Singapore, June 19, 2010 -- Focus Reports is currently in Singapore to prepare a special report, for the Oil & Gas Financial Journal, on the country’s ambitious oil & gas industry.

Capitalizing on its strategic location at the entrance of the Malacca Strait, Singapore has become one of Asia’s most important shipping centers; its port is the cornerstone of the country’s economic prosperity. Over the years the country has established leadership positions in petroleum refining, thereby establishing itself as a refining hub for Asia, and also in offshore and maritime engineering, building 70% of the world’s FPSOs. Posting almost 16% annual growth despite the present recession, Singapore will rely on oil & gas to sustain national growth and strengthen the country’s standing within the industry. 

Such phenomenal numbers caught the attention of Focus Reports, which will dedicate its next edition to the city-state in Oil & Gas Financial Journal, tentatively scheduled for publication this fall. Focus Reports will spotlight how the  “Houston of the East” attempts to overcome its energy resources limitation, small domestic market and increasing competition of the neighboring India, China and Malaysia by encouraging the development of regional and global corporations, and reinforcing its talent pool and offering incentives for investors to establish their activities.

The report will be introduced by all relevant stakeholders such as like Lim Hong Kiang, Minister of Trade and Industry and Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister of Finance, as well as the Minister of Transport, Raymond LIM. We will also meet the country’s leading associations such as Phillip Overmyer for Singapore International Chamber of Commerce, Daniel Tan of Singapore Shipping Association, James Goh of the Association of Process Industry, Wong Toon Suan at the head of the Gas Association of Singapore as well as Philip Cockcroft for the Society of Petroleum Engineers. The core of the report will be on the private sector, portraying companies representing the entire value chain of the industry, with special attention on Singaporean players, such as Keppel, SembCorp, Rolls Royce Marine, Amsbach Group, Bourbon Offshore, EMAS Offshore, Rotary Engineering, Frigstad Offshore, Amarco, Jan De Nul, Tidewater Marine, Prosafe, DMC Offshore, RSI, and OHC Group amongst others.

Interviews will be published on energy.focusreports.net in anticipation of the report’s release.    

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