Chemical and Energy Industries Research Experience

Empresa de Investigación de Mercados Químicos y Energéticos

Investigación y estrategia de mercado internacional de SIS

  • Estudio de Inteligencia Competitiva sobre la fabricación bajo terceros de prepolímeros.
  • Estudio de posicionamiento global de productos en el mercado de protectores contra sobretensiones.
  • Realización de un estudio de inteligencia global sobre fabricantes de paneles solares.
  • Market structure study of the Phenolic Resin market in the US for a competitor analysis.
  • Realicé un importante estudio de imagen corporativa global entre ejecutivos de alto nivel, líderes de opinión clave, ejecutivos, partes interesadas y funcionarios gubernamentales para una gran empresa europea de petróleo y gas.
  • Estudio de la estructura del mercado de Resinas Epoxi en Estados Unidos para un análisis de la competencia.
  • Estudio competitivo de la producción de un pesticida por parte de una empresa en Israel.
  • Perfil del competidor de un productor de productos químicos inorgánicos en Francia.
  • Global monthly Boletin informativo that focused on its peer competitors in Europe, new products and applications in the plastics, glass, and rubber segments of the automotive industry.
  • Estudio de mercado de ETP retardantes de llama en China.
  • Estudio sobre el tamaño del mercado, potencial y estructura de la industria de cierres en Estados Unidos.
  • Estudio sobre el estado del embalaje blister frente al embalaje con cierre tradicional.
  • Study for the global market opportunities in the auto chemicals market, covering the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and the Benelux countries.
  • Analyzed the market feasibility for enzymes in the textile industry in China by surveying over 100 plants, dye houses, and distributors throughout China.
  • Estudio de Inteligencia de Mercado para el Mercado de Soluciones de Mostrador en Estados Unidos.
  • Estudio de Inteligencia Competitiva en la Industria de Superficies Sólidas.
  • Estudio cuantitativo de Imagen de Marca de productos de limpieza industrial en Estados Unidos y Europa por segmentos de mercado de uso final.
  • Se llevó a cabo un estudio de evaluación y tamaño del mercado estadounidense de resinas fenólicas y sus segmentos de mercado de uso final.
  • Se llevó a cabo un estudio que evaluó mezclas selectas de polímeros/oligómeros utilizadas para crear espumas de poliuretano especiales.
  • Realicé un nuevo proyecto de desarrollo de negocio para un nuevo dispositivo de salida de seguridad.
  • Seguimiento mensual de los fabricantes de productos químicos europeos.
  • Estudio de precios competitivos de fertilizantes en Australia y Francia.
  • Informes trimestrales de actividades competitivas de los productores de bromo en Japón.
  • Estudio de mercado que determinó el tamaño del mercado de productos desinfectantes en hospitales y hoteles.
  • Auditoría de información estratégica para un fabricante líder a nivel mundial de gafas especiales y materiales inorgánicos relacionados: entrevistó a ejecutivos clave de la empresa, analizó el flujo y las fuentes de información y desarrolló un sistema de seguimiento BI/CI para el personal de I+D dentro de la empresa.
  • Perfil de competidor de un conglomerado europeo con intereses en petróleo, crudo, energía, productos químicos y servicios financieros.
  • Auditoría de información estratégica para una gran empresa de servicios públicos: analizó el flujo de documentos, consultó con el equipo de marketing internacional y recomendó el sistema de inteligencia empresarial óptimo.
  • Se entrevistó a directores ejecutivos de empresas químicas y energéticas sobre los problemas estratégicos que enfrentan sus industrias.
  • Auditoría de información estratégica de una empresa de servicios públicos, dando como resultado un sistema de seguimiento BI/CI.
  • Estudio mundial sobre el estado de las industrias de servicios públicos en Asia, América Latina y Europa, que incluye un análisis extenso de la demanda global, la privatización, las alianzas estratégicas y el futuro de la industria, país por país.
  • Realicé un estudio de Inteligencia de Mercado Global para una empresa de sistemas de energía.
  • Estudio de mercado sobre cuánto ducto de polietileno se consume anualmente en el despliegue de cables de comunicaciones subterráneos en EE.UU.
  • Se llevó a cabo un estudio global de percepción y requisitos del usuario final de Genset.
  • Market Intelligence Study for a company in a chemical sector.
  • Realicé un estudio de Inteligencia de Mercado para un fabricante de sal y productos químicos.
  • Realicé un estudio de inteligencia empresarial mediante entrevistas a expertos con profesionales principiantes de las principales corporaciones químicas.
  • Se realizó una encuesta cuantitativa para recopilar y analizar datos relacionados con las percepciones y expectativas.
  • Se realizaron entrevistas a expertos para obtener información sobre el mercado solar, es decir, identidad de marca y conocimiento de los paneles solares.
  • Estudio de mercado y procedimiento para el establecimiento de una planta de energía solar en Francia.
  • Proyecto de inteligencia de mercado sobre el mercado global de recipientes a presión nucleares.
  • Realicé un análisis de mercado del mercado de membranas de gas en EE. UU. y Japón.
  • Realicé un estudio para empresas de oleoductos de América del Norte, un estudio de sistemas estándar.
  • Realización de entrevistas en profundidad en Bangkok sobre el jabón
  • Realicé un estudio de investigación sobre el aceite para automóviles.

