Table of Contents
1 Table of Contents 2
1.1 List of Tables 8
1.2 List of Figures 10
2 Introduction 11
2.1 What Is This Report About? 11
2.2 How To Use
This Report 11
2.3 Market Definition 11
3 Gabon, Country Snapshot
12
3.1 Gabon, Key Data 12
3.2 Gabon, Exploration And Production Assets
Map 13
3.3 Gabon, Crude Oil & Natural Gas Reserves 14
4 Gabon, Crude
Oil And Natural Gas Production 16
4.1 Gabon, Historical Crude Oil
Production 16
4.2 Gabon, Crude Oil And Natural Gas Producing Asset Details
17
4.3 Gabon, Crude Oil Production Assets by Area 18
4.4 Gabon,
Planned Production Assets Details 20
4.5 Gabon, Crude Oil Production by
Company 21
5 Gabon, Crude Oil And Natural Gas Forecasts 22
5.1 Gabon,
Forecasted Crude Oil Production 22
6 Gabon, Exploration Block Details
23
6.1 Gabon, Total Number of Active Exploration Blocks 23
6.2 Gabon,
Total Number of Active Exploration Blocks by Company 24
6.3 Gabon,
Exploration Blocks Details 25
7 Addax Petroleum, Inc. 27
7.1 Addax
Petroleum, Inc, Key Information 27
7.2 Addax Petroleum, Inc, Company
Overview 27
7.3 Addax Petroleum, Inc, Business Description 27
7.3.1
Addax Petroleum, Inc, Business Description, Business Overview 27
7.3.2
Addax Petroleum, Inc, Business Description, Exploration and Production Segment
27
7.3.3 Addax Petroleum, Inc, Business Description, Major Products and
Services 28
7.4 Addax Petroleum, Inc, VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS 29
7.4.1
Addax Petroleum, Inc, VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS, Upstream 29
7.5 Addax
Petroleum, Inc, SWOT Analysis 30
7.5.1 Addax Petroleum, Inc, SWOT
Analysis, Overview 30
7.5.2 Addax Petroleum, Inc, SWOT Analysis, Strengths
31
7.5.3 Addax Petroleum, Inc, SWOT Analysis, Weaknesses 31
7.5.4
Addax Petroleum, Inc, SWOT Analysis, Opportunities 32
7.5.5 Addax
Petroleum, Inc, SWOT Analysis, Threats 32
7.6 Addax Petroleum, Inc,
Revenue Analysis 33
7.6.1 Addax Petroleum, Inc, Revenue Analysis, Revenue
by Geography 33
7.7 Addax Petroleum, Inc, Financial and Operational Review
34
7.7.1 Addax Petroleum, Inc, Financial and Operational Review, Financial
Statements 34
7.7.2 Addax Petroleum, Inc, Financial and Operational
Review, Financial Ratios 35
7.8 Addax Petroleum, Inc, Operational
Indicators 35
8 Hess Corporation 36
8.1 Hess Corporation, Key
Information 36
8.2 Hess Corporation, Company Overview 36
8.3 Hess
Corporation, Business Description 36
8.3.1 Hess Corporation, Business
Description, Business Overview 36
8.3.2 Hess Corporation, Business
Description, Exploration and Production 37
8.3.3 Hess Corporation,
Business Description, Marketing and Refining 38
8.3.4 Hess Corporation,
Business Description, Major Products and Services 39
8.4 Hess Corporation,
VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS 41
8.4.1 Hess Corporation, VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS,
Upstream 41
8.4.2 Hess Corporation, VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS, Midstream 42
8.4.3 Hess Corporation, VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS, Downstream 42
8.4.4 Hess
Corporation, VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS, Retail 43
8.5 Hess Corporation, SWOT
Analysis 43
8.5.1 Hess Corporation, SWOT Analysis, Overview 43
8.5.2
Hess Corporation, SWOT Analysis, Strengths 44
8.5.3 Hess Corporation, SWOT
Analysis, Weaknesses 45
8.5.4 Hess Corporation, SWOT Analysis,
Opportunities 46
8.5.5 Hess Corporation, SWOT Analysis, Threats 47
8.6
Hess Corporation, Revenue Analysis 48
8.6.1 Hess Corporation, Revenue
Analysis, Revenue by Segment 48
8.6.2 Hess Corporation, Revenue Analysis,
Revenue by Geography 48
8.7 Hess Corporation, Financial and Operational
