Quest Industry Newsletters

• Quest Offshore Intelligence Brief (QOIB) – This globally focused, weekly newsletter provides the reader with a comprehensive understanding of the latest happenings within the deepwater industry. Articles included cover major contract awards, corporate activity and high-profile industry happenings.
• Quest Marine Construction Review (QMCR) – This monthly newsletter focuses on the marine construction market of the offshore oil & gas industry. Readers are kept up-to-speed on the latest supply and demand news concerning the industry’s most sought after installation and construction assets.
• Quest Brazil Deepwater Insight (QBDI) – This monthly newsletter focuses on the deepwater activity offshore Brazil. As a leader in demand for all deepwater equipment and services, it is key to know the latest news from this important region.
• Quest Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Insight (QGDI) – This weekly newsletter focuses on up-to-the-minute reviews of drilling permit approvals, drilling rig contracts and other key indicators for the future activity within the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
• Quest Daily News – This daily, online news feed is available to any user with a QuestDF account (to sign up, please click here). Readers can read the latest news as well as search our extensive archive for articles of interest. To begin accessing the Quest Daily News, please click here.

Regional Reports

• Quest Deepwater Report – The Quest Deepwater Report concentrates on the supply unique deepwater activity within each major deepwater region and how that activity affects the global supply chain. Quest focuses on five main regions – Brazil, U.S. Gulf of Mexico, Africa, Asia Pacific and the North Sea. Within each report, background is provided with respect to the history of the deepwater market within each region. The majority of the reports focus on leasing activity, future trends of major market segments, supply & demand issues and relationship analysis between leading oil companies in the area and dominant members of the supply chain.
  
  These reports, updated annually, are delivered as PDF files containing an extensive white-paper report and deepwater development overviews from Quest Deepwater Fields. Subscriptions are available by contacting our sales team as well as one-off purchases through this website. For more information, please click here
• Quest Deepwater Regional Report (QDRR) - Through this website, you can sign up to view market specific analysis directed to Quest’s five main deepwater regions. Slides are updated on a monthly basis and cover the subsea production technology, subsea production umbilical technology, offshore pipeline market, marine construction, FPS technology and riser technology. This brief regional overview is ideal for those users looking for macro-analysis geared at regional trends within the global deepwater oil and gas industry. .To begin accessing the Quest Deepwater Regional Reports, please click here
• Quest Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Insight (QGDI) – This weekly newsletter focuses on up-to-the-minute reviews of drilling permit approvals, drilling rig contracts and other key indicators for the future activity within the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

Subscription Data Products

• Quest Floating Rig Commitments (QFRC) – The QFRC contains detailed information about current and upcoming contracts for all floating drilling rigs. The product also contains a schedule of contracts for each rig in MS Project and Adobe PDF illustrating availability of rigs in the future as well as potential pinch points in supply. A Market Overview in MS PowerPoint is also available to subscribers which illustrates the dynamics between deepwater rig supply and demand from exploration and development drilling around the world.
• Quest Global Prospects Report & Quarterly (QGPR & QGPQ) - The QGPR tracks exploration activity of over 700 drilling prospects globally from pre-drill phase through to discovery. The database includes rig assignments, operator and working interest percentages and current well status at the block level. The QGPQ provides a concise overview on exploration drilling in the various deepwater regions around the world. The QGPQ is released quarterly and includes an MS PowerPoint Market Overview. The QGPR is released monthly and includes the Quest Global Prospects Database in MS Excel.
• Quest Subsea Database (QSDB) - The QSDB has been active since 1982 and includes historical and forecast information on global subsea project developments from 1961 to 2016, and beyond. The QSDB provides forecast analysis on growth opportunities, the companies driving both supply and demand within the market space and emerging trends with respect to new technologies. QSDB analysis includes: five-year rolling forecast for global subsea tree awards, six-year rolling forecast for global subsea tree startups, global subsea Capex forecast and subsea tree and control manufacturer market share. The QSDB is released quarterly and includes an MS PowerPoint Market Overview, current downloads of the database in MS Excel including forecast subsea awards, and all working data supporting the Market Overview.
• Quest Subsea Production Umbilical Database (QSPUD) - The QSPUD sheds light on historical and forecasted trends within the subsea production umbilical (SPU) market. Quest provides a five-year rolling forecast of SPU awards by region and umbilical type, and provides the forecast in volume, value metrics and U.S. dollars. Quest also provides insight on the leading oil companies driving demand and a thorough analysis of manufacturers supplying product to the market. Analysis within the product includes: five-year rolling forecast of global awards, operator-manufacturer relationships driving supply and demand and market share of the major SPU manufacturers globally. The QSPUD is released quarterly and includes an MS PowerPoint Market Overview, current downloads of the database in MS Excel and all working data supporting the Market Overview.
• Quest Pipeline Perspective (QPP) - The QPP provides in-depth information on the global deepwater pipeline market, including both historical and forecasted projects. Quest provides a five-year forecast of flowline and export line activity with a view towards the length, size, properties and installation of each line. The QPP also includes a quarterly market analysis report that provides examination of the prevailing trends driving the offshore, deepwater pipeline market. Included is a breakdown of global and regional demand forecasts, historical versus forecast market growth projections, and other metrics of interest. The QPP is released quarterly and includes an MS PowerPoint Market Overview, current downloads of the database in MS Excel and all working data supporting the Market Overview.
• Quest Floating Production Database (QFPD) - The Quest Floating Production Database provides an accurate perspective of historical and forecast activity within the global FPS market. Highlights include: global market trends, six-year rolling forecast of FPS awards, as well as detailed global locations of TLP’s, SPARs, FPSO’s, semi’s and FSO’s. Also included is an emphasis on hull, topside and mooring system contracts, as well as market share analysis of FPS shipyards. The QFPD also includes a thorough review of the active FPS leasing market. The QFPD is released quarterly and includes an MS PowerPoint Market Overview, current downloads of the database in MS Excel and all working data supporting the Market Overview.
• Quest Marine Construction Vessels (QMCV) - The QMCV provides a detailed overview of the global marine construction market and is specifically focused on the high-specification assets currently serving the industry. Included in the QMCV is the Quest Construction Vessel Schedule (CVS), which is a forward-looking overview of which projects are being bid, or have been won, on a vessel-by-vessel basis, illustrated in MS Project. The CVS provides insight into the future utilization and / or availability of the industry’s highly sought after installation assets. Also included in the QMCV is a monthly market overview detailing forecast utilization trends, global and regional market shares by vessel class, and historical utilization (back to 2003). The QMCV is released monthly and includes an MS PowerPoint Market Overview with over 100 exhibits, the QCVS in Adobe PDF and MS Project, and the Quest Vessel Contract Commitments Database in MS Excel. The Quest Vessel Supply Capabilities Database is also available for purchase separately.
• Quest Deepwater Prospective Quarterly (QDPQ) – The Quest Deepwater Prospective Quarterly is a high level report of forecast subsea and floating production projects delivered to the client in Adobe PDF. This comprehensive report provides ample detail about the subsea and floating production scope of forecast projects including major milestone dates, volume of subsea equipment and type of floating production system.

