Category: Energy & Resources
Energy & Resources market research reports by First Research, Inc.
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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 Électricité de France an ... Read More
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Power Line & Telecommunications Infrastructure Construction Contractors
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry construct power lines and towers, power plants, and radio, TV, and telecommunications towers. Major companies include Dycom Industries, Henkels & McCoy, MasTec, and SBA Communications (all based in the US), as well as Nippo ... Read More
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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 (Brazil), and Novozymes (D ... Read More
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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 Energy, Sunoco, and World Kinect Corporation. COMPET ... Read More
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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), along with China Energy, C ... Read More
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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 LANDSCAPE Demand is ... Read More
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Waste Management Services
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry collect, treat, and dispose of garbage and other waste materials; and recover reusable materials through recycling. Additionally, companies provide remediation services for decontaminating buildings, mine sites, soil, or ground ... Read More
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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), and TBEA (China). COMPE ... Read More
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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 (Brazil). COMPETITIVE LANDS ... Read More
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Metal Ore Mining
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry develop mine sites, mine and quarry metallic minerals and provide related support services, and prepare minerals for sale. Major companies include Freeport-McMoRan and Newmont Mining (both based in the US), as well as Anglo Ame ... Read More
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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 Noble Offshore, Helmerich & Payne, Nabors, and Patterson-UTI (all based in the US), as well as Precision Drilling (Cana ... Read More
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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 in the US), a ... Read More
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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 Exide Technologies; leadi ... Read More
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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 EDP Renováveis ... Read More
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Water Transportation Services
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry provide inland, coastal, and deep sea transportation of freight and passengers. Major companies include Carnival and Kirby Inland Marine (both located in the US); as well as Mærsk (Denmark); COSCO (China); and Hapag-Lloyd ... Read More
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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 as China Oilfield Service ... Read More
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Recyclable Material Wholesalers
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry engage in wholesale distribution of automotive scrap, industrial scrap, and other recyclable materials. Major scrap wholesalers include America Chung Nam, Commercial Metals Company, and The David J Joseph Company (all based in ... Read More
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Water & Sewer Utilities
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry operate water treatment and water supply systems; sewer systems and sewage treatment facilities; and steam and air-conditioning supply systems. Major companies include American Water, Cal Water, and Essential Utilities (all bas ... Read More
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Nonmetallic Mineral Mining & Quarrying
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry develop mine sites, mine and quarry nonmetallic minerals and provide related support services, and separate minerals from waste. Major nonmetallic mining companies include Martin Marietta and Vulcan Materials (both based in the ... Read More
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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 UK), LUKOIL and TATNEFT (both based ... Read More
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Electric Power Transmission, Distribution & Marketing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry own and operate high-voltage transmission lines and retail distribution systems, as well as intermediaries like energy dealers and brokers. Major companies include American Electric Power, Duke Energy, and Exelon (all based in ... Read More
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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 CPC (Taiwan), ENEOS Corporation (Japan), ... Read More
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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), along with China National P ... Read More
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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 include CenterPoint Energy, NiSource, ... Read More
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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, American Electric Power, Dominio ... Read More
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