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Serving the
oilfield since 1965
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- MARKET
RESEARCH
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- Since 1965, Spears &
Associates has managed more than 1,300 oilfield market
research projects, many with an international component.
While most projects are undertaken on a confidential
basis for an individual client, some assignments are done
on a multi-client basis with results shared among the
project sponsors.
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- Spears is involved with
serving all segments of the petroleum industry,
including:
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- - Financing
- - Exploration
- - Drilling & Completion
- - Production
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- - Transportation
(pipeline/gathering)
- - Gas Storage
- - Refining/Petrochemical
- - Gas-Fired Power
Generation
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- Information is gathered via
public sources and private interviews with energy
companies or experts in specific fields. Market research
and consulting projects typically address market-related
problems and opportunities arising from industry changes, acquisitions
or new products/technology that impact your company.
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Symptom
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Industry changes
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Company/Product line acquisitions
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New
product development
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SAI
Market
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- Spears & Associates focuses on
providing market research and consulting services that are
responsive to our customers budget and timing requirements.
Projects are typically quoted on a "not-to-exceed" time
and expense basis. The following are the steps involved in a
typical project:
- Discuss
research needs with a client
- Submit a proposal covering the scope, timing and
cost of the project.
- Initiate data gathering, accompanied by
regular status reports of progress, findings,
schedule and costs until research is complete.
- Summarize findings (in both hard copy and electronic
format) in a report and present to the
client.
- Spears maintains close
contact with the sponsor throughout this process in order
to provide exactly what is needed and expected. Project
timing and cost is dependent on research requirements,
and is determined on a case-by-case basis after
discussion with the client. Spears team of project
managers and interviewers has the flexibility to meet a
rigorous research requirement under an aggressive
schedule. While most jobs take 4-6 weeks, past
assignments have ranged from "short-fuse" projects taking a
couple of days to programs
involving research of multiple foreign markets taking a couple of months.
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