Decarbonizing Upstream Oil and Gas
Summary
This report identifies the requirements for meeting emissions targets and introduces the energy transition interventions most suited to decarbonizing the upstream oil and gas industry. The measures discussed include improving efficiency, flaring mitigation, electrification, carbon capture, and renewables.
Scope
- Identifies the decarbonization opportunities in the upstream oil and gas sector.
- Discusses long-term benefits of decarbonization avenues such as CCS, electrification, and shifting towards renewable power.
- Discusses challenges to the decarbonization efforts being taken by oil and gas companies in the upstream sector.
- Discusses case studies of oil and gas companies in decarbonizing upstream sector.
- Evaluates competitive position of oil and gas companies in their decarbonization efforts.
- Evaluates decarbonization opportunities for oil and gas companies in the upstream oil and gas sector.
- Presents oil and gas case studies for upstream decarbonization.
- Benchmarks select oil and gas companies on the basis of their decarbonization efforts.
- Executive Summary
- Upstream carbon emissions
- Oil and gas production outlook
- Significant effort is needed to make progress towards upstream decarbonization targets
- Emission reduction targets of integrated oil companies
- Emission reduction targets of independent oil companies
- Introduction to decarbonization technologies
- How can the upstream industry be decarbonized?
- Assessing decarbonization technologies
- Five macroeconomic challenges that will pose a barrier to decarbonization
- Improving upstream process efficiency
- Upstream oil and gas segments
- Improving Process Efficiency
- Electrification in the upstream sector
- Electrification opportunities in the upstream sector
- The shift towards renewable energy
- Renewables growth outlook
- Oil and gas companies: renewable capacity
- Gas flaring mitigation
- Gas flaring causes significant emissions that contribute to climate change
- Gas flaring data
- Mitigation strategies and commitments
- Gas flaring targets of leading oil and gas companies
- CCS in upstream sector
- CCS capacity in upstream oil and gas
- Examples of oil and gas companies using CCS technology in upstream sector
- Involvement of oil and gas companies in global upcoming CCS capacities
- Key takeaways
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