Review 50
8.7.1 Hess Corporation, Financial and Operational Review,
Financial Statements 50
8.7.2 Hess Corporation, Financial and Operational
Review, Financial Ratios 51
8.8 Hess Corporation, Operational Indicators
52
9 TOTAL S.A. 53
9.1 TOTAL S.A, Key Information 53
9.2 TOTAL
S.A, Company Overview 53
9.3 TOTAL S.A, Business Description 53
9.3.1
TOTAL S.A, Business Description, Business Overview 53
9.3.2 TOTAL S.A,
Business Description, Chemicals 54
9.3.3 TOTAL S.A, Business Description,
Downstream 55
9.3.4 TOTAL S.A, Business Description, Upstream 56
9.3.5
TOTAL S.A, Business Description, Major Products and Services 57
9.4 TOTAL
S.A, VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS 59
9.4.1 TOTAL S.A, VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS,
Upstream 60
9.4.2 TOTAL S.A, VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS, Midstream 60
9.4.3
TOTAL S.A, VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS, Downstream 61
9.4.4 TOTAL S.A, VALUE
CHAIN ANALYSIS, Retail 62
9.5 TOTAL S.A, SWOT Analysis 62
9.5.1 TOTAL
S.A, SWOT Analysis, Overview 62
9.5.2 TOTAL S.A, SWOT Analysis, Strengths
63
9.5.3 TOTAL S.A, SWOT Analysis, Weaknesses 64
9.5.4 TOTAL S.A, SWOT
Analysis, Opportunities 64
9.5.5 TOTAL S.A, SWOT Analysis, Threats 65
9.6 TOTAL S.A, Revenue Analysis 66
9.6.1 TOTAL S.A, Revenue Analysis,
Revenue by Segment 66
9.6.2 TOTAL S.A, Revenue Analysis, Revenue by
Geography 67
9.7 TOTAL S.A, Financial and Operational Review 68
9.7.1
TOTAL S.A, Financial and Operational Review, Financial Statements 68
9.7.2
TOTAL S.A, Financial and Operational Review, Financial Ratios 69
9.8 TOTAL
S.A, Operational Indicators 70
10 Gabon Exploration and Production
Industry, Financial Deals Landscape 72
10.1 Acquisition 72
10.1.1
Pioneer Natural Resources Completes Sale Of Its Interest In Olowi Block 72
10.1.2 Sterling Energy To Sell Sterling Energy (Iris Marin) Limited To Addax
Petroleum 73
10.2 Asset Transactions 75
10.2.1 Addax Petroleum
Acquires 50% Interest In Gryphon Marin License Area 75
10.2.2 Devon Energy
Sells Assets In Gabon To Oranje-Nassau 76
10.2.3 Addax Petroleum Acquires
50% Interest In Epaemeno License Area 77
10.2.4 Perenco Acquires Upstream
Activities In Gabon From Eni 78
11 Gabon Exploration and Production
Industry, Recent Developments 80
11.1 License Rounds 80
11.1.1 Jun 11,
2008: Gabon Prepares Oil Licensing Round For 2009 80
11.2 Strategy and
Business Expansion 81
11.2.1 Dec 13, 2007: Harvest Acquires Interest In
Gabon Exploration Block 81
11.2.2 Oct 17, 2007: VAALCO Announces New FPSO
Contract 81
11.2.3 Oct 11, 2006: Austin Gets 18% Interest In Gabon Oil And
Gas Project 81
11.3 Recent Discoveries 83
11.3.1 Jul 24, 2008: Maurel
& Prom Announces Oil Discovery In Onal Field, Gabon 83
11.4 Drilling and
Production Updates 83
11.4.1 Aug 01, 2008: VAALCO Updates Progress On Its
Exploration Program 83
11.4.2 Aug 01, 2008: Sterling Updates On ICM-1 Well
In Marin Permit, Offshore Gabon 84
11.4.3 Jun 18, 2008: VAALCO Restores
Production At Gabon Facility 84
11.4.4 Sep 12, 2007: Addax Petroleum
Increases Gabon Production 85
11.4.5 Jan 16, 2007: Valco Begins Production
At Avouma Field 86
11.4.6 Nov 28, 2006: Addax Petroleum Commissions New
Onshore Production And Export System In Gabon 86
11.5 Other Significant
Developments 87
11.5.1 Jun 06, 2008: VAALCO To Upgrade Its FPSO Production
Facility In Gabon 87
11.5.2 Feb 28, 2008: Total Announces Launch Of
Anguille Field Redevelopment In Gabon 87
11.5.3 Jan 14, 2008: Sterling
Provides Updates On THAM-1 Well 88
11.5.4 Nov 22, 2007: Tullow Provides
Activity Update 88
11.5.5 Aug 02, 2007: Petrol One, KM Energy Sign MOA
89
