Executive Summary

Mega Trends to Micro Booms

What Are Mega Trends and Micro Booms?

Micro Booms—What Will We Be Looking Into?

Scope of the Study

Market Definitions

Business Insights

Taking Exploration and Production Down Under— Emergence of the Subsea Era

State of the Offshore Industry

Subsea Processing and Production

Market Headwinds

Subsea Factory of the Future

Exploring Unchartered Territories—Subsea Automation May Crack the Code for Impossible Oil and Gas Fields Such as the Arctic

Regional Activity

Pressing Need to Improve Recovery Rates

Second Wave of New Technology Advancements

Future Vision

Growth Insights

Barrier to Entry—As the Subsea Equipment Market Continues to Grow, EPIC Firms Take Center Stage

Subsea Automation at the Ocean Floor

Building Blocks of Skid-mounted Systems

Subsea Ecosystem

Subsea Equipment Market

Demystifying the Subsea Architecture—The Onset of New Technologies to Create Opportunities for Control Systems and Process Control Equipment

Tracing the Value Chain

Automation System Mapping

Automation and Process Control Equipment: Size of the Pie

Risk Reward Matrix

Profit Insights

Next Subsea Frontiers—Key Market Entry Strategies for Subsea Value Chain Participants to Ensure Sustainable Growth

Short-term Opportunity Mapping

Power Requirements for New Technologies

Opportunity for Variable Speed Drives

Installation versus Intervention Costs

Future of Control Systems

Strengthening the Weakest Link through Partnerships—Business Imperatives to Consolidate Best-in-class Packaged Solutions

Top 3 Growth Strategies

OneSubsea Formation

Valves Provide a Platform for Partnerships

Strategic Partnership of a Niche Solution Provider

Alignment with Key End Users

Advancements in Servicing Technology

Top Recommendations

Company Profile—FMC Technologies

Company Profile—Aker Solutions

Company Profile—Cameron

Company Profile—GE Oil and Gas

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Market Engineering Methodology

Partial List of Companies Interviewed

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