Category: Energy
Energy market research reports by First Research, Inc.
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Transformer Manufacturing
Transformer Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture power, distribution, and specialty transformers. Major companies include ABB (Switzerland), General Electric (US), Mitsubishi Electric (Japan), Schneider Electric (France), Siemens (Germany ... Read More
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Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry develop and operate fields to extract crude petroleum and natural gas. Major companies include ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil (both based in the US), as well as BP and Shell (both based in the ... Read More
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Fossil Fuel Power Generation
Fossil Fuel Power Generation Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry operate electric power generation facilities that produce electrical energy from fossil fuels. Major companies include American Electric Power, Duke Energy, and Southern Company (all based in the US ... Read More
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Solar Power Generation
Solar Power Generation Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry operate power generation facilities that use energy from the sun to produce electric energy. Major companies include diversified electric utilities and independent producers Berkshire Hathaway Energy, Nex ... Read More
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Oil & Gas Field Services
Oil & Gas Field Services Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry support oil and gas field operations on a contract basis. Major companies include Baker Hughes, Halliburton, Nabors, National Oilwell Varco, Schlumberger, and Weatherford (all based in the US); as well ... Read More
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Biofuel Manufacturing
Biofuel Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry produce ethyl alcohol, known as ethanol, and biodiesel fuel. Major biofuel manufacturers include Green Plains, Poet, and Renewable Energy Group (all based in the US), along with Abengoa (Spain), Cosan (Bra ... Read More
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Fuel Oil & LP Gas Dealers
Fuel Oil & LP Gas Dealers Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry sell fuel oil and liquefied petroleum (LP) gas. Major companies include AmeriGas, Ferrellgas, and Star Group (all based in the US), as well as Mitsui & Co (Japan), SHV (Netherlands), and Ultrapar ( ... Read More
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Nuclear Power Generation
Nuclear Power Generation Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry operate nuclear power generation plants that provide electricity to transmission and distribution systems. Major companies include US utilities Entergy, Exelon, and STP Nuclear, as well as Électr ... Read More
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Petroleum & Petroleum Products Wholesalers
Petroleum & Petroleum Products Wholesalers Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry store, transport, and distribute wholesale petroleum and petroleum products, including liquefied petroleum gas. Major US companies include Equinor, Global Partners, Mansfield Oil Compa ... Read More
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Electric Power Generation
Electric Power Generation Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry operate electric power generation facilities that convert other forms of energy, such as fossil fuels, nuclear, water, wind, and solar power, into electrical energy. Major companies include AES, Americ ... Read More
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Natural Gas Distribution & Marketing
Natural Gas Distribution & Marketing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry operate natural gas distribution systems that serve customer locations, broker the sale of gas to distributors, and buy natural gas and directly distribute it to customers. Major companies i ... Read More
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Petroleum Refining
Petroleum Refining Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry refine crude oil to produce fuel and other products. Major companies include Chevron, Exxon Mobil, and Valero (all headquartered in the US); BP (the UK); and Royal Dutch Shell (the Netherlands). COMPETITIVE L ... Read More
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Battery Manufacturing
Battery Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture primary (disposable) batteries and storage (rechargeable) batteries for consumer, automotive, and industrial use. Major US companies include East Penn Manufacturing, Energizer, EnerSys, and Exi ... Read More
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Refined Petroleum Pipelines
Refined Petroleum Pipelines Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry operate pipeline networks for transporting refined petroleum products. Major companies include Buckeye Partners, Kinder Morgan, Koch Industries, and Magellan Midstream Partners (all based in the US), ... Read More
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Wind Power Generation
Wind Power Generation Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry operate power generation facilities that use turbines to convert wind into electricity. Major companies include US-based Berkshire Hathaway Energy, Invenergy, NextEra Energy, and Pattern Energy, as well as ... Read More
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Coal Mining
Coal Mining Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry develop coal mine sites, extract coal from surface and underground mines, prepare coal for use, and provide support activities for coal mining. Major companies include Arch Resources and Peabody Energy (both based i ... Read More
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Natural Gas Pipelines
Natural Gas Pipelines Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry own and operate pipelines that transport natural gas from process plants to local distribution systems. Major companies include Energy Transfer Partners, Enterprise Products Partners, Kinder Morgan, and ON ... Read More
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Petroleum & Coal Products Manufacturing
Petroleum & Coal Products Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry refine crude oil and coal into fuel, asphalt products, lubricating oils, and other products. Major companies include US-based Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Marathon, and Phillips 66, as well as C ... Read More
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Crude Petroleum Pipelines
Crude Petroleum Pipelines Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry transport crude oil via pipelines. Major US companies include Energy Transfer Partners, Genesis Energy, and Plains All American Pipeline (based in the US); as well as China National Petroleum Corporati ... Read More
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Oil & Gas Transportation & Storage
Oil & Gas Transportation & Storage Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry use pipelines to transport crude oil, refined petroleum products, and natural gas. Major companies include Energy Transfer Equity, Enterprise Products Partners, and Plains All American Pipelin ... Read More
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Oil & Gas Field Equipment Manufacturing
Oil & Gas Field Equipment Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture machinery and equipment used in oil and gas exploration and production; as well as water well drilling machinery. Major companies include Baker Hughes, Nabors, National Oilwel ... Read More
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Oil & Gas Well Drilling
Oil & Gas Well Drilling Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry specialize in drilling oil and gas wells for others on a contract or fee basis. Major companies include Diamond Offshore, Helmerich & Payne, Nabors, and Patterson-UTI (all based in the US), as well a ... Read More
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Solar Power Generation
Solar Power Generation Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry operate power generation facilities that use energy from the sun to produce electric energy. Major companies include diversified electric utilities and independent producers Berkshire Hathaway Energy, Nex ... Read More
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Oil & Gas Field Services
Oil & Gas Field Services Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry support oil and gas field operations on a contract basis. Major companies include Baker Hughes, Halliburton, Nabors, National Oilwell Varco, Schlumberger, and Weatherford (all based in the US); as well ... Read More
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