International Maritime Associates (IMA) is a firm of business consultants specializing in market analysis and strategic planning for companies in the marine and offshore sectors.
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February 1, 2020
Jim McCaul — Activity in the deepwater sector took a huge hit in the second half of last decade as a result of a global oil demand/supply imbalance, downturn in oil prices, hiatus in Petrobras production
February 14, 2019
Jim McCaul — IMA/World Energy Reports has just completed a twelve month detailed assessment of the floating liquefaction and regasification market. The 150+ page study examines future market opportunities
February 12, 2019
Jim McCaul — Floating production storage and offloading vessels (FPSOs) are by far the most popular type of floating production system. They account for two thirds of the oil/gas production floaters now
April 15, 2017
Jim McCaul -- Orders for production floaters have finally begun to flow. The break came early this year when contracts for a production semi for use in the GOM and an FPSO for use off Malaysia were awarded.
December 12, 2016
Jim McCaul -- Donald Trump’s presidential win and Republican sweep of the US government in November – along with OPEC’s oil production cuts in December -- have injected new dynamics into the US energy
Jim is the founder and manager of IMA, a consulting firm providing market analysis, competitive benchmarking and business planning support in the maritime and offshore sectors. Over the past 40 years IMA has performed more than 350 business consulting assignments for 170+ clients in 40+ countries.
One of the firm’s specialties is analyzing requirements for floating production systems. IMA has published more than 60 reports since 1996 analyzing this business sector and has been engaged by numerous clients to assist in analyzing specific market opportunities in the floating production sector.
Jim is also the co-founder of IMA/World Energy Reports, a New York based business intelligence service for the floating production supply chain.
Oil prices have continued to hover in the low to mid-$80s and the futures market sees Brent prices gradually declining to the mid-$60s over the next 5+ years. Meanwhile the recent pace of production floater contracts is in line with our market forecast for the next five years. Three FPSO contracts were awarded since the year began – Rosebank, PY-3 and Agogo --and the backlog of near- term contracts remains in the mid-30s.
March 15, 2023
BW Offshore said Wednesday it had closed the transaction for the sale of the FPSO…
March 10, 2023
BSE-listed Swan Energy, via its 51% subsidiary Triumph Offshore Private Limited (TOPL)…
March 10, 2023
An industrial scale concept for a floating production unit to produce green ammonia…
March 17, 2023
The Jumbo-SAL-Alliance (JSA) commenced its scope of work in the Basrah Refinery Upgrading Project for JGC Corporation, when…
March 14, 2023
A flood of liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects due online worldwide in mid-decade will vie against lower-cost renewable…
March 10, 2023
An industrial-scale concept for a floating production unit to produce green ammonia has secured Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV…