Report Highlights
- Global natural gas storage volume reached 643 million cubic feet in 2011 and 657 million cubic feet in 2012. Total natural gas volume is expected to reach 720 million cubic feet in 2017 for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.9%.
- The U.S. market for smart grid technologies was worth about $41.6 billion in 2012. The market is projected to decline to $35.4 billion in 2013 due to a temporary disruption of wind turbine sales, but it should rise again to $68.7 billion by 2018, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.2% from 2013 to 2018.
- The global enhanced oil recovery market totaled $21 billion in 2012 and is projected to increase to nearly $22.6 billion in 2013; the market should total $34.4 billion by 2018, with a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.8% from 2013 to 2018.
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Research Reviews from BCC Research provide market professionals with concise market coverage within a specific research category. These Research Reviews include portions of several market research reports that were published in 2013, and are an efficient way for market professionals to keep up with the general market developments of 2013.
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This 2013 Energy and Resources Research Review includes excerpts from the following reports:
- EGY045B Global Markets and Technologies for Natural Gas Storage.
- EGY065C Enabling Technologies for the Smart Grid.
- EGY071B Enhanced Oil Recovery: Technologies and Global Markets.
- EGY099A Global Markets and Technologies for Biofuel Enzymes.
- EGY106A Global Markets for Gasifiers.
- FCB035D Materials for Proton Exchange Membranes and Membrane Electrode Assemblies for PEM Fuel Cells.
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Enabling Technologies for the Smart Grid
The U.S. market for smart grid technologies was worth about $41.6 billion in 2012. The market is projected to decline to $35.4 billion in 2013 due to a temporary disruption of wind turbine sales, but it should rise again to $68.7 billion by 2018, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.2% from 2013 to 2018.
Enhanced Oil Recovery: Technologies and Global Markets
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