Una muestra de nuestros clientes pasados y presentes en las industrias química y energética

  • Servicio público de Arizona
  • Ashland Química
  • Atochem
  • Bayer
  • Bourns
  • Minerales de la brújula
  • ConEdison
  • Cummins
  • dow
  • EI Du Pont de Nemours y Compañía
  • Elfo Aquitania
  • Exxon
  • genencor
  • Georgia Pacífico
  • Kohler PETROBRAS
  • Milliken y compañía
  • PETROBRAS
  • Compañía del Sur
  • La empresa Clorox

Resume of Experience in Chemical and Energy Industries: How Leading Research Partners Build Decision-Grade Intelligence

Capital cycles in chemicals and energy reward operators who read demand signals before their competitors do. The discipline that separates winners is not access to data. It is the quality of primary intelligence that informs siting, feedstock, offtake, and capacity decisions worth billions.

A credible resume of experience in chemical and energy industries reflects depth across the full asset lifecycle: feedstock economics, plant-gate netbacks, downstream margin pools, and the regulatory machinery that governs each. The most useful research partners operate inside operator language, not adjacent to it.

What a Strong Resume of Experience in Chemical and Energy Industries Actually Demonstrates

Procurement teams at Dow, BASF, Shell, NextEra, and Air Liquide evaluate research firms against a specific bar. The question is whether the firm has interviewed plant managers, EPC contractors, traders, and offtake counterparties at scale, in the regions where capacity is being added. Secondary synthesis alone does not clear that bar.

Operator-grade work shows up in the vocabulary. Levelized cost of energy benchmarking against project IRR hurdles. Capacity factor assumptions stress-tested against curtailment risk in ERCOT and CAISO. Grid interconnection queue analysis that distinguishes signed interconnection agreements from speculative applications. PPA structuring that accounts for basis risk, shape risk, and hub-to-busbar adjustments.

In chemicals, the equivalent depth covers ethylene cracker margin spreads, naphtha versus ethane feedstock arbitrage, propylene chain integration economics, and the competitive position of US Gulf Coast assets versus Middle Eastern and Northeast Asian capacity. SIS International Research has found that operator interview programs in chemicals consistently surface margin signals six to nine months ahead of published industry indices, particularly in specialty intermediates where reported price data lags contract reality.

The Methodologies That Separate Decision-Grade Intelligence From Desk Research

The most defensible work in chemicals and energy combines four primary research modes. B2B expert interviews with technical buyers, plant operators, and EPC contractors. Competitive intelligence built from supply chain triangulation rather than annual reports. Market entry assessments that test corridor economics through actual offtaker conversations. Voice of customer programs across industrial accounts where switching costs are high and decision cycles run twelve to thirty-six months.

Each method answers a different question. Expert interviews reveal what operators are actually planning, not what they disclose publicly. Competitive intelligence maps installed base, contract expirations, and aftermarket revenue exposure. Market entry assessments validate whether announced capacity will reach FID. In structured expert interviews SIS has conducted with senior procurement and operations leaders across petrochemical, midstream, and renewables operators in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, the variance between announced project pipelines and projects with secured permits, financing, and EPC contracts has consistently exceeded forty percent.

