Customized Market
Research and Management Consulting
Founded in 1997, Emerging
Markets Online provides market research and business development
consulting services for the biofuels, petroleum and utilities sectors worldwide.
When you are preparing a business plan,
working on due diligence for a prospective investment, seeking finance
or strategic partners for a start-up venture, or applying for an
economic development grant in research and development, our team can
help.
Emerging Markets Online
provides the following
business consulting services:
Market trends, forecasts,
and scenario planning for business development
Business plan facilitation, development, and presentation
support
Buy-side due diligence and
consultation for investors and M&A executives
Economic
and technical feasibility studies for prospective projects
Guidance
in technology commercialization from the lab to the market
Technology
licensing facilitation and strategic alliance integration
Comprehensive R&D support for government economic
development initiatives
Keynote
speaking engagements on the future of global bioenergy
markets and technologies for associations, businesses,
governments and conferences
Management
and development of collaborative innovation workshops and
break-out sessions for conferences, associations and
business seminars
For more information, or an initial consultation, please contact us with
a message including an overview of your prospective areas of interest
via email or call +1 713 429 4905 (Houston)
Market
Research and Management Consulting Assignments:
Emerging Markets Online developed a business plan for a prospective San
Francisco Bay based biodiesel tank storage facility and biodiesel
production enterprise. This assignment focused on a supply chain
analysis of site locations for tank storage terminals, potential
customers for the operation, and potential feedstocks. The business plan
also included strategic support for the California Governor’s biofuels
initiative, infrastructure development plans, and site location
requirements for tank storage and biofuels production. EMO succeeded in
one of the organizations’ primary goals to produce and deliver the
business plan to the governor of California earlier in 2008 (by way of
local support from a state senator) in an effort to clear site location
permits, and to encourage cooperation and investment from the state. EMO
advised this private company on the development of its operations,
feedstock acquisition and development strategies, and government
initiatives.
Emerging Markets Online provided business development and feedstock
acquisition strategies for a prospective biodiesel operation in Texas.
The assignment included evaluating the potential acquisition and merger
of several yellow grease collection operations to supply a prospective
biodiesel production operation. For this project, EMO produced a
comprehensive assessment of Houston, Dallas, Austin and El Paso’s yellow
grease collection operations, markets, volumes, collectors, renderers,
buyers, pricing, and supply-chain analyses. This project also
included an evaluation of acquiring assets and technologies for
rendering restaurant-based yellow grease with high FFA and MIU content
into ASTM quality biodiesel. EMO also provided a market demand survey of
12 major biodiesel producers in Houston as prospective customers and
competitors for yellow grease as a biodiesel feedstock.
Emerging Markets Online supported a Wisconsin-based biodiesel producer
in writing a business plan for a brownfield expansion by tenfold from a
4 million gallon a year operation into a 40 million gallon a year
operation. The assignment included reviewing market demand,
consumption and production of biodiesel and diesel fuel in the US.
EMO also produced a series of forecasts and projections for biodiesel
and diesel demand, consumption and prices through the year 2012.
The biodiesel producer utilized the forecasts in an effort to secure a
second round of financing for a brownfield expansion.
Emerging Markets Online assisted a large consulting firm’s project in
support of a national oil company in Southeast Asia on the potential
demand for the development of biodiesel operations from various feed
stocks in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. For this assignment, EMO
Consulting produced a review of market prices and demand drivers for
biodiesel feed stocks including key time-series historical data and
analysis of biodiesel feedstocks in the Americas (soybean oil-CBOT),
Europe (rapeseed-Rotterdam) and Asia (palm-Malaysia). This assignment
included price forecasts and demand drivers for biodiesel in Europe,
Americas and Asia to 2020.
Selected Oil, Gas &
Utilities Consulting Assignments:
Emerging Markets Online advised an
M&A director at a large multinational petroleum and renewable energy
services company in the UK on how current LNG projects are structured
and financed world-wide. This included an analysis of the mix of
private finance, commercial finance, ECA and multilateral finance, and
engineering finance in current projects. The assignment included a
matrix of how current LNG projects are financed by participant and
percentage. EMO also provided details of how key LNG projects were
structured and financed in Egypt, Trinidad, Qatar, Oman, Baja Mexico,
and Nigeria. Finally, we identified three major trends in the
financing of LNG projects.
Emerging Markets Online consulted a
major Russian oil and gas company on the practices of U.S. refinery
operating companies. Performed a survey of refinery companies, detailing
management practices, investment and purchasing activities, refinery
manager roles and responsibilities, and downstream operations. Produced
a report of recommendations for applying western practices in refinery
management and operations to Russian firm.
Supported a major law firm with an
in-depth assessment of South Africa's natural gas market. Produced a
survey and a report of key players, existing operations, exploration
activities, pipeline developments, major contracts, pricing mechanisms,
and the outlook for downstream natural gas markets
Produced a due diligence assessment
on a major electric and natural gas company's operations in Latin
America
Created a market assessment for a
major European utility regarding the market for power generation,
transmission and distribution in eastern Europe
Completed multiple assignments for
a major U.S. pipeline, oil and gas services
and electric power generation company. Activities include due diligence,
competitor assessments, supplier surveys, and regulatory analysis.
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