welcome to

FlowTimes – August 2013

Your Update on Flow, Temperature, and Pressure Measurement from Flow Research

Executive Editor: Dr. Jesse Yoder; Volume 14, Number 2 - ISSN 1350-7204  

1. Letter from the President

The new-technology flowmeter market continued its rapid growth in 2012, led by Coriolis and ultrasonic flowmeters. The drive for energy, especially the need for increased supplies of oil and gas, led the way. But other areas contributed too. Even though the chemical market is not a fast-growth industry, it is the largest of the process industries and even modest increases can generate the need for increased measurements. The water & wastewater industry also is becoming more important, as clean water becomes more difficult to find in some areas and increasing populations generate the need for both more clean water and more wastewater treatment. This especially benefits magnetic flowmeters. Much of the growth in new-technology flowmeters has come at the expense of traditional technology meters. However, the traditional flowmeter markets are showing slow growth. This includes differential pressure (DP) transmitters, primary elements, and positive displacement, turbine, open channel, and variable area meters. DP flowmeters have a very large installed base, having been in use for over 100 years. They were the first flowmeter type approved for custody transfer applications. They are used in some subsea applications, where their ability to withstand high pressures makes them the meter of choice. Primary elements are required to create a constriction that makes differential pressure measurement possible. Suppliers have been improving turbine meters with reversible flow capability, ceramic and sapphire bearings, and improved diagnostic capabilities that reduce the need for upstream piping. And even variable area meters have shown growth, with increased sales into China and into the oil & gas industry. For more information, see our Q1/Q2 Market Barometer, available to subscribers at www.worldflow.com.  The article in this issue contains a discussion of new-technology flowmeters by type, and also provides data on how much each market has changed since 2011.                                                         --- Dr Jesse Yoder, President

Dr. Jesse Yoder

2. Oil study Module D: Strategies, Industries, and Applications Is Now Shipping

Module D: Strategies, Industries, and Applications is part of our set of studies on The World Market for Oil Flow Measurement, which includes the Core Study plus five modules, Modules A through E.  It complements the information in the other studies in the set, but it can also be used as a stand-alone study.

Module D provides industry and application data for the flowmeters included in The World Market for Oil Flow Measurement.  It also includes strategies for flowmeter suppliers who are selling into these markets.  The purpose of doing an individual module was so that we could devote more attention to these important topics, and also include a separate discussion with data on growth in the individual process industries.  It provides a world view of the market and identifies future growth markets, discusses recent political developments and how they may affect market forces in the near future, and discusses realistic strategies for success for those entering or planning to enter the oil flowmeter market as well as for those already in the oil flowmeter market.  It covers major companies and product lines.  Segmentation includes applications and industries worldwide and by region for 2011, with forecasts to 2016.  For more specific information, visit http://www.oilflows.com/oilflow_2011/modd.htm.

Module D is part of our major series, The World Market for Oil Flow Measurement, which includes six parts in all.  Here are brief descriptions of the series and each of the other parts in the series.  

The World Market for Oil Flow Measurement series is structured like our series on The World Market for Gas Flow Measurement, featuring a Core Study plus five modules:

• Core Study: The World Market for Oil Flow Measurement – published November 2012

• Module A: Oil Producers Worldwide – (Q3 2013)

• Module B: Oil Producers in the Mideast and Africa – (Q3 2013)

• Module C: The World Market for Custody Transfer of Petroleum Liquids – published September 2012

• Module D: Strategies, Industries, & Applications – published May 2013

• Module E: The World Market for Multiphase Flowmeters – published March 2012

Together they provide a comprehensive picture of the oil flow market from multiple perspectives.  The in-depth research in the modules complements and builds on the detailed results of the Core Study.  However they are designed to also work as standalone reports.

The series can be purchased as a set, for best overall value and most complete picture of the market, or any of the studies can be purchased individually or in combinations.  Contact Flow Research for combination discount information.

Core Study: The World Market for Oil Flow Measurement determines the size of the oil flow measurement market in 2011 and forecasts the market through 2016 worldwide and by geographic region.  It provides market analysis, shows where growth is occurring (and where it is not), and where to expect the highest returns.  It covers all seven types of flowmeters used in this market, provides average selling prices, and provides company profiles and product information for the main suppliers into the oil flow measurement market.  For more information, visit http://www.oilflows.com/.

