Decarbonizing Downstream Oil and Gas
Summary
This report identifies the requirements for meeting emissions targets and introduces the energy transition interventions most suited to decarbonizing the downstream oil and gas industry.The measures discussed include process efficiency, low-carbon hydrogen, electrification, carbon capture, and alternative feedstocks.
Scope
- Identifies the decarbonization opportunities in the downstream oil and gas sector.
- Discusses long-term benefits of decarbonization avenues such as low-carbon hydrogen, electrification, carbon capture, and alternative feedstocks.
- Discusses challenges to the decarbonization efforts being taken by oil and gas companies in the downstream sector.
- Discusses case studies of oil and gas companies in decarbonizing downstream sector.
- Evaluates competitive position of oil and gas companies in their decarbonization efforts.
- Evaluates decarbonization opportunities for oil and gas companies in the downstream oil and gas sector.
- Presents oil and gas case studies for downstream decarbonization.
- Benchmarks select oil and gas companies on the basis of their decarbonization efforts.
- Executive Summary
- Downstream carbon emissions
- GHG emissions are broken down into Scopes 1, 2 and
- Emissions across the O&G value chain
- Global refining capacity outlook
- Global petrochemical capacity outlook of select carbon-intensive chemicals
- In the NZE scenario, downstream emissions need to fall significantly by 2030
- Emission reduction targets of integrated oil companies with leading refining capacity
- Emission reduction targets of leading independent refiners & petrochemical companies
- Introduction to decarbonization technologies
- How can the downstream industry be decarbonized?
- Assessing decarbonization technologies
- Five macroeconomic challenges that will pose a barrier to decarbonization
- Optimizing downstream processes
- Downstream oil and gas segments
- Process optimization
- Examples of process optimization
- Electrification in the downstream sector
- Electrification opportunities in the downstream sector
- Low-carbon hydrogen
- Hydrogen growth outlook
- Hydrogen case studies
- CCS in downstream sector
- CCS capacity in downstream oil and gas
- Major upcoming CCS projects in downstream oil and gas
- Using captured CO2 as feedstock
- Alternative feedstock
- Biomass to biofuels
- Current and future leaders of renewable standalone fuel production
- Blending regulations
- Companies
- BP
- Shell
- Chevron
- ExxonMobil
- TotalEnergies
- Key takeaways
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