Market Trends of Density Meter Industry
Oil and Gas Industry to Hold Significant Market Share
- Oil and gas is a wide-ranging industry encompassing many processes and applications. Some of these might be roughly grouped into basic categories: exploration, extraction, production, processing, distribution, and transportation. Most applications include monitoring the density of oil and gases transported for various purposes.
- The oil and gas sector is one of the largest end-users of density meters. In the oil and gas industry, density meters are utilized in downstream processes, wherein purification and assessment of the purified sample are measured before manufacturing. Also, the dense meter is used in various application sectors such as tanker truck and railcar loading stations, product identification on multi-product pipelines, product quality control in the production process, and mass measurement in aircraft refueling applications.
- The oil and gas industry is expanding with the growth of industrialization and the demand for energy resources. For instance, according to the International Energy Agency, the Asia-Pacific region was the highest importer and consumer of natural gas. China alone accounted for two-thirds of the demand for natural gas globally.
- Moreover, the process industries depend on technical equipment to maintain uniformity and quality throughout the crude material, wherein the density meter plays an important role. The transition would force the oil and gas production sector to accelerate the production rate, increasing demand for machinery and testing equipment, including density meters, thereby driving the market's growth.
- The oil and gas sector is one of the key end users of density meters. The primary market demand comes from the downstream sector of oil and gas. The purity of the sample is measured before manufacturing to ensure operational safety and efficiency in downstream facilities, such as plants and refineries.
- According to OPEC, in 2023, global crude oil demand, inclusive of biofuels, stood at 102.21 million barrels per day. Forecasts anticipate a rise in economic activity, projecting a potential surge in oil demand to over 104 million barrels per day by year-end.
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Asia-Pacific to Witness Significant Growth
- The increasing industrialization in Asia-Pacific makes the region one of the potential markets for density meters. The process automation industry is also expected to avail of various opportunities in Asia-Pacific. India is expected to provide more opportunities for the process automation industry in the coming years because of its political and global reformation.
- According to the India Brand Equity Foundation, in May 2022, ONGC announced plans to invest USD 4 billion from FY22-25 to increase its exploration efforts in India. The oil demand in India is projected to register a 2 times growth to reach 11 million barrels per day by 2045.
- The Asia-Pacific's oil product demand by 2050 is expected to rise to 38.8 million b/d. The increased demand for oil products can be ascribed to the rapid development in the region, particularly in countries such as India, China, Indonesia, and Japan.
- According to MOSPI, the fertilizer industry is India's largest natural gas consumer, accounting for 32 percent of total consumption in the financial year 2023. The petrochemical and sponge iron sectors along with the fertilizer industry is approximatly 37 percent of India's non-energy consumption of natural gas that year.
- Further, owing to the increase in the number of food & beverage and pharmaceutical companies in Asia-Pacific and the focus on expanding the operations & manufacturing units across different parts of Asia-Pacific, the demand for density meters is predicted to grow substantially. Moreover, the water and wastewater treatment industry's government initiative is vital in developing the density meter market across the Asia-Pacific region.
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