Specialized Consulting

• Quest Deepwater Supply Chain Analysis Report (QDSA) - This quarterly report is comprised of more than 200 exhibits illustrating qualitative and quantitative analysis on global deepwater equipment and services pricing, supply and demand and capacity. This report is delivered as a MS PowerPoint file and contains extensive analysis around suppliers’ manufacturing/fabrication capacity, global costs for key commodities, goods and services relating to the deepwater markets and preferred supplier relationships between operators and the supply chain companies. This report is necessary for any user interested in understanding the deepwater global demand and the ability to meet that demand.
• Quest Deepwater Shipyard Outlook (QDSO) - Providing both a high-level and detailed view of capability, backlog and future utilization of Spanish, Middle Eastern and Asian Shipyards. The Report utilizes Quest’s FPS forecast to provide insight on future demand. Key elements include the correlation between yard availability / capacity and utilization for FPS topsides and hull fabrication. Additional information is provided on demand and operator trends to illustrate potential opportunities and pinch points in the overall FPS fabrication market.
• Quest Platform Decommissioning Report (QPDR) - Given the recent increase in tropical storm and hurricane activity in the region, Quest believes this bi-annual report is of high value in order to understand the market climate and landscape in which platforms are decommissioned and removed. This includes both operators’ demand for such work, as well as the supply chain’s capacity for accommodating this demand.
• Quest Subsea Intervention and P&A Report (QSIP) -  The Quest Subsea Intervention and Plug & Abandonment Report will provide a detailed summation of the current industry, and macro-economical elements affecting (positively and negatively) the market for subsea well interventions. Also included is a review of regulatory issues affecting market demand detailing the effects on the down-hole intervention market. Additionally, the report will examine the contractors and assets currently equipped to perform rig-less well interventions, as well as a forecast of near-term, visible additions to the global fleet.
• Quest Field Development Report (QFDR) – The Quest Field Development report is a MS Excel deliverable that can be tailored to the specific needs of the client. This report offers a unique view of each project tracked in the Quest Enhanced Deepwater Database as one row of data with all relevant details about project location and ownership, project timing, field architecture and the main contractors involved. This report can be delivered monthly or quarterly depending on the clients’ preference.

Online Products & Features

• Quest Daily News – This daily, online news feed is available to any user with a QuestDF account (to sign up, please click here). Readers can read the latest news as well as search our extensive archive for articles of interest. To begin accessing the Quest Daily News, please click here.
• Quest Deepwater Regional Report (QDRR) - Through this website, you can sign up to view market specific analysis directed to Quest’s five main deepwater regions. Slides are updated on a monthly basis and cover the subsea production technology, subsea production umbilical technology, offshore pipeline market, marine construction, FPS technology and riser technology. This brief regional overview is ideal for those users looking for macro-analysis geared at regional trends within the global deepwater oil and gas industry. To begin accessing the Quest Deepwater Regional Reports, please click here.
• Quest Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Insight (QGDI) – This weekly newsletter focuses on up-to-the-minute reviews of drilling permit approvals, drilling rig contracts and other key indicators for the future activity within the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
• Quest Deepwater Fields (QDF) – Quest Deepwater Fields enables you to search for deepwater projects by name, region, status, operator and other criteria for the deepwater projects of interest to you. You can then purchase a profile of those projects of interest to view details about project timing, SURF details and subsea and FPS technology specifics. Project profiles are real-time, up-to-date with the latest information available from the industry. To start searching the Quest Deepwater Fields, please click here.
• Online Store – Through the online store available on this website, you can purchase one-offs of recent wall maps, world atlases and recent market reports. If you have inquiries about purchasing other products or services from Quest Offshore, please contact us. To view available products for purchase through the online store, please click here