Why Primary Research Outperforms Syndicated Data in Capital-Intensive Sectors

Syndicated reports compress information that buyers need disaggregated. A Fortune 500 industrial gas producer evaluating a hydrogen offtake corridor needs counterparty-specific intelligence on creditworthiness, ramp schedules, and contract structure. A utility scaling battery storage needs interconnection queue intelligence at the substation level. A specialty chemicals manufacturer assessing a bolt-on acquisition needs customer concentration data that no syndicated source publishes.

The work product looks different. Sourcing maps with named suppliers and contract status. Demand response design analysis tied to specific ISO markets. Distributed energy integration assessments that quantify behind-the-meter cannibalization risk for incumbent utilities. Renewable energy certificate market depth analysis tied to corporate procurement targets at Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta.

Sector Coverage That Reflects Operator Reality

A complete resume of experience in chemical and energy industries spans upstream, midstream, downstream, power generation, transmission and distribution, and the industrial end markets that drive demand. The cross-sector view matters because the boundaries are dissolving.

Sector Decision Driver Primary Research Focus
petroquímicos Feedstock arbitrage, integration economics Cracker operators, traders, offtakers
Renewables LCOE, interconnection, PPA structure Developers, ISOs, corporate buyers
Specialty Chemicals Formulation switching, regulatory compliance Technical buyers, R&D, regulatory affairs
Industrial Gases Pipeline density, on-site contract renewals Plant managers, procurement, EPC firms
Storage and Grid Capacity markets, ancillary services revenue IPPs, ISOs, capacity market analysts

Source: SIS International Research

The sectors share a structural feature. Decisions are made by small, identifiable populations of technical buyers and operators. Reaching them requires recruiting infrastructure that most research firms do not maintain.

What Differentiated Research Partners Build Into Every Engagement

The strongest engagements share four characteristics. The recruiting frame is built from named target lists, not panel pulls. The interview protocols are designed by analysts who have read the relevant FERC orders, REACH dossiers, or IMO regulations. The synthesis maps findings back to the client’s specific decision: site selection, M&A target validation, pricing strategy, or capacity timing. The deliverable is structured for board-level review without translation.

SIS International applies this model through B2B expert interview programs, ethnographic research at industrial sites, and competitive intelligence engagements that combine field interviews with public filings analysis. The work for chemicals clients typically includes feedstock sourcing assessments, downstream margin analysis, and customer retention diagnostics across high-concentration accounts. Energy engagements range from market entry assessments for renewables developers entering new ISO markets to PPA benchmarking studies for corporate offtakers.

The SIS Operator-Proximity Framework

The framework underlying durable intelligence in these sectors has three layers. Operator proximity: how close the interview population sits to the actual decision being researched. Regulatory fluency: whether the analyst team can interpret FERC, EPA, ECHA, or equivalent rulings without translation. Capital cycle awareness: whether findings are timed to FID windows, capacity auctions, or contract renewal cycles.

Engagements that score high on all three layers produce intelligence that survives scrutiny from CFOs, technical due diligence teams, and board investment committees. Engagements that score on only one or two produce reports that get filed and forgotten.

How Senior Buyers Evaluate a Research Partner’s Track Record

VP-level decision makers at Fortune 500 chemicals and energy operators apply a consistent screen. Has the firm worked across the relevant geographies, including the corridors where the next capacity decisions will be made? Does the team include analysts with operator backgrounds, or only career consultants? Can the firm produce sample work that demonstrates depth in the specific sub-sector, whether that is olefins, polyurethanes, offshore wind, green hydrogen, or grid-scale storage?

SIS International’s proprietary research across more than 135 countries indicates that the highest-value engagements in chemicals and energy share a common structure: a defined capital decision, a named target population of fewer than 200 operators or buyers, and a six-to-twelve week primary research window timed to the client’s internal investment committee cycle. Work outside that structure tends to produce general market color rather than decision-grade input.

The resume that matters is not a list of logos. It is the demonstrated ability to deliver intelligence that changes a capital allocation decision. For a VP weighing a billion-dollar offtake commitment, a feedstock conversion, or an ISO market entry, the right research partner is the one whose track record reflects the specific decision being made.

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Ruth Stanat

Fundadora y directora ejecutiva de SIS International Research & Strategy. Con más de 40 años de experiencia en planificación estratégica e inteligencia de mercado global, es una líder mundial de confianza que ayuda a las organizaciones a lograr el éxito internacional.

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