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We believe Pakistan's oil and gas reserves will continue dwindling over the forecast period due to excessive utilisation and lack of significant discoveries. However several recent exploration successes and government's efforts to incentivise exploration and production pose an upside to our projections and could mitigate the negative trend especially towards the second half of our forecast period.
Key industry developments:
* In August and October 2014 Pakistan-based Pakistan Petroleum (PPL) has made several gas discoveries in its Kinza X-1 and Sharf X-1 at Gambat South block in Sindh.
* Elengy Terminal Pakistan Limited a liquefied natural gas (LNG) re-gasification terminal at Port Qasim is expected to come online in February 2015. We believe the terminal will remain heavily underutilised in 2015 and 2016 due to contract delays and financing constraints.
* Pakistan plans to sell shares in state-owned Oil & Gas Development Company (OGDC) to raise around USD815mn reports Reuters. The sale will be part of an initiative by the Pakistani government to privatise 68 companies and raise about USD5bn in the next two years to stabilise the ailing economy.
* According to reports in August 2014 the proposed India-Pakistan liquified natural gas (LNG) pipeline being built by...
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The Pakistan Oil & Gas Report has been researched at source and features Business Monitor International (BMI)'s independent forecasts for Pakistan including major indicators for oil gas and LNG covering all major indicators including reserves production consumption refining capacity prices export volumes and values. The report includes full analysis of industry trends and prospects national and multinational companies and changes in the regulatory environment.
BMI's Pakistan Oil & Gas Report provides professionals consultancies government departments regulatory bodies and researchers with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the Pakistani oil and gas industry.
Key Benefits
* Benchmark BMI's independent oil and gas industry forecasts for Pakistan to test consensus views - a key input for successful budgeting and strategic business planning in the Pakistani oil and gas market.
* Target business opportunities and risks in the Pakistani oil and gas sector through reviews of latest industry trends regulatory changes and major deals projects and investments in Pakistan.
* Assess the activities strategy and market position of your competitors partners and clients via our Company Profiles (inc. SWOTs KPIs and latest activity) and Competitive Landscape Tables.
Coverage
BMI Industry View
Summary of BMI's key forecasts and industry analysis covering oil and gas reserves supply demand and refining plus analysis of landmark company developments and key changes in the regulatory environment.
Regional Overview
Regional perspective on size and value of industry sector; comparative rankings by production refining imports and exports of oil gas and LNG.
Business Environment Rankings
BMI's Oil and Gas Business Environment Rankings provide a country-comparative Risk-Reward Rankings index aimed at investors (independents NOCs IOCs and oil services companies) in the upstream and downstream markets.
The rankings methodology makes sophisticated use of more than 40 industry economic and demographic data points and is part of BMI's integrated Country Risk-Industry Rankings products.
Oil Market Outlook and Oil Products Outlook
Based on our country coverage of over 99% of global oil and gas production and consumption BMI provides demand supply and price forecasts to end-2018 for oil gas and oil products
BMI Industry Forecasts
Historic data series and forecasts to end-2018 for all key industry indicators (see list below) supported by explicit assumptions plus analysis of key downside risks to the main forecast including:
Pricing: Oil price (US$/bbl WTI Brent OPEC basket Urals); Oil products prices (unleaded gasoline gasoil/diesel jet/kerosene - US$/bbl) at global hubs
Production Consumption Capacity and Reserves: Proven oil reserves (bn barrels) production consumption refinery capacity and throughputs (`000b/d); Proven gas reserves (tcm) production and consumption (bcm)
Imports and Exports: Oil exports/imports (`000b/d) value of oil exports/imports (US$mn - BMI base case); Value of oil exports at constant US$50/bbl and constant US$100/bbl (US$mn); Gas exports/imports (bcm) Value of gas exports/imports (US$mn); Value of gas exports/imports at constant US$50/bbl and US$100/bbl (US$mn); Value of petroleum exports/imports (US$mn); Value of petroleum exports/imports at constant US$50/bbl and US$100/bbl (US$mn)
BMI Macroeconomic Forecasts
BMI forecasts to end-2018 for all headline macroeconomic indicators including real GDP growth inflation fiscal balance trade balance current account and external debt.
Competitive Landscape
Comparative company analyses by US$ sales % share of total sales number of employees year established ownership structure oil production ('000b/d) gas production (bcm) downstream capacity ('000b/d) and % market share.
Company Profiles
Examines the competitive positioning and short- to medium-term business strategies of key industry players. Strategy is examined within the context of BMI's industry forecasts our macroeconomic views and our understanding of the wider competitive landscape to generate Company SWOT analyses. The latest financial and operating statistics and key company developments are also incorporated within the company profiles enabling a full evaluation of recent company performance and future growth prospects.
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