Objective:
Provision of market analyses, market intelligence, and price forecasts for global crude oil petroleum products, North American natural gas, and Western and Eastern grid electricity market forecasts
Background:
PIRA provides information, analyses and perspectives on North American energy issues, covering markets and supply, including international oil, as well as pricing forecasts for gas, oil, natural gas liquids (NGLs) and electricity. With expertise in each of these commodities PIRA is able to assess the relationships amongst these commodities and provide consolidated advice to its clients around the world.
PIRA has a network of clients including producing companies and countries, including OPEC, energy consuming countries, pipelines and various energy associations. As a result, PIRA is privy to commercially sensitive information regarding these energy commodities and the politics of energy. PIRA uses their contacts and information to provide market analysis and forecasts that no other company can provide.
Deliverables:
Global Crude Oil & Petroleum Products Retainer Service
- Monthly World Oil Market Forecast
- DOE Weekly Analysis
- Monthly North American Midcontinent Oil Forecast
- Monthly European Oil Market Forecast
- Monthly Asia-Pacific Oil Market Forecast
- Latin American Oil Market Report
- Tight Oil Operator Review
- Japan Weekly Oil Analysis
- China Quarterly Oil Demand Monitor
- India Quarterly Oil Demand Monitor
- Monthly World Petroleum Product Demand Monitor
- Quarterly World Petroleum Product Yield Monitor
- Quarterly Iraq Oil Monitor
- Quarterly Fracking Policy Monitor
- Oil Market Slideshow – monthly PowerPoint slide-show presenting extensive graphs, charts, and data on global oil markets.
- Current News & Analysis (brief and timely assessments or data presentations covering topics that are of near-term market relevance)
- Semiannual U.S. Refinery Turnaround Schedule
- Global Oil Special Reports (concise, analytical views of new developments and trends in the global oil market)
- Oil Bulletins (short, timely reports of immediate importance and relate to breaking market developments)
- OPEC Logs (updates on latest developments at current OPEC meeting)
- Global Political Risk Alerts
- Weekly Political Risk Scorecard
- Global political risk strategy papers and special reports
- Global political risk Annual Country Stability Rankings
- Periodic political risk conference calls with country experts
- Online oil price forecasts that include: 1) short- and long-term price forecasts for 34 worldwide crudes and 92 worldwide petroleum products; and 2) a utility that allows users to define, analyze and store up to 100 custom price spreads in the form of multi-variable equations that use the service’s forecast prices.
- Weekly U.S. Oil Rig Monitor
- DOE Weekly Petroleum Data Portal
- Commitments of Traders Data for NYMEX, ICE and CBOT
- Miscellaneous charts and data tables tracking global and regional oil markets (supply, demand, stocks, flows, etc.), updated on a monthly basis or as new data become available
- A tool for charting refining margins covering major global refining centers (U.S., Europe and Asia)
- Phone and email access to oil market analysts for clarification questions on reports and quick turnaround research
- Private oil briefing upon request at a mutually agreeable date and time at NEB’s office.
North American Natural Gas Retainer Service
- Regional Gas Market Forecasts
- North American Gas Forecast Monthly
- North American Gas Trade Monthly – covers Canada, LNG and Mexico
- North American Gas Regional Monthly
- Weekly Gas Market Update
- N.A. Gas Current News and Analysis: New Markets for Marcellus/Utica Production
- U.S. Natural Gas Daily Update - L48 Production and Demand by Sector
- Weekly U.S Gas Rig Monitor
- Quarterly Fracking Policy Monitor
- Gas Producers Quarterly Earnings Call
- Special Reports – focus on industry topics
- Monthly NGL Supply and Demand Balances
- Weekly U.S. Propane Stocks Report with commentary on developments
- Online natural gas price forecasts including: 1) short- and long-term price forecasts for 20 regional gas prices throughout the United States and Canada. 2) a utility that allows users to define, analyze and store up to 100 custom price spread scenarios.
- Miscellaneous charts and data tables tracking North American gas markets (supply, demand, storage, drilling, etc.), updated on a monthly basis or as new data become available
- Phone and email access to natural gas analysts for clarification questions on reports and quick turnaround research
- Private natural gas briefing upon request at a mutually agreeable date and time
North American Electricity Retainer Service
- Monthly Eastern Grid/ERCOT Electricity Market Forecast
- Monthly Western Grid Electricity Market Forecast
- Monthly U.S. Coal Market Forecast
- Monthly U.S. Coal Stockpile Estimates
- Western Grid Electric Load Estimates (WECC)
- Eastern Grid and ERCOT Electric Load Estimates
- New Generation Capacity Database
- Online electricity price forecasts including: 1) short- and long-term price forecasts for Eastern and Western grid power points in the United States and Canada. 2) a utility that allows users to define, analyze and store up to 100 custom price spread scenarios
- Eastern Grid and ERCOT Supply/Demand Balances Data
- Western Grid Supply/Demand Balances Data
- New Generation Capacity Database
- Private electricity briefing upon request at a mutually agreeable date and time
- Phone and email access to electricity analysts for clarification questions on reports and quick turnaround research
NGL Service
- Monthly NGL Market Developments slide show updating the current NGL market outlook
- Monthly NGL Price Forecasts (for U.S./European stocks and price forecasts)
- Monthly U.S. NGL Supply and Demand Balances
- Weekly U.S. Propane Stocks Report with commentary on developments
- Global LPG Weekly Scorecard
- Online Access with weekly updates to content
- Phone and Email Access to NGL market analysts for clarification questions on reports and quick turnaround research
Additional Services
- Weekly Economic Recap (analyses key regional and global economic data and events of the past week and the week ahead)
- Weekly Financial Stress Monitor
- Periodic world and regional macroeconomic slide shows (world economy, U.S. economy, U.S. regions, Canada/Mexico/North America, Europe, and Asia)
- Currencies charting tool for comparing five key currencies versus the U.S. dollar and for demonstrating the “real oil buying power” of those currencies
- Air travel charting tool that provides the latest available revenue passenger miles data for total system and international air travel for the U.S. and Europe
- Weekly Global Equity Markets Monitor
- Online feature of the latest tracking information from the National Hurricane Center for storms that threaten oil and gas production facilities in the Gulf of Mexico
- Weather-impact maps for Baltic and Black seas’ ice and wind conditions
- Temperature maps for U.S., Europe, the former Soviet Union, and East Asia
- Discounts on multi-client studies and other add-on retainer services
- Four invitations (available to current licensed users only) to an Annual Retainer Client Seminar and Excel spreadsheets of world energy forecasts by region and energy source through 2030. Seminar presentations (audio and visual) will be available online.
Estimated Value: $87,083.33 USD for 10 month period GST exempt
Period of contract: The contract will be for ten months.
Reason for Single Tendering Conditions:
In accordance with the Government Contract Regulation exception, this requirement is being directed to the proposed Contractor who is the only known company capable of performing the contract.
Proposed Contractor:
PIRA Energy Group
3 Park Avenue, 26th Floor
New York, New York 10016-5989
USA
