Summary

This Research Service focusses on key trends in the chemicals, and fluids market for drilling, completion and cementing .It discusses drivers, restraints, challenges, market share of top companies, market revenues and volume, forecasts for unit shipments and revenue for all chemical types used in the upstream oil industry.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Executive Summary
Introduction 1-1
Coverage and Overview 1-1
Drilling Chemicals 1-2
Cementing Chemicals 1-3
Completion Chemicals 1-4
Summary of Major Findings 1-5
Drilling Fluids: 1-5
Drilling Additives: 1-5
Key Drivers 1-5
Key Challenges 1-5
Completion Fluids 1-5
Completion Additive: 1-5
Key Drivers 1-6
Key Challenges 1-6
Cements 1-6
Cementing Additives: 1-6
Key Drivers 1-6
Key Challenges 1-6
 
C h a p t e r 2
North American Energy Outlook
The North American Energy Market 2-1
U.S.A. 2-1
Canada 2-2
Trends 2-3
The Energy Services Market 2-5
Services Overview 2-5
Other Trends 2-6
Major Participants 2-7

Chapter 3
Analysis of the Drilling Chemicals Market
Introduction 3-1
Overview and Definitions 3-1
Functions of drilling fluids 3-2
Composition of the Drilling Fluid 3-4
Classification of Base Fluids 3-5
Additives for WBM 3-6
Advantages of WBM 3-7
Disadvantages of WBM 3-7
Environmental Regulations 3-7
Inhibitive Water-based Muds 3-7
Drill-in-fluids 3-8
Types of Water-based Muds 3-8
Oil-based Muds 3-10
Environmental Regulations 3-11
Pseudo Oil-based Muds (Synthetic Oil-based Muds) 3-11
Air, Mist, Foam and Gas-based drilling (AMFG) 3-12
Gas-based Muds 3-12
Drilling Mud Additives 3-12
Oil or Synthetic-based Mud Additives 3-14
Scope of the Project 3-15
Additives 3-15
Market Forces 3-16
Market Engineering Measurements 3-16
Drivers 3-17
Drivers 3-17
The Growing Drilling Activities in North America Drive the Market. 3-18
Removal of Ban by Government drives the Market 3-18
Heavy Oil gets Boost from Low-viscosity Technology in Canada 3-18
Restraints 3-19
Environmental Issues of Offshore Drilling 3-19
Decreasing Drilling Activity in Canada may slow Down the Region's Growth 3-19
Challenges 3-20
Drilling in High Pressure and High Temperature (HP/HT) Wells 3-20
Directional Drilling through Salt 3-20
Unfavorable Pricing and Low Rig Utilization 3-21
Horizontal Drilling 3-21
Increasing Feedstock Price may Increase the Drilling Chemical Price 3-21
Revenue Forecasts 3-22
Competitive Structure 3-23
Porter's 5 Forces 3-25
Competitive participants in the industry 3-26
Suppliers 3-26
Buyers 3-27
Bargaining Power of Suppliers 3-27
Forward Integration 3-27
Bargaining Power of Customers 3-28
Threat of New entrants 3-28
Threat of Substitutes 3-29
Competitive Rivalry between Existing Service Providers 3-29
Drilling Additives 3-29
Weightening Agents 3-29
Production and Consumption 3-30
Revenues 3-32
Decreasing Production Levels 3-32
Drivers 3-33
Versatility and Cost Efficiency of Barite to Accelerate Growth 3-33
Increased Selling Price Boosting Revenues 3-33
High Cost and Strained Availability of Substituting Products 3-34
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts 3-34
Competitive Structure 3-35
Market Share Rankings 3-36
Drilling Mud 3-36
Market Volume 3-37
Market Revenues 3-38
Market Challenges 3-38
Market Drivers 3-39
Increase in Drilling Activity Primarily Boosting the Bentonite Market 3-39
Price and Supply Stability to Make it a more Favorable Option 3-39
Absence of Viable Substitutes Putting it in a Position of Unchallenged Advantage 3-40
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts 3-40
Competitive Structure 3-41
Viscosifiers and Fluid Loss Control Agents 3-43
Market Volume 3-44
Market Revenues 3-45
Industry Challenges 3-45
Climatic Changes in the United States and Exporting Countries such as India and Pakistan 3-46
Side effects of using Guar Gum Indicating a Disadvantage 3-46
Supply-Demand Mismatch Resulting in Increased Inventory Time 3-46
Market Drivers 3-46
Increase in Drilling Activity 3-47
Viscosifiers and Fluid Loss Control Agents—II 3-47
Xanthan Gum 3-47
Market Volumes 3-48
Market Revenues 3-48
Drivers 3-48
Challenges 3-48
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts 3-48
Cellulose Ethers 3-49
Drivers 3-50
Increased Efficacy Matched with Lesser Side Effects 3-50
Increase in Drilling Activity 3-50
Challenges 3-50
Unavoidable Price Increases 3-51
Competition with Other Water-soluble polymers 3-51
Inability to Withstand High Temperatures 3-51
Hydroxy Ethyl Cellulose 3-51
Market Volume and Revenues 3-52
Drivers 3-52
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts 3-53
Competitive Structure 3-53
Lignite 3-55
Brine Compounds 3-56
Calcium Chloride 3-56
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts 3-56
Bromine Compounds 3-57
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts 3-57
Competitive Structure 3-58
Market Share 3-58
Lost Circulation Compounds 3-59
Drivers 3-60
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts 3-60
Emulsifiers 3-61
Market Volume 3-61
Market Revenues 3-61
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts 3-61
Other Surfactants 3-62
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts 3-63
Competitive Structure 3-63
Biocides 3-65
Drivers 3-65
Increasing Use of Water-based Drilling Muds 3-66
High Value, Complex Formulations Replacing Conventional Alternatives 3-66
Challenges 3-66
Documentation or Registration Required for Certain Biocide Chemistries 3-66
Market Being Consolidated 3-67
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts 3-67
Competitive Structure 3-69
Corrosion Inhibitors 3-70
Market Volume 3-71
Market Revenues 3-71
Market Drivers 3-71
Increasing Need to Maintain the Integrity of Drilling Equipment 3-72
Unit Shipment and Forecasts 3-72
Shale Stabilizers 3-75
Market Size 3-76
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts 3-76
Thinners 3-77
Market Size 3-77
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts 3-77
Ph Additives 3-78
Market Volume 3-78
Market Revenues 3-79
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts 3-79
Antifoaming Agents 3-79
Unit Shipment and Forecasts 3-80
Other Additives 3-80
Others 3-80
Unit Shipment and Forecasts 3-81

