The energy industry is boiling over with changes. Deregulation, new opportunities in foreign fields and environmental challenges are rushing together head-on to shape the energy and utilities business of the future. Extremely deep offshore wells in the Gulf of Mexico and offshore of West Africa and Brazil are being drilled at immense cost. The price of petroleum is daily news.

China has become a major energy importer and Russia has become a major exporter. In the U.S., Europe and Japan, renewable and alternative energy sources are developing quickly, including big installations of wind power, solar power and wave power.

This exciting reference tool covers everything from major oil companies to electric and gas utilities, plus gas pipelines, refiners, retailers, oil field services, cogeneration and engineering. Additional topics include coal, coal seam gas, methane and LNG. Petroleum topics include upstream and downstream. Dozens of statistical tables cover everything from energy consumption, production and reserves to imports, exports and prices.

Next, our unique profiles of The Energy 500 Firms are also included, with such vital details as executive contacts by title, revenues, profits, types of business, web sites, competitive advantage, growth plans and more. Purchasers can export key information, addresses, phone numbers and executive names with titles for every company profiled.

This exciting new data covers competitive intelligence, market research and business analysis--everything you need to know about the energy, utilities, petroleum, natural gas and renewables industry, including:

1. Profiles of the major oil companies
2. Profiles of leading independent oil companies
3. Profiles of leading firms in the oil field services business and energy technology and services providers
4. Market trends analysis including oil, gas and coal imports, exports, production, methane, tar sands, coal seam gas and LNG.
5. Analysis of trends in energy conservation, renewables and alternative energy.
6. Electricity industry deregulation.
7. A complete set of energy business statistical and financial charts and tables.
8. Data and trends in energy consumption, conservation, efficiency and regulation.
9. Growth in major oil and gas markets and production areas including Russia, China and the west coast of Africa.
10. Details about the electricity grid.
11. Analysis of natural gas price trends and shortages.
12. Energy trading trends and analysis.
13. Superconductivity, microturbines, alternative, distributed energy and other energy technologies.
14. Trends within OPEC.
15. Offshore drilling, including extremely deep water wells.

Whether you purchase the printed almanac or buy a subscription to the online edition, you will find a complete overview, industry analysis and market research tool in one superb, value-priced package.

We provide you with our famous industry trends analysis, statistical tables, and a glossary, along with a database of industry contacts including associations and professional societies. And you receive our proprietary, in-depth profiles of hundreds of leading companies in all facets of this industry—public and private companies, U.S. and non-U.S. based.

Electronic Access to Company Profiles: Our online data enables you to search, filter and view selected companies, and then export contact data into text or Excel, including executive names with titles, plus the company addresses and phone numbers.

Migration from CD-ROM to Online Tools: 2010 and earlier editions of our printed almanacs (published before June 2010) come with a CD-ROM that contains a complete database of company profiles. For 2011 editions (published June 2010 and later), we have migrated to a special set of online tools provided to book buyers at no additional charge. Buyers of these newer editions receive a form enabling them to register for 1-year, 1-seat online access to special tools at Plunkett Research Online, including the ability to view the market research/industry trends section and industry statistics. In this manner, you have online access the very latest data posted to Plunkett Research Online for one year. With either the CD-ROM or the online tools, you will be able to access the company profiles to search, view and export company data and contacts.

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