 The Future of Oil: Implications for the Global C-Store Industry
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The Future of Oil: Implications for the Global C-Store Industry
Table of Contents High and increasing oil prices are the number one strategic challenge faced by the global convenience industry. High petrol prices are changing consumer purchasing behaviours more than any other economic factor and this is particularly true at the pump. High diesel prices and environmental concerns are simultaneously placing immense pressure on C-store supply chains. This report investigates the reasons underlying price increases, predicts the likely future trend for prices and examines implications for the global C-store industry.
VOLUME ONE | 1 |
LIST OF CHARTS | 3 |
INTRODUCTION | 4 |
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | 5 |
MAIN REPORT | 10 |
1. Oil: Basic Facts and Data | 11 |
1.1. Oil as a Form of Energy | 11 |
1.2. Oil Consumption | 13 |
1.3. Oil Production and Trade | 15 |
1.4. The Price of Oil | 17 |
2. Oil Production | 18 |
2.1. The Commercial Oil Companies | 18 |
2.2. National Oil Companies | 20 |
2.3. OPEC | 21 |
2.4. The Oil Crisis of 1974-85 | 22 |
2.5. The Oil Bonanza and its Aftermath | 24 |
2.6. Changing Demand and Supply | 26 |
2.7. The Recovery of Price | 27 |
2.8. The Revival of OPEC Power | 28 |
2.9. The Peak Oil Theory | 31 |
3. Untapped Oil Resources | 34 |
3.1. The USA and Canada | 34 |
3.2. Venezuela | 37 |
3.3. Russia and the Former Soviet Republics | 39 |
4. New Investment and Technology | 44 |
4.1. The Oilfield Services Companies | 44 |
4.2. Developments in the Gulf | 49 |
4.3. Canadian Oil Sands | 51 |
5. Scope for Reduction in Demand | 55 |
5.1. Transportation Use | 55 |
5.2. Non-Transportation Use | 56 |
6. Future Oil Prices | 58 |
6.1. Long Term | 58 |
6.2. Medium Term | 58 |
6.3 Short term | 60 |
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