Global Oil Shale Market
By technology ,geography ,market potential ,trends and forecasts 2030
Market Research Report

Global Oil Shale Market By technology ,geography ,market potential ,trends and forecasts 2030 Market Research Report

Report Description

The growing demand for energy is expected to exhaust the world's crude oil reserves in another 40 years. The market price of crude oil reached $145 per barrel in the third quarter of 2008. Though the cost per barrel was around $60 in 2009, it is expected to rise in the next few years. These factors and fluctuating costs have created the need for other resources to meet the growing demand for fuel oil.

Global oil shale resources can supply more than 2.8 trillion barrels of nonrenewable energy. This is almost three times the capacity of crude oil reserves. Currently, the cost of retorting oil from oil shale is higher than the cost of crude oil production. Although this factor has kept many companies out of the market so far, cutting-edge research is now being undertaken across the globe to reduce the cost of production. One such study by Shell seeks to cut production costs to less than $25 per barrel. These developments within the oil shale industry can soon open up tremendous market opportunities for all the industry stakeholders. In addition to the extracted fuel oil, oil shale yields several other sub-products like lubricating oil which also possess huge market potential.

This report will be the first of its kind to study the oil shale market on the basis of each market segment. It provides vital market data and also strategically discusses market opportunities for the stakeholders in the oil shale market.

Scope and Format

The oil shale market or more specifically the Kerogen market is segmented according to the extracted products, applications, technologies, and geographies. Each section will provide market data, market drivers, trends and opportunities, and key players. In order to provide a comprehensive market insight, the report's market tables are also categorized on the basis of revenues generated by each product, application, technology, and geography. The report also highlights the strategic issues involved in tapping the oil shale market, which is expected to dominate the world market for nonrenewable energy.

Stakeholders

The intended audiences will be:

• Oil shale companies
• Petroleum Companies
• Energy Companies
• Mining companies
• Technology Providers

Research Methodology

The global oil shale market is analyzed and forecasted for the period 2015 to 2030. The market forecasts are based on primary and secondary research data. The market structure is designed on the basis of secondary research on the product portfolios of oil shale and energy companies. This structure is cross-validated through primaries conducted with industry players. The secondary research was based on paid sources such as Factiva and basic internet search using associations, company websites and news articles.

Each section of the report offers market data with respect to segments and geography. It also provides market trends with respect to drivers, restraints and opportunities. The report contains strategic section with respect to competitive landscape and market overview. The report ill encompass around 15 company profiles.

THE REPORT ANSWERS THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

• What are the key market dynamics influencing the market trends?
• Where are key opportunities available to the market players to capitalize on?
• What are the competitive strategies increasingly adopted to combat competition?

What makes our report unique?

• Provision of longest market segmentation in the industry.
• The report provides analysis of patents and more than 20 company profiles giving a competitive outlook.
• The report includes market data for segments such as tools, services and applications for the major geographies - North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and ROW.
• The high level analysis provided by the report analyzes the market prospective for different major market segments along with the identification of opportunities.
• Provided competitive analysis stating the major segments focused by the global market players and the key developments - equipments, devices and technology.

Key questions answered

• Which are the high growth markets segments in terms of devices and consumables?
• What are the market forecasts and estimates from the period 2009-12?
• What are the major drivers and opportunities in the market?
• What is the competitive outlook, what are the major tools and services, who are the major players in the market segments?