Chapter 4
Analysis of the Completion Fluids and Chemicals Market
Introduction 4-1
Overview and Definitions 4-1
Mixwater 4-2
Cleaning Chemicals 4-2
Completion Fluids 4-2
Market Forces 4-2
Market Engineering Measurements 4-2
Market Drivers 4-4
Oil Production Companies Focused on Stranded Fields are likely to Assist the
Market of Completion and Workover Chemicals 4-4
Increased Drilling Activity 4-4
Natural Calamities such as Hurricanes Increasing the need for Completion Fluids 4-5
Market Challenges 4-5
Escalation in Crude Oil Prices Drives the Cost of Completion and Workover Chemicals Higher 4-5
Increasing Prices of Brine Compounds 4-5
Completion Fluids 4-6
Brominated Compounds 4-6
Calcium Chloride and Cesium Formate 4-6
Completion Additives 4-7
Additives 4-7
Competitive Structure 4-8
Market Share Analysis 4-9

Chapter 5
Analysis of the Cementing Chemicals Market
Introduction 5-1
Market Overview and Definitions 5-1
Market Overview 5-1
Market Definitions 5-2
Application of Cementing Chemicals or Additives in Oil and Gas Exploration 5-4
Market Forces 5-4
Market Engineering Measurements 5-4
Drivers 5-6
Increase in Drilling Activities Assists in the Growth of Cementing Additives 5-6
Technological Advances Support Growth in the Cementing Chemicals Market 5-6
Market Challenges 5-7
Alternative Technologies Reduce the Required Volume of Cementing Chemicals 5-7
Commoditization of Cementing Chemicals Reduces Profit Margins 5-8
Cementing Chemicals are Also Affected by the "Cyclic Behavior" in the Oil Industry 5-8
Commodity Cements 5-8
Unit Shipment And Revenue Forecasts 5-8
Retarders 5-9
Retarders 5-9
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts 5-10
Accelarators 5-11
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts 5-12
Dispersants 5-13
Market Revenues 5-13
Market Volume 5-13
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts 5-13
Fluid Loss Control Additives 5-14
Market Revenues 5-14
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts 5-15
Gas Migration Control Additives 5-15
Market Size 5-16
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts 5-16
Defoamers 5-16
Market Size 5-17
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts 5-17
Other Additives 5-18
Others 5-18
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts 5-18
Competitive Structure 5-19
Competitors 5-19