Module A: Oil Producers Worldwide includes worldwide, regional, and country-by-country data on the oil markets and on flowmeters by type.  It includes data on oil production, reserves, imports, and exports by region and country.  It tells you which countries are producing the most oil and which ones have the greatest reserves.  A regional analysis of flowmeters by type shows which types of flowmeters are used for oil flow measurement and where.  For more specific information, visit http://www.worldoilflow.com/.

Module B: Oil Producers in Mideast/Africa includes information from extensive research to better understand oil flow measurement trends in this region – including onsite interviews with 15 oil producers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia , Qatar , and Oman .  We asked companies what kinds of flowmeters they are using and what their expectations are for the future.  We look at oil imports, exports, consumption, and reserves by country, as well as profiles and products of major companies, and relationships between companies in the region.  The result provides a very clear picture of flowmeter usage in Mideast/Africa.  For more specific information, visit http://www.mideastoilflow.com/.

Module C: The World Market for Custody Transfer of Petroleum Liquids determines market size and market shares for all types of custody transfer flowmeters worldwide and by seven geographic regions in 2011 with forecasts through 2016.  It provides company profiles and product analysis for the main companies selling into the custody transfer flowmeter market, identifies market growth sectors, and gives market shares for the different flowmeter types used for custody transfer of petroleum liquids.  For more specific information, visit http://www.custodytransfer.com/oilflow_2011/welcome.htm.

Module D: Strategies, Industries, & Applications – described above.  For more specific information, visit http://www.oilflows.com/oilflow_2011/modd.htm.

Module E: The World Market for Multiphase Flowmeters determines market size and market shares for multiphase flowmeters in 2011, with forecasts through 2016, worldwide and by seven geographic regions.  It includes segmentation by types and configurations, and also identifies the industries and applications where multiphase flowmeters are used.  It provides company profiles and product analysis for the main companies selling into this market, identifies market growth sectors, distribution channels and customer types, and discusses strategies for manufacturers selling into the multiphase market.  For more specific information, visit http://www.flowmultiphase.com/.

For more information on the entire Oil Flow Measurement series, visit http://www.oilflows.com/.

We published our similarly structured six part series on gas flow measurement in 2011.  For more information on the Gas Flow Measurement series, visit http://www.gasflows.com/.

To order studies, contact Flow Research by email at jesse@flowresearch.com, or call Flow Research at 781-245-3200.  In the United States , call toll free at (800) 245-1799.  Or use the Order Form on the web pages for the studies.  Quick links to all our studies can be found at http://www.flowstudies.com/.

3. Yokogawa Releases Enhanced EJA Series Pressure Transmitter in
North American Market

(Excerpts)

May 24, 2013 – Yokogawa Corporation of America announced the release of its enhanced version of the DPharp EJA series pressure/differential pressure transmitters, one of its core sensor products, on May 1, 2013.  The release included local manufacturing capabilities in their Newnan, GA facility to support the North American market.

Chet Mroz, CEO of Yokogawa Corporation of America, says, “The enhanced EJA provides great value to customers through its improved performance, longer stability period, fast response and built-in SIL safety capabilities while maintaining the same price of the original EJA design.”

Pressure/differential pressure transmitters are typically used in the oil, petrochemical, and chemical industries to measure liquid, gas, and steam flow rates as well as liquid levels in tanks.

DPharp EJA series transmitters are compact, multipurpose sensors with a large installed base – five million units have been sold since this series was launched in 1994.

Product Features and Benefits:

1.      Multi-sensing

2.      High-speed response

3.      Compact/lightweight design with a larger indicator

4.      Safety standard compliance/certification

Yokogawa will continue to make enhancements to its sensor and analyzer lineup with the aim of strengthening sales and capturing the No.1 share of the global sensor market.

(Note:  DPharp stands for: Differential Pressure High Accuracy Resonant Pressure sensor)

The full press release is covered in our Q1/Q2 2013 Market Barometer.  Market Barometer reports on important technology introductions, mergers and acquisitions, and application trends.  For more information on the Market Barometer, go to http://www.worldflow.com.

Our Worldflow Monitoring Service focuses on news in the flowmeter industry, as well as some types of temperature, pressure, level and analytical instrumentation, reporting on important technology introductions, mergers and acquisitions, and application trends.  Subscribers receive quarterly publications of the Energy Monitor and the Market Barometer, plus Flash Reports of important news that breaks between quarterly publications, and have access to a web-based library of information, Worldflow Online.  For more information about our Worldflow Monitoring Service, visit http://www.worldflow.com.