• 1 INTRODUCTION
  • 1.1 Key take-aways
  • 1.2 Report description
  • 1.3 Scope and format
  • 1.4 Stakeholders
  • 1.5 Research methodology
• 2 SUMMARY
• 3 MARKET OVERVIEW
  • 3.1 Sources of energy
  • 3.2 Global energy consumption
  • 3.3 Crude oil
  • 3.4 Opportunities for shale oil
  • 3.5 Oil Industry lifecycle
  • 3.6 Oil shale reserves
  • 3.7 Opportunities for stakeholders
  • 3.8 Drivers
    • 3.8.1 Depleting crude oil resources
    • 3.8.2 Increasing demand for crude oil
    • 3.8.3 Cost benefit of oil shale in long run
  • 3.9 Restraints
    • 3.9.1 Higher production cost of oil shale
    • 3.9.2 Environmental issues
    • 3.9.3 Low carbon content
  • 3.10 Defining the oil shale market
    • 3.10.1 By products
    • 3.10.2 By applications
    • 3.10.3 By technology
    • 3.10.4 By processes
  • 3.11 Major companies
  • 3.12 Patent analysis
• 4 GLOBAL OIL SHALE MARKET, BY PRODUCTS
  • 4.1 Global market for shale oil extracted from oil shale
    • 4.1.1 Factors influencing the shale oil market
      • 4.1.1.1 Heavy demand from transportation and industrial sectors
      • 4.1.1.2 Cartelization in the conventional crude oil industry
      • 4.1.1.3 High cost of production of oil shale
      • 4.1.1.4 Oil content
    • 4.1.2 Global shale gasoline market
    • 4.1.3 Global shale diesel market
    • 4.1.4 Global kerosene market
    • 4.1.5 Global heavy oil market
  • 4.2 Global market for gases from oil shale
    • 4.2.1 Global propane market from oil shale
    • 4.2.2 Global butane market from oil shale
• 5 GLOBAL OIL SHALE MARKET, BY APPLICATIONS
  • 5.1 Fuel applications market
    • 5.1.1 Depleting fossil fuel reserves & high oil prices
    • 5.1.2 Regulatory problems
  • 5.2 Electricity application market
    • 5.2.1 Depleting fossil fuels
    • 5.2.2 Increase in electricity consumption
    • 5.2.3 Other sources of electricity
  • 5.3 Cement application market
    • 5.3.1 Infrastructure development
  • 5.4 Chemical application market
• 6 GLOBAL OIL SHALE MARKET, BY PROCESS
  • 6.1 Global market for oil shale exploration
    • 6.1.1 Government support for exploration
    • 6.1.2 Huge potential in explored countries
  • 6.2 Ore preparation
  • 6.3 Oil shale retortion
  • 6.4 Shale oil refining
    • 6.4.1 Shale oil
    • 6.4.2 Shale gas
  • 6.5 Specialty services
    • 6.5.1 Logistics & technology outsourcing
    • 6.5.2 Waste management and pollution control
      • 6.5.2.1 Land-use and waste management issues
      • 6.5.2.2 Water and air pollution problems
• 7 GLOBAL OIL SHALE RETORTION MARKET, BY TECHNOLOGY
  • 7.1 In-situ technology
    • 7.1.1 Shell's in-situ conversion process
  • 7.2 Ex-situ technology
    • 7.2.1 Kiviter process
    • 7.2.2 Fushun process
    • 7.2.3 Galoter retort
    • 7.2.4 Petrosix technology
    • 7.2.5 Paraho process
• 8 GLOBAL OIL SHALE MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY
  • 8.1 U.S. oil shale market
    • 8.1.1 Drivers & restraints
  • 8.2 China oil shale market
    • 8.2.1 Drivers & restraints
  • 8.3 Russian oil shale market
    • 8.3.1 Drivers
      • 8.3.1.1 Large producer, exporter and consumer of oil
      • 8.3.1.2 Large oil shale resource holder
  • 8.4 European oil shale market
    • 8.4.1 Estonia
    • 8.4.2 UK
  • 8.5 Row oil shale market
    • 8.5.1 Israle
    • 8.5.2 Canada
    • 8.5.3 Australia
• 9 COMPANY PROFILES
  • 9.1 AFSK HOM TOV
    • 9.1.1 Overview
    • 9.1.2 Technology
    • 9.1.3 Strategic analysis
  • 9.2 AMERICAN RESOURCE PETROLEUM CORP.
    • 9.2.1 Overview
    • 9.2.2 Strategic analysis
  • 9.3 AMERICAN SHALE OIL CORP. (AMSO)
    • 9.3.1 Overview
    • 9.3.2 Technology
    • 9.3.3 Strategic analysis
  • 9.4 AURASOURCE INC.
    • 9.4.1 Overview
    • 9.4.2 Technology
    • 9.4.3 Strategic analysis
  • 9.5 BLUE ENSIGN TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    • 9.5.1 Overview
    • 9.5.2 Technology
  • 9.6 CHATTANOOGA CORP.
    • 9.6.1 Overview
    • 9.6.2 Technology
    • 9.6.3 Strategic analysis