List  of  Figures
Chapter   3
Analysis  of  the  Drilling  Chemicals  Market
3-1 Drilling Fluids and Additives Market:
Composition of Typical Water-based Mud (North America), 2007 3-13
3-2 Drilling Fluids and Additives Market:
Composition of Typical Oil-based Mud (North America), 2007 3-14
3-3 Drilling Fluids and Additives Market:
Market Drivers Ranked in Order of Impact (North America), 2008-2014 3-17
3-4 Drilling Fluids and Additives Market:
Market Restraints Ranked in Order of Impact (North America), 2008-2014 3-19
3-5 Drilling Fluids and Additives Market:
Impact of Top Five Industry Challenges (North America), 2008-2014 3-20
3-6 Drilling Fluids and Additives Market:
Revenue Forecasts for Drilling Fluids (North America), 2004-2014 3-22
3-7 Drilling Fluids and Additives Market:
Revenue Forecasts for Total Drilling Fluids and Additives (North America), 2004-2014 3-23
3-8 Drilling Fluids and Additives Market:
Competitive Structure (North America), 2007 3-24
3-9 Drilling Fluids Market:
Market Share Analysis (North America), 2007 3-24
3-10   Drilling Fluids and Additives Market:
Market Share Analysis for Drilling Fluids (North America), 2007 3-25
3-11   Drilling Barite Market:
Impact of Top Industry Challenge (North America), 2008-2014 3-32
3-12   Drilling Barite Market:
Market Drivers Ranked in Order of Impact (North America), 2008-2014 3-33
3-13   Drilling Barite Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2004-2014 3-34
3-14   Drilling Barite Market:
Competitive Structure (North America), 2007 3-35
3-15   Drilling Barite Market:
Company Market Share Ranking by Revenues (North America), 2007 3-36
3-16   Drilling Bentonite Market:
Market Drivers Ranked In order of Impact (North America), 2008-2014 3-39
3-17   Drilling Bentonite Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2004-2014 3-40
3-18   Drilling Bentonite Market:
Competitive Structure (North America), 2007 3-41
3-19   Drilling Bentonite Market:
Ranking of Top Companies by Market Share (North America), 2007 3-42
3-20   Drilling Guar Gum Market:
Impact of Top Three Industry Challenges (North America), 2008-2014 3-45
3-21   Drilling Guar Gum Market:
Market Drivers Ranked in Order of Impact (North America), 2008-2014 3-47
3-22   Drilling Natural Polymers Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2004-2014 3-49
3-23   Drilling Polymers Market:
Market Drivers Ranked in Order of Impact (N.A. North America), 2008-2014 3-50
3-24   Drilling Polymers Market:
Impact of Top Three Industry Challenges (North America), 2008-2014 3-51
3-25   Drilling Cellulose Ethers and Acryl Amide Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2004-2014 3-53
3-26   Drilling Polymers Market:
Competitive Structure (North America), 2007 3-54
3-27   Drilling Lignite Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2004-2014 3-55
3-28   Drilling Calcium Chloride Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North American), 2004-2014 3-56
3-29   Drilling Bromide Compounds Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2004-2014 3-57
3-30   Drill in Fluids Market:
Competitive Structure (North America), 2007 3-58
3-31   Drilling Additives Market:
Ranking of Top Companies by Market Share (North America), 2007 3-59
3-32   Drilling Lost Circulation Materials Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2004-2014 3-60
3-33   Drilling Emulsifiers Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North American), 2004-2014 3-61
3-34   Drilling Surfactants Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2004-2014 3-63
3-35   Drilling Surfactants Market:
Competitive Structure (North America.), 2007 3-64
3-36   Drilling Biocides Market:
Market Drivers Ranked in Order of Impact (North America), 2008-2014 3-65
3-37   Drilling Biocides Market:
Impact of Top Two Industry Challenges North America), 2008-2014 3-66
3-38   Drilling Biocides Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2004-2014 3-67
3-39   Drilling Glutaraldehyde Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2004-2014 3-68
3-40   Drilling Other Biocides Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2004-2014 3-69
3-41   Drilling Biocides Market:
Competitive Structure (North America), 2007 3-70
3-42   Corrosion Inhibitors Market:
Market Driver and its Impact (North American), 2008-2014 3-71
3-43   Corrosion Inhibitors Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2004-2014 3-72
3-44   Quaternary Ammonium Compounds Corrosion Inhibitors Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2004-2014 3-73
3-45   Amides and Polyphosphonates Corrosion Inhibitors Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2004-2014 3-74
3-46   Other Corrosion Inhibitors Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2004-2014 3-75
3-47   Shale Stabilizers Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2004-2014 3-76
3-48   Thinners Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2004-2014 3-77
3-49   Ph Additives Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North American), 2004-2014 3-79
3-50   Antifoaming Agents Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2004-2014 3-80
3-51   Other Additives Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2004-2014 3-81

