Boston, MA -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/15/2014 -- Singapore will remain a key oil hub and will likely emerge as the region's gas trade hub over our ten-year forecast period. LNG will also overtake pipeline gas imports from Indonesia and Malaysia as Singapore's dominant source of gas. While it will remain a significant refining country, it faces growing competition from emerging markets for the regional oil products market.

The key trends for Singapore's oil and gas sector are:

- Singapore's large refining sector will keep its crude oil import requirements high. It is also heavily exposed to the Middle East, given that the region supplies nearly 90% of its crude oil needs.
- Iran could find it difficult to make its way back into the Singapore crude oil market if sanctions against it are lifted, as the supply gap left by the country has been comfortably filled by other countries, in particular Angola and Russia.
- The country could see more condensate imports, as condensate refineries come online.
- While Singapore will remain an important refining hub, it faces increasing competition from emerging refiners in the region such as China and Vietnam.
- We expect to see a shift in Singapore's oil product slate, away from heavy fuel oil towards lighter distillates.
- Singapore's growing gas consumption will...

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The Singapore Oil & Gas Report has been researched at source and features Business Monitor International (BMI)'s independent forecasts for Singapore 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 Singapore Oil & Gas Report provides professionals, consultancies, government departments, regulatory bodies and researchers with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the Singaporean oil and gas industry.

Key Benefits

- Benchmark BMI's independent oil and gas industry forecasts for Singapore to test consensus views - a key input for successful budgeting and strategic business planning in the Singaporean oil and gas market.
- Target business opportunities and risks in the Singaporean oil and gas sector through reviews of latest industry trends, regulatory changes and major deals, projects and investments in Singapore.
- 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)

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