.6 Jul 04, 2008: StatoilHydro Announces Gas Discovery In Barents Sea
  - 11.3.7 Jun 26, 2008: Oilexco Discovers Oil And Gas At Moth
  - 11.3.8 Jun 13, 2008: Repsol Discovers New Oil Field In Santos Basin, Brazil
  - 11.3.9 Jun 12, 2008: Petrobras Discovers New Oil Accumulation In Pre-salt Layer, Santos Basin
  - 11.3.10 May 14, 2008: BG Group Discovers Oil And Gas In Norwegian North Sea
  - 11.3.11 Feb 07, 2008: BG Group Updates On Reserves At Tupi Discovery, Offshore Brazil
  - 11.3.12 Jan 14, 2008: Challenger Discovers Natural Gas On Victory Well, Block 5(c), Trinidad
  - 11.3.13 Sep 06, 2007: BG Group Announces New Oil Field Discovery In Santos Basin
  - 11.3.14 Sep 05, 2007: Petrobras Discovers Light Oil In Santos Basin
  - 11.3.15 Mar 01, 2007: Eni Announces New Oil Discovery In The Norwegian Barents Sea
  - 11.3.16 Feb 28, 2007: Hydro Discovers Oil And Gas At Barents Sea
  - 11.3.17 Oct 04, 2006: BG Group Announces Oil Discovery In Brazil
  - 11.3.18 Oct 04, 2006: Petrobras Discovers Oil In Santos Basin
  - 11.3.19 Sep 08, 2006: Eni Discovers Gas In North Sea
  - 11.3.20 Sep 01, 2006: BG Group Announces Gas Discovery In North Sea
  - 11.3.21 Jul 11, 2006: Petrobras Discovers Oil In New Frontier Areas Of Santos Basin
- 11.4 Drilling and Production Updates
  - 11.4.1 Jul 24, 2008: Production Of Up To 100,000 BOE/D From Brazil Tupi Field By 2011
  - 11.4.2 Jul 09, 2008: Challenger Announces Casing And Flow Testing Of Bounty Well Offshore Trinidad
  - 11.4.3 Jul 01, 2008: QGC Updates On Interim Proved, Probable And Possible Reserves
  - 11.4.4 Jun 26, 2008: Challenger Updates On Bounty Well In Trinidad
  - 11.4.5 May 07, 2008: Canadian Superior Provides Drilling Update
  - 11.4.6 Apr 29, 2008: REVUS Commences Drilling On Jordbaer Prospect
  - 11.4.7 Apr 14, 2008: Petrobras Clarifies On Discovery In The Carioca Area
  - 11.4.8 Feb 25, 2008: Gulf Keystone Announces Drilling Of Second Hassi Ba Hamou Well In Algeria
  - 11.4.9 Feb 20, 2008: Challenger Announces Spudding Of Bounty Well, Offshore Trinidad
  - 11.4.10 Jan 31, 2008: Gulf Keystone Announces Completion Of HBH-4 Appraisal Well
  - 11.4.11 Nov 12, 2007: Petrobras Updates On Tupi Oilfield
  - 11.4.12 Oct 09, 2007: IFR Updates On Exploration Program
  - 11.4.13 Sep 21, 2007: BG Group Confirms Success From Fourth Consecutive Well In Santos Basin
  - 11.4.14 Sep 21, 2007: BG Group Updates On Tupi Sul Appraisal Well
  - 11.4.15 Jan 08, 2007: BG Group Updates On Buzzard Field In UK North Sea
  - 11.4.16 Jul 19, 2006: BG Group Announces First Gas From Dolphin Deep Field In Trinidad And Tobago
  - 11.4.17 Jun 05, 2006: Hess, BG Start Production From Atlantic And Cromarty Fields
- 11.5 Financial Announcements
  - 11.5.1 Jul 24, 2008: BG Group Reports 2Q 2008 Results
  - 11.5.2 Jul 24, 2008: BG Group Declares Interim Dividend
- 11.6 Other Significant Developments
  - 11.6.1 Jul 16, 2008: Canadian Superior Completes Logging And Casing On Bounty Well, Offshore Trinidad
