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Oilfield Chemicals:
United States

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Industry Overview
Market Size and Trends | Product Segmentation | Oilfield Technology
Environmental and Regulatory Issues | Global Overview

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Demand Forecasts
Market Environment | Oil and Natural Gas Outlook | Product Forecasts

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Industry Structure
Industry Composition | Industry Leaders | Additional Companies Cited
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Oilfield Chemicals: United States

ABOUT THIS REPORT

Scope and Method

This report forecasts US oilfield chemical demand in US dollars at the manufacturers
level. Total demand is segmented by product in terms of:

drilling fluids
stimulation and EOR (enhanced oil recovery) chemicals
production chemicals
completion and workover fluids
cement and cement additives.

Excluded from the scope of this report are oilfield services, and, as a result, the market
data presented in this report may differ from other estimates that utilize different
definitions and encompass additional or different products. Note that demand figures
include cement, which is not often included in oilfield chemical statistics, and exclude
gases such as those used in EOR operations and proppants used in well stimulation
activity.
Total demand and the various segments are sized at five-year intervals for historical
years 2006 and 2011 with a forecast to 2016. Forecasts emanate from the identification
and analysis of pertinent statistical relationships and other historical trends/events as
well as their expected progression/impact over the forecast period. Changes in
quantities between reported years of a given total or segment are typically provided in
terms of five-year compound annual growth rates (CAGRs). For the sake of brevity,
forecasts are generally stated in smoothed CAGR-based descriptions to the forecast
year, such as demand is projected to rise 3.2% annually through 2016. The result of
any particular year over that period, however, may exhibit volatility and depart from a
smoothed, long-term trend, as historical data typically illustrate.
Key macroeconomic indicators are also provided at five-year intervals with CAGRs for
the years corresponding to other reported figures. Other various topics, including
profiles of pertinent leading suppliers, are covered in this report. A full outline of report
items by page is available in the Table of Contents.

Sources
Oilfield Chemicals: United States is based on World Oilfield Chemicals, a
comprehensive industry study published by The Freedonia Group in December 2012.
Reported findings represent the synthesis of data from various primary, secondary,
macroeconomic, and demographic sources including:

firms participating in the industry

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government/public agencies
national, regional, and international non-governmental organizations
trade associations and their publications
the business and trade press
The Freedonia Group Consensus Forecasts dated June 2012 and
August 2012
the findings of other industry studies by The Freedonia Group.

Specific sources and additional resources are listed in the Resources section of this
publication for reference and to facilitate further research.

Industry Codes
The topic of this report is related to the following industry codes:
NAICS/SCIAN 2007
North American Industry Classification System

SIC
Standard Industry Codes

213111
213112

1381
1389
2819
2869
2899

325188
325199
325998

Drilling Oil and Gas Wells

Support Activities for Oil and Gas
Operations
All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical
Manufacturing
All Other Basic Organic Chemical
Manufacturing
All Other Miscellaneous Chemical
Product and Preparation Manufacturing

Drilling Oil and Gas Wells

Oil and Gas Field Services, NEC
Industrial Inorganic Chemicals, NEC
Industrial Organic Chemicals, NEC
Chemicals and Chemical Preparations,
NEC

Copyright and Licensing

The full report is protected by copyright laws of the United States of America and
international treaties. The entire contents of the publication are copyrighted by The
Freedonia Group, Inc.

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Table of Contents
Section

Page

Highlights....................................................................................................................................................... 1
Industry Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 2
Market Size & Trends .............................................................................................................................. 2
Chart 1 | United States: Oilfield Chemical Demand Trends ............................................................... 2
Product Segmentation ............................................................................................................................. 3
Chart 2 | United States: Oilfield Chemical Demand by Product, 2011 ............................................... 3
Drilling Fluids. ..................................................................................................................................... 3
Stimulation & EOR Chemicals. ........................................................................................................... 4
Production Chemicals. ........................................................................................................................ 4
Completion & Workover Fluids. .......................................................................................................... 5
Cement & Cement Additives. ............................................................................................................. 5
Oilfield Technology .................................................................................................................................. 6
Environmental & Regulatory Issues ......................................................................................................... 8
Global Overview ....................................................................................................................................... 9
Chart 3 | Global Oilfield Chemical Demand by Region, 2011 ............................................................ 9
Demand Forecasts ...................................................................................................................................... 10
Market Environment ............................................................................................................................... 10
Table 1 | United States: Key Indicators for Oilfield Chemical Demand ............................................ 10
Oil & Natural Gas Outlook...................................................................................................................... 11
Table 2 | United States: Oil & Natural Gas Production ..................................................................... 11
Product Forecasts .................................................................................................................................. 12
Table 3 | United States: Oilfield Chemical Demand by Product (million dollars).............................. 12
Drilling Fluids. ................................................................................................................................... 12
Stimulation & EOR Chemicals. ......................................................................................................... 13
Production Chemicals. ...................................................................................................................... 13
Completion & Workover Fluids. ........................................................................................................ 13
Cement & Cement Additives. ........................................................................................................... 13
Industry Structure ........................................................................................................................................ 15
Industry Composition ............................................................................................................................. 15
Industry Leaders .................................................................................................................................... 16
Schlumberger Limited ....................................................................................................................... 16
Baker Hughes Incorporated .............................................................................................................. 17
Halliburton Company ........................................................................................................................ 18
Additional Companies Cited................................................................................................................... 19
Resources ................................................................................................................................................... 20
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