For information about our study, The World Market for Pressure Transmitters, 3^rd Edition, published in August 2011, and for information and articles related to pressure, visit our website http://www.pressureresearch.com/.

4. Up-coming New Edition of Magnetic Flowmeter Market Study

Flow Research has published previous editions of The World Market for Magnetic Flowmeters in 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2009.  We have conducted user interviews that show that interest in magnetic flowmeters remains at a very high level.  Magnetic flowmeters are among the most widely-used types of flowmeters for measuring the flow of water and other liquids.  We believe that this is an optimal time to provide a new comprehensive view of this market.  The World Market for Magnetic Flowmeters, 5^th Edition builds on and expands on our earlier editions.  We have updated and expanded our segmentation, based on extensive supplier input.

Study Objectives

This study will accomplish several important objectives:

• To provide the 2012 market size in US dollars and unit volume for magnetic flowmeters worldwide

• To provide 2012 market shares of the leading suppliers of magnetic flowmeters worldwide

• To provide a forecast of the growth market for magnetic flowmeters in dollars and unit volumes through 2017

• To provide segmented data both on a world-wide basis and for each of seven global regions

• To provide a product analysis for all of the primary suppliers selling into the magnetic flowmeter market

• To identify the industries and applications where magnetic flowmeters are used, and to identify market growth sectors

• To provide market and product strategies for suppliers of magnetic flowmeters worldwide

• To provide company profiles of the significant suppliers of magnetic flowmeters worldwide

Key Issues Addressed

This study proposes to address the key issues in the magnetic flowmeters market, including:

• The growth outlook for magnetic flowmeters worldwide and by region

• The demand for 2-wire, 4-wire, and wireless/battery meters

• The displacement of AC magnetic meters with DC types

• The competitive price pressure on magnetic flowmeters

• The need for insertion magnetic flowmeters

• The line sizes where magnetic flowmeters are most frequently used

• The types of liners used in magnetic flowmeters and their proportions of the market

• The adoption rates of communication protocols in smart magnetic flowmeters

• Features that end-users are looking for in magnetic flowmeters

Study Segments

This study’s segmentation is the result of our own experience in previous research, combined with input from multiple companies who suggested important new categories.  We are grateful for the cooperation of all the firms who assisted in the final design of the study questionnaire.  Flow Research believes that this cooperative approach to research ultimately yields the best data.

• Geographic Segmentation – Data by worldwide market and by seven geographic regions, including, in this new edition, China and Latin America as separate regions.

• Mounting Type

• Measurement Variable Type

• Power Type

• Configuration

• Accuracy

• Coil Power Type

• Liner Material

• Line Sizes

• Sanitary/Hygienic Models

• Magnetic Flowmeters by Type – Conventional and Smart

• Communication Protocols in Smart Flowmeters

• Industries

• Applications – including, in this new edition, the water & wastewater industry quantified by water applications and wastewater applications.

And more!  For more detailed information, see the Overview available on the website below or contact us.

For more information about this study, as well as information and articles focused on magnetic flowmeters, visit our website http://www.flowmags.com/.

5. More flowmeter articles available online

Dr. Jesse Yoder has published more than 200 articles on flowmeters and instrumentation topics.  More articles by Dr. Jesse Yoder are posted online for easy download.  You can find most of these articles posted for easy reading at http://www.flowarticles.com/.

6. Shell to develop two additional natural gas for transport corridors in
North America

(Excerpt)

March 5, 2013 – Through further investments in LNG for Transport, Shell plans to utilize North American natural gas to provide an innovative and cost-effective fuel for its commercial customers.  Shell and its affiliates plan to bring liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel one step closer for its marine and heavy-duty on-road customers in North America by taking a final investment decision on two small-scale liquefaction units.  These two units will form the basis of two new LNG transport corridors in the Great Lakes and Gulf Coast  regions.  This decision follows an investment decision in 2011 on a similar corridor in Alberta, Canada.  Shell is also working to use natural gas as a fuel in its own operations.

“Natural gas is an abundant and cleaner-burning energy source in North America , and Shell is leveraging its LNG expertise and integrated strength to make LNG a viable fuel option for the commercial market,” said Marvin Odum, President, Shell Oil Company.  “We are investing now in the infrastructure that will allow us to bring this innovative and cost-competitive fuel to our customers.”

