Category: Energy & Resources
Energy & Resources market research reports by First Research, Inc.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 Oilwell Varco, and Schlumberger (all based in ... 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Electric Utilities
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry generate, transmit, and distribute electric power. Major companies include Duke Energy, Exelon, and Southern Company (all based in the US), as well as EDF (France), Enel (Italy), EON (Germany), and TEPCO (Japan). COMPETITIVE LA ... Read More
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Metal Ore Mining
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 ... 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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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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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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Electric Power Transmission, Distribution & Marketing
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 ... Read More
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Gold & Silver Mining
Gold & Silver Mining Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry develop mine sites, mine and quarry gold and silver, and prepare gold and silver for sale. Major companies include Canada-based Barrick Gold, Kinross Gold, as well as Newmont (headquartered in the US), Angl ... Read More
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Hazardous Waste Services
Hazardous Waste Services Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry operate hazardous waste treatment and disposal facilities, including combustors, incinerators, and landfills. Major companies include Clean Harbors, Energy Solutions, and Stericycle (all based in the US ... Read More
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Mining
Mining Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry develop mine sites; mine and quarry coal, metal ores, and nonmetallic minerals; and prepare extracted materials. Major companies include US-based Freeport-McMoRan, Newmont Mining, and Peabody Energy, as well as Barrick G ... Read More
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