  - 11.6.2 Jul 15, 2008: QGC, BG Group Award Contract To Bechtel For LNG Plant In Australia
  - 11.6.3 Jul 08, 2008: BG Group Appoints Non-Executive Director
  - 11.6.4 Jul 03, 2008: StatoilHydro Rejects Kazakh Bribe Claims
  - 11.6.5 Jun 03, 2008: BG Group Enters Into LNG Agreement With Petrobras
  - 11.6.6 May 22, 2008: QGC Suspends Jen-3 Appraisal Well
  - 11.6.7 May 21, 2008: HFG Completes Construction Of Hasdrubal Oil And Gas Platform In Tunisia
  - 11.6.8 May 04, 2008: BG Group To Invest $1 Billion In Exploration In India
  - 11.6.9 Apr 15, 2008: BG Group And BP To Invest $1 Billion To Explore Gas Blocks In Oman
  - 11.6.10 Apr 01, 2008: GAIL To Buy Gas From Panna-Mukta And Tapti Gas Fields
  - 11.6.11 Mar 27, 2008: RIL, BG Refuse To Enter Panna/Mukta Gas Deal
  - 11.6.12 Mar 27, 2008: Power Ministry Ups Ante, Asks For More Gas
  - 11.6.13 Mar 12, 2008: Total To Invest $1Billion In Bongkot Field
  - 11.6.14 Feb 28, 2008: IFR Provides Operational Updates
  - 11.6.15 Dec 17, 2007: Canadian Superior Announces Casing And Flow Testing On Victory Well, Offshore Trinidad
  - 11.6.16 Dec 13, 2007: India To Attract $4 Billion Investment In Oil Exploration
  - 11.6.17 Dec 13, 2007: Gulf Keystone Updates On Hassi Ba Hamou Gas Field
  - 11.6.18 Dec 06, 2007: BG Group Deputy CEO To Retire
  - 11.6.19 Nov 08, 2007: Petrobras Updates On Tupi Field
  - 11.6.20 Jul 25, 2007: BG Group To Delist From NYSE
  - 11.6.21 Jun 07, 2007: Serica Retains 50% Interest In 23/16f Block
  - 11.6.22 Apr 26, 2007: BG Group Appoints Non-Executive Director
  - 11.6.23 Mar 21, 2007: Statoil To Shoot Seismic In Libya
  - 11.6.24 Jan 04, 2007: BG Group Signs HoA For Domestic Gas Sales In Trinidad And Tobago
  - 11.6.25 Nov 27, 2006: Serica Prepares For Gas Testing At Columbus Well 23/16f-11
  - 11.6.26 Jul 21, 2006: Chevron Delivers Gas From Dolphin Deep
  - 11.6.27 Jun 27, 2006: Venture Enters Into Long Term Drilling Contracts
  - 11.6.28 Jun 05, 2006: BG Group Announces First Gas From Atlantic And Cromarty North Sea
- 11.7 New Contracts Announcements
  - 11.7.1 Jun 20, 2008: BGLT Signs Agreement With CAPCO For LNG Supply To Hong Kong
  - 11.7.2 May 16, 2008: BG Group Orders Two Additional LNG Ships From SHI
  - 11.7.3 Apr 30, 2008: ClampOn Wins Several Orders For Subsea Sand And Pig Detectors
  - 11.7.4 Mar 07, 2008: Swiber Wins $127 Million EPCIC Contracts From BG
  - 11.7.5 Jun 04, 2007: CB&I Wins Contract From GNL Quintero For LNG Project In Chile
  - 11.7.6 Jun 04, 2007: BG Group Signs Agreement To Supply Natural Gas In Chile
  - 11.7.7 Jan 04, 2007: BG Group Signs Up For Two New LNG Ships
  - 11.7.8 Dec 01, 2006: Saipem Gets New Offshore Drilling Contracts
  - 11.7.9 Nov 22, 2006: Acergy Wins New Contract In Tunisia
12 Appendix
- 12.1 Methodology
- 12.2 About Global Markets Direct
- 12.3 Contact Us
- 12.4 Disclaimer
1 List of Tables
- Table 1: BG Group plc,Key Facts, 2007
- Table 2: BG Group plc, SWOT Analysis , 2007
- Table 3: BG Group plc, Key Employees, 2007
- Table 4: BG Group plc, Subsidiaries