Chapter   4
Analysis  of  the  Completion  Fluids  and  Chemicals  Market
4-1 Completion Chemicals Market:
Market Drivers Ranked in Order of Impact (North America), 2008-2014 4-4
4-2 Completion Chemicals Market:
Impact of Top Two Industry Challenges (North America), 2008-2014 4-5
4-3 Completion Chemicals Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2004-2014 4-6
4-4 Completion Chemicals Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2004-2014 4-7
4-5 Oilfield Completion Chemicals Market:
Competitive Structure (North America), 2007 4-8
4-6 Oilfield Completion Fluids Market:
Company Market Share by Revenues (North America), 2007 4-9

Chapter   5
Analysis  of  the  Cementing  Chemicals  Market
5-1 Oilfield Cementing Chemicals Market:
API's Classification of Cements (North America), 2007 5-2
5-2 Oilfield Cementing Chemicals Market:
Market Drivers Ranked in Order of Impact (North America), 2008-2014 5-6
5-3 Oilfield Cementing Chemicals Market:
Impact of Top Three Industry Challenges (North America), 2008-2014 5-7
5-4 Oilfield Commodity Cements Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America) 2004-2014 5-9
5-5 Oilfield Cementing Retarders Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2004-2014 5-11
5-6 Oilfield Cementing Accelerators Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2004-2014 5-12
5-7 Oilfield Cementing Dispersants Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2004-2014 5-14
5-8 Oilfield Cementing Fluid Loss Control Polymers Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2004-2014 5-15
5-9 Oilfield Cementing Gas Migration Inhibitors Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2004-2014 5-16
5-10   Oilfield Cementing Defoamers Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2004-2014 5-17
5-11   Oilfield Cementing Extenders and High Temperature Suspenders Market:
Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2004-2014 5-18
5-12   Oilfield Cementing Chemicals Market:
Competitive Structure (North America), 2007 5-19

List of Charts
Chapter   3
Analysis of the Drilling Chemicals Market
3.1 Drilling Fluids and Additives Market:
Components of Drilling Fluid (North America), 2007 3-4
3.2 Drilling Fluids and Additives Market:
Market Engineering Measurements (North America), 2007 3-16
3.3 Drilling Fluids Market:
Volume Usage by Drilling Fluid Type (North America), 2007 3-17
3.4 Drilling Fluids and Additives Market:
Porter's 5 Forces (North America), 2007 3-25
3.5 Drilling Barite Market:
Market Volume (United States), 2007 3-30
3.6 Drilling Barite Market:
Market Volume (Canada), 2007 3-31
3.7 Drilling Barite Market:
Geographic Split by Volume (North America), 2007 3-31
3.8 Drilling Bentonite Market:
Bentonite Share by Volume (North America), 2007 3-38
3.9 Drilling Bentonite Market:
Nature of Business Activity of Market Participants (North America), 2007 3-43
3.10   Drilling Additives Market:
Guar Gum Volume (North America), 2007 3-45
3.11   Drilling Additives Market:
Guar Gum Volume (North America), 2007 3-47

Chapter   4
Analysis of the Completion Fluids and Chemicals Market
4.1 Oilfield Completion Chemicals Market:
Market Engineering Measurements (North America), 2007 4-3

Chapter   5
Analysis of the Cementing Chemicals Market
5.1 Oilfield Cementing Chemicals Market:
Market Engineering Measurements (North America), 2007 5-5