  • 9.7 CHEVRON SHALE OIL COMPANY
    • 9.7.1 Overview
    • 9.7.2 Technology
    • 9.7.3 Strategic analysis
  • 9.8 EESTI PÕLEVKIVI
    • 9.8.1 Overview
    • 9.8.2 Technology
    • 9.8.3 Strategic analysis
  • 9.9 ELECTRO-PETROLEUM INC.
    • 9.9.1 Overview
    • 9.9.2 Technology
  • 9.10 EXXON MOBIL CORP.
    • 9.10.1 Overview
    • 9.10.2 Technology
    • 9.10.3 Strategic analysis
  • 9.11 FUSHUN MINING GROUP CO., LTD
    • 9.11.1 Overview
    • 9.11.2 Technology
    • 9.11.3 Strategic analysis
  • 9.12 GLOBAL RESOURCE CORP
    • 9.12.1 Overview
    • 9.12.2 Technology
    • 9.12.3 Strategic analysis
  • 9.13 IMPERIAL PETROLEUM RECOVERY CORP.
    • 9.13.1 Overview
    • 9.13.2 Technology
    • 9.13.3 Strategic analysis
  • 9.14 INDEPENDENT ENERGY PARTNERS
    • 9.14.1 Overview
    • 9.14.2 Technology
    • 9.14.3 Strategic analysis
  • 9.15 MILLENNIUM SYNFUELS, LLC
    • 9.15.1 Overview
    • 9.15.2 Technology
    • 9.15.3 Strategic analysis
  • 9.16 MOUNTAIN WEST ENERGY
    • 9.16.1 Overview
    • 9.16.2 Technology
    • 9.16.3 Strategic analysis
  • 9.17 NARVA OIL PLANT
    • 9.17.1 Overview
    • 9.17.2 Technology
    • 9.17.3 Strategic analysis
  • 9.18 PETRO PROBE, INC
    • 9.18.1 Overview
    • 9.18.2 Technology
    • 9.18.3 Strategic analysis
  • 9.19 PETROBRAS
    • 9.19.1 Overview
    • 9.19.2 Technology
    • 9.19.3 Strategic analysis
  • 9.20 QUEENSLAND ENERGY RESOURCES
    • 9.20.1 Overview
    • 9.20.2 Technology
    • 9.20.3 Strategic analysis
  • 9.21 SCHLUMBERGER
    • 9.21.1 Overview
    • 9.21.2 Technology
    • 9.21.3 Strategic analysis
  • 9.22 SHALE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    • 9.22.1 Overview
    • 9.22.2 Technology
  • 9.23 SHELL OIL CO.
    • 9.23.1 Overview
    • 9.23.2 Technology
    • 9.23.3 Strategic analysis
  • 9.24 VIRU KEEMIA GROUP
    • 9.24.1 Overview
    • 9.24.2 Technology
    • 9.24.3 Strategic analysis
  • 9.25 XTRACT ENERGY PLC
    • 9.25.1 Overview
    • 9.25.2 TECHNOLOGY
• APPENDIX
  • CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF OIL SHALE
  • Primary energy consumption
  • Primary energy production
  • Fossil fuel reserves
  • Oil reserves
  • R/P ratio for crude oil
  • Coal reserves
  • Natural gas reserves
  • Patent tables
  • U.S. Patents
  • Europe Patents
• LIST OF TABLES
  • 1 Summary table global oil shale market, by products, 2015 - 2030 ($Million)
  • 2 Global crude oil production (Million barrels)
  • 3 Global shale oil reserves
  • 4 Shale oil production, by countries, 2008 (Thousand barrels per day)
  • 5 Crude oil production and consumption gap, by geography, 2009 (Thousand barrels per day)
  • 6 Estimated production cost, 2008
  • 7 Carbon emission from electricity generation, by fuel
  • 8 Average calorific value of oil shale, by region
  • 9 Global oil shale market, by applications, 2015 - 2030 ($Million)
  • 10 Global oil shale market, by technologies, 2015 - 2030 ($Million)
  • 11 Global oil shale market, by processes, 2015 -2030 ($Million)
  • 12 Top players - their technologies & resource area
  • 13 Patent in fields of oil shale, 2004 - 2008
  • 14 Global oil shale market, by products, 2015 -2030 (Million barrels)
  • 15 Global shale oil market, by products, 2015-2030 ($Million)
  • 16 Global shale oil market, by products, 2015 - 2030 (Million barrels)
  • 17 Oil content in oil shale, by region
  • 18 Shale oil yield of oil shale deposits
  • 19 Total potential production of gasoline from shale oil, (Million barrels)
  • 20 Total potential production of shale diesel (Million barrels)
  • 21 Total potential production of shale kerosene, (Million Barrels)
  • 22 Total potential production of heavy oil from shale oil, (Million barrels)
  • 23 Total potential production of gases from oil shale, (Million barrels)
  • 24 Global propane market, 2015 - 2020 ($Million)
  • 25 Global butane market, 2015 - 2030 ($Million)
  • 26 Global oil shale market, by technology 2015 - 2030 ($Million)
  • 27 Global oil shale market, by technology, 2015 - 2030 (Million Barrels)
