To Be Published 4th Quarter 2013 Base Year: 2012 Forecasts to 2022 A comprehensive business report on the global future for brightstocks specifically focusing on: Current and forecast supply and demand by region Key formulation approaches Brightstock substitutes Current and future pricing scenarios Competitive forces Business opportunities and threats for suppliers and buyers Regional Coverage: North America Latin America Asia-Pacific Europe Africa and the Middle East

1. Energy
In-Depth Report Series
The Global Business Outlook
for Brightstocks
To Be Published 4th Quarter 2013
Base Year: 2012
Forecasts to 2022
Regional Coverage A comprehensive business report on the global future for bright-
stocks specifically focusing on:
North America
Latin America
Current and forecast supply and demand by region
Asia-Pacific Key formulation approaches
Europe Brightstock substitutes
Africa and the Middle East Current and future pricing scenarios
Competitive forces
Business opportunities and threats for suppliers and buyers
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2. The Global Business Outlook for Brightstocks
Report Scope
The Global Business Outlook for Brightstocks will provide subscribers with a comprehensive, accurate, and independent
appraisal of global supply and demand of brightstocks and the business opportunities and threats for brightstock
suppliers and buyers. The study is designed specifically to provide subscribers with the information and insights required
to construct sound business plans and capitalize on emerging opportunities in the very dynamic lubricant basestock
business.
The study will focus specifically on paraffinic and naphthenic brightstocks used in commercial automotive, consumer
automotive, and industrial lubricant and functional fluid applications. The base year for the supply and demand data will
be 2012. The study will include forecasts for 2017 and 2022.
The study will cover the global market; however, the study will be broken into the following regions: North America, Latin
America, the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, and Africa and the Middle East. International trade will also be examined in the
report, as the basestock business is increasingly becoming truly global.
Key Benefits
It is clear that the basestock business has changed significantly in the last 10 to 15 years. Brightstock producing Group
I plants have closed in the past, creating a short supply of brightstock. The recent enormous Group II capacity expansion
has overloaded the market, substituting Group I from a number of applications. Thus, Group I producers face tremendous
pressure to shutdown plants. GTL basestocks are now a reality. These with other plants supplying Group III have
increased the supply of light viscosity basestocks and reduced the relative supply of heavy visocosity basestocks.
The Global Business Outlook for Brightstocks is a syndicated analysis designed specifically to help subscribers navigate
the challenging “white water” of change that lies ahead. In addition to providing an objective and through analysis of
brightstock supply and demand, the study will present an unbiased, forward-thinking assessment of what the business
for this viscosity grade will look like in the next 10 years on a global basis. It will also address the opportunities that will
be presented to the suppliers, as well as threats that might loom for the buyers through this period of rapid change.
The report will provide subscribers with:
An objective evaluation of where the brightstock business is today and where it is going
A clear understanding of supply and demand drivers
A pragmatic analysis of competitive forces
An unbiased assessment of future supply and demand
– Insights into projected plant closings, expansions, and grass roots investments that could affect supply
– An assessment of decommissioned or mothballed PDA units that could be restarted to increase supply
– Demand that could move to alternatives
Manufacturing technologies: what changes could be made to enable greater production of brightstocks at existing
facilities?
Intermaterial competition
– When would the PIBs and other substitutes become more interesting in a greater number of applications?
A critical examination of current and likely pricing scenarios
Forecast scenarios from which to build solid business plans
Valuable insights and information on business opportunities and threats
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3. The Global Business Outlook for Brightstocks
Tentative Report Contents
1. INTRODUCTION
2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
3. BRIGHTSTOCK MANUFACTURING OVERVIEW
4. DEMAND: CURRENT AND FORECAST MARKETS/APPLICATIONS
5. SUPPLY: CURRENT AND FORECAST
6. SUPPLY DEMAND ANALYSIS
7. SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS: SUPPLIERS, TECHNICAL ISSUES
8. MARKET OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS
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4. The Global Business Outlook for Brightstocks
Methodology
Kline is unmatched in our ability to gather hard-to-get market and competitive intelligence with a high degree of
confidence. Kline's market analysis approach places the principal emphasis on primary research techniques to
ensure that the foundation of business intelligence and insight is accurate, current, and reliable.
During the course of field research, Kline's professional staff of industry experts will conduct in-depth discussions
and personal interviews with a wide range of knowledgeable industry participants and opinion leaders, including
finished lubricant manufacturers and marketers, distributors and suppliers, basestock refiners, lubricant additive
suppliers, leading OEMs, key end users, and other direct influencers on supplier purchase decisions.
This approach has proven to be the most effective and reliable approach to obtaining accurate market data,
capturing expert insights, and identifying business opportunities. Primary research will represent the bulk of our
research efforts.
In addition, this analysis will be supplemented by secondary research drawn from the review of suppliers' product
literature and price lists; a search of recent trade and technical literature; Internet sources; and analysis of
statistical data from government, industry, and trade associations and agencies.
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