Market Studies

One can engineer a project down to the nuts and bolts level of detail, but the most significant impact on its ultimate economic success is the marketplace for its goods or services. Granted, a poor design, unproven technology, or incompetent management can doom a project, but even an excellent design, tried and tested technology, and exemplary management cannot guarantee success in the face of a market "turned south."

The strong business and commercial background of the B&C consultant team, coupled with our strong foundation in engineering, makes us uniquely qualified to perform comprehensive market studies, both on a "global" scale and on a project-specific basis. You can read some of our market analyses and commentaries in Barnes & Click Solutions:

Refiners Squeezed by New Sulfur Specs from EPA (Jan. 2001)
No Relief from Tight Refining Margins (May 2001)
Processing Margin in Structural Decline (May 2003)
Upward Creep of US Refining Capacity (Jan. 2004)
Son of "Processing Margin in Structural Decline" (May 2004)
Where do Refining Margins Go from Here? (Sep. 2004)
Got Propylene? (May 2005)
A Chinese Energy Revolution (May 2005)
Coming Soon to a Refinery Near You – Canadian Oil Sands (Sep. 2005)
A New Year’s Prediction – An Engineering Explosion (Jan. 2006)
The Coming Imbalance between LNG Production & Re-Gas Demand (May 2006)