  • 28 Technology used for retortion, by country
  • 29 Global oil shale market, by geography, 2015 - 2030 ($Million)
  • 30 Global oil shale market, by geography 2015 - 2030 (Thousands barrel per day)
  • 31 Countries with potential future production
  • 32 U.S. oil shale reserves (Acres)
  • 33 U.S. oil shale market, by products, 2015 - 2030 ($Million)
  • 34 Total potential production of oil shale in U.S., (Million barrels)
  • 35 U.S. energy production, by energy source, 2000 - 2009 (Quadrillion BTU)
  • 36 U.S. electricity generation, by source, 2004 - 2009 (Million Kwh)
  • 37 China oil shale reserves, by region
  • 38 China oil shale reserves, by oil content
  • 39 China oil shale market, by products, 2015 - 2030 ($Million)
  • 40 Total potential production of oil shale in China (Million barrels)
  • 41 Increasing energy consumption in China, 2000 - 2009
  • 42 China's installed electricity capacity, by energy type, 2008 - 2020
  • 43 Russian oil shale market, by products, 2015 - 2030 ($Million)
  • 44 Total potential production of oil shale in Russia (Million barrels)
  • 45 European oil shale market, by products, 2015 - 2030 ($Million)
  • 46 Total potential production of oil shale in Europe (Million barrels)
  • 47 Shale oil production, Narva oil plant (Estonia), 2007 - 2010
  • 48 Oil shale application in Estonia, 2009 - 2030
  • 49 Row oil shale market, by products, 2015 - 2030 ($Million)
  • 50 Total potential production of oil shale in RoW, (Million barrels)
  • 51 Oil shale deposits in israel, by characteristic
  • 52 Jordan oil shale deposit characteristic
  • 53 Some of the oil shale deposits in canada, by yield
  • 54 Australian ten major oil shale deposits, by yield
  • 55 Chemical composition of oil shale (%)
  • 56 Product output from shale oil (%)
  • 57 Primary energy consumption (Trillion BTU)
  • 58 World primary energy production (Trillion BTU)
  • 59 Oil reserves of the world (Billion barrels)
  • 60 R/P ratio of crude oil, 2008 (Billion Barrels)
  • 61 Coal reserves of world (Million tons oil equivalent)
  • 62 Natural gas reserves of the world (Trillion cubic meters)
• LIST OF FIGURES
  • 1 Global energy utilization forecasts
  • 2 Global energy sources
  • 3 Global energy utilization
  • 4 Variation in oil prices ($Per barrel)
  • 5 Forecasted oil prices and shale oil prices ($Per barrel)
  • 6 Industry life cycle
  • 7 Opportunities for stakeholders in the process of shale oil production & delivery
  • 8 Applications of crude oil
  • 9 Segments of oil shale
  • 10 Global market forecast for oil shale, by products, 2015 - 2030 ($Million)
  • 11 Patents by geography
  • 12 Global oil shale market, by applications, 2015 - 2030 ($Million)
  • 13 Global oil shale market, by processes, 2015 - 2030 ($Million)
  • 14 Oil shale retorting & refining process
  • 15 Oil shale refining process
  • 16 Kiviter process
  • 17 Fushun process
  • 18 Galoter process
  • 19 Petrosix process
  • 20 Amso-egl's oil shale process
  • 21 Land utilization of the amso technology process retort
  • 22 The rendall process of blue ensign technologies
  • 23 The chattanooga process
  • 24 The chevron technology
  • 25 The mining process and activities in Eestia Põlevkivi
  • 26 The Eeor technology of electro-petroloeum inc.
  • 27 The electrofrac technology of Exxon
  • 28 The Patriot-I type prototype technology
  • 29 Microwave technology of imperial petroleum recovery corp.
  • 30 Geothermic fuel cell of independent energy partners
  • 31 GFC process of independent energy partners
  • 32 In-situ extraction technology of mountain west energy
  • 33 TSK technology of Narva oil plant
  • 34 Superheated air technology of petro probe
  • 35 Petrosix process of petrobras
  • 36 Figure for the paraho process of shale tech
  • 37 The In-situ conversion process of shell
  • 38 Oil reserves of the world (%)
  • 39 Coal reserves of the world (%)
  • 40 Natural gas reserves of world (%)