11.5.6 Jul 07, 2006: Vaalco Declares Arrival Of Avouma Production
Platform 89
11.5.7 Jan 11, 2006: Vaalco Updates Gabon Activity 90
11.6
New Contracts Announcements 90
11.6.1 Dec 28, 2006: Saipem Wins Two New
Offshore Contracts 90
11.6.2 Dec 13, 2006: Total Signs Exploration And
Production Sharing Contract 90
12 Appendix 91
12.1 Methodology 91
12.1.1 Coverage 92
12.1.2 Secondary Research 92
12.1.3 Primary
Research 93
12.1.4 Forecasts 93
12.2 Key Economic Assumptions 95
12.3 Expert Panel Validation 96
12.4 Definitions 96
12.5 Unit of
Measure 98
12.6 Contact Us 98
12.7 Disclaimer 98
1.1 List of
Tables
Table 1: Gabon, Oil and Gas, Key Statistics, April 2008 12
Table 2: Gabon, Total Crude Oil and Natural Gas Reserves, 2000-2012 15
Table 3: Gabon, Total Crude Oil Production (MMBBLs), 2000-2007 16
Table 4:
Gabon, Oil and Gas Asset Details, April 2008 17
Table 5: Gabon, Oil and
Gas Asset Details, April 2008 (Cont' d) 18
Table 6: Gabon Offshore, Total
Crude Oil Production (Barrels), by Assets, 2000-2007 18
Table 7: Gabon
Onshore, Total Crude Oil Production (Barrels), by Assets, 2000-2007 19
Table 8: Gabon Onshore, Total Crude Oil Production (Barrels), by Assets,
2000-2007 (Cont' d) 19
Table 9: Gabon, Oil and Gas Planned Asset Details,
April 2008 20
Table 10: Gabon, Total Crude Oil Production (MMBBLs), by
Company, 2000-2007 21
Table 11: Gabon, Total Crude Oil Production
(MMBBLs), Forecast, 2008-2013 22
Table 12: Gabon, Total Number of Active
Exploration Blocks, 2000-2007 23
Table 13: Gabon, Total Number of Active
Exploration Blocks By Company, 2000-2007 24
Table 14: Gabon, Oil and Gas
Exploration Blocks Details, April 2008 25
Table 15: Gabon, Oil and Gas
Exploration Blocks Details, April 2008 (Cont' d) 26
Table 16: Addax
Petroleum, Inc.,Key Facts, 2006 27
Table 17: Addax Petroleum, Inc.,
SWOT Analysis , 2006 31
Table 18: Addax Petroleum, Inc., Revenue by
Geography, USD Thousand, 2002-2006 33
Table 19: Addax Petroleum,
Inc., Financial Statements, USD Thousand, 2002-2006 34
Table 20:
Addax Petroleum, Inc., Financial Ratios, USD Thousand, 2002-2006 35
Table
21: Addax Petroleum, Inc. Operational Indicators, 2002-2006 35
Table
22: Hess Corporation,Key Facts, 2007 36
Table 23: Hess
Corporation, SWOT Analysis , 2007 44
Table 24: Hess Corporation,
Revenue by Segment, USD Million, 2002-2006 48
Table 25: Hess
Corporation, Revenue by Geography, USD Million, 2002-2006 49
Table 26:
Hess Corporation, Financial Statements, USD Million, 2003-2007 50
Table
27: Hess Corporation, Financial Ratios, USD Million, 2003-2007 51
Table 28: Hess Corporation Operational Indicators, 2003-2007 52
Table
29: TOTAL S.A.,Key Facts, 2007 53
Table 30: TOTAL S.A., SWOT
Analysis , 2007 63
Table 31: TOTAL S.A., Revenue by Segment, Euro
Million, 2003-2007 67
Table 32: TOTAL S.A., Revenue by Geography,
Euro Million, 2003-2007 67
Table 33: TOTAL S.A., Financial
Statements, Euro Million, 2003-2007 68
Table 34: TOTAL S.A.,
Financial Ratios, Euro Million, 2003-2007 69
Table 35: TOTAL S.A.
Operational Indicators, 2003-2007 70
Table 36: TOTAL S.A. Operational
Indicators, 2003-2007 71
Table 37: Brent Blend NYMEX Future Prices
95
1.2 List of Figures
Figure 1: Gabon, Exploration and
Production Assets Map, April 2008 13
Figure 2: Gabon, Total Crude Oil
and Natural Gas Reserves(MMBOE), 2000-2012 14
Figure 3: Gabon, Total Crude
Oil Production (MMBBLs), 2000-2007 16
Figure 4: Gabon, Total Number
of Active Exploration Blocks, 2000-2007 23
Figure 5: Addax Petroleum,
Inc., Value Chain Analysis 29
Figure 6: Hess Corporation, Value Chain
Analysis 41
Figure 7: TOTAL S.A., Value Chain Analysis 59
Figure
8: Global Markets Direct Methodology 91
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