In the Gulf Coast Corridor, Shell plans to install a small-scale liquefaction unit (0.25 million tons per annum) at its Shell Geismar Chemicals facility in Geismar, Louisiana, in the United States .  Once operational, this unit will supply LNG along the Mississippi River, the Intra-Coastal Waterway and to the offshore Gulf of Mexico and the onshore oil and gas exploration areas of Texas and Louisiana.  To service oil and gas and other industrial customers in Texas and Louisiana, Shell is expanding its existing relationship with fuels and lubricants re-seller Martin Energy Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Martin Resource Management Corporation (MRMC).  MRMC and its publicly traded affiliate, Martin Midstream Partners L.P. will provide terminalling, storage, transportation and distribution of LNG.

Shell has a memorandum of understanding with Edison Chouest Offshore companies (ECO) to supply LNG fuel to marine vessels that operate in the Gulf of Mexico and to provide what is anticipated to be the first LNG barging and bunkering operation in North America at Port Fourchon, Louisiana .  The LNG transport barges will move the fuel from the Geismar production site to Port Fourchon where it will be bunkered into customer vessels.

In the Great Lakes Corridor, Shell plans to install a small-scale liquefaction unit (0.25 million tons per annum) at its Shell Sarnia Manufacturing Centre in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.  Once operational, this project will supply LNG fuel to all five Great Lakes, their bordering U.S. states and Canadian provinces and the St. Lawrence Seaway .  The Interlake Steamship Company is expected to be the first marine customer in this region, as it begins the conversion of its vessels.

Pending final regulatory permitting, these two new liquefaction units are expected to begin operations and production in about three years  

News like this is covered in our quarterly publication, Energy Monitor, part of our Worldflow Monitoring Service.  Energy Monitor focuses on the oil & gas, refining & petrochemical, and power & renewable industries in relation to important developments and trends, flow and temperature measurement, and other instrumentation.

Our Worldflow Monitoring Service focuses on news in the flowmeter industry, as well as some types of temperature, pressure, level and analytical instrumentation, reporting on important technology introductions, mergers and acquisitions, and application trends.  Subscribers receive quarterly publications of the Energy Monitor and the Market Barometer, plus Flash Reports of important news that breaks between quarterly publications, and have access to a web-based library of information, Worldflow Online.  For more information about our Worldflow Monitoring Service, visit http://www.worldflow.com.

7.  Studies We Are Currently Working On:

The World Market for Magnetic Flowmeters, 5th Edition – Flow Research published the 4^th edition of our worldwide magnetic flowmeter market study in 2009.  We have been following the magnetic flowmeter market regularly since then.  The 5^th edition will determine the size of the worldwide market in 2012, and the market shares of all major suppliers.  Market forecasts through 2017 will be included.  There is a detailed description in section 4 of this newsletter, plus, for more information, visit http://www.flowmags.com/5th_Edition/welcome.htm.

The World Market for Level Measurement – We were asked to study the world market for level measurement and are excited to be looking into this new area of research.  This study will be organized in three parts:

• The Core Study will cover the market for new-technology devices for level measurement

• Module A will cover the market for traditional technology devices for level measurement

• Module B will give a worldwide view of the market for level measurement devices

For more information, visit http://www.levelresearch.com/

The World Market for Flow Switches – We have begun a new study on the worldwide flow switch market, with a special emphasis on thermal flow switches.  Watch for more details on this exciting new study at http://www.flowswitchreport.com.

For more information on all the studies we have, visit http://www.flowstudies.com.  It lists our studies by category, and also provides direct links to the latest editions.

What do you think of FlowTimes?  We welcome your comments!  Please send any comments or suggestions to jesse@flowresearch.com.

FlowTimes is published by Flow Research, Inc.

Executive Editor:
Dr. Jesse Yoder – jesse@flowresearch.com

Editor:
Belinda Burum – belinda@flowresearch.com

Associate Editors:
Norm Weeks – norm@flowresearch.com
Leslie Buchanan – leslie@flowresearch.com
Vicki Tuck – vicki@flowresearch.com

 

Flow Research, Inc. 27 Water Street Wakefield , MA   01880 USA +1 (781) 245-3200 +1 (781) 224-7552 (fax) info@flowresearch.com www.flowresearch.com