Energy Transition

Our plan to tackle climate change through industry decarbonization

Energy Transition

Tackling climate change with IOGP Energy Transition programme

Energy Transition Integrated Framework

This comprehensive toolkit will guide upstream oil and gas organizations on their respective decarbonization pathways by providing different decarbonization solutions and approaches to the vast diversity of operational settings across the industry.

The Challenge: a low carbon future

Tackling climate change while meeting global energy demand is one of the greatest challenges of our lifetime.

Everyone – the industry, governments, and society – has a responsibility to help achieve the Paris Agreement goals.

As society moves towards a low carbon future, our industry will still be responsible for meeting the planet’s basic energy needs and creating a world where everyone has access to clean, reliable, and affordable energy.

Strategic direction and key approach

Following our 2021 Strategic Review, IOGP is working to help the oil and gas industry accelerate the implementation of low carbon projects and operations and support the need for:

  • Standardization, rapid adoption, and repeatability to quickly implement low carbon projects and practices across the whole industry
  • Transformative lower carbon technologies for new and existing assets

Leveraging our key strengths and experience

For nearly 50 years, IOGP has brought the oil and gas industry together to standardize ways of working and define performance metrics in areas such as safety, environmental management, and health.

We are uniquely placed to drive collaboration across the industry to ensure we can learn and benefit from the knowledge of those at the forefront of these efforts. IOGP is leveraging its key strengths and experience to help tackle climate change through decarbonization. Our mission is the same one it’s always been: to bring industry together.

The Energy Transition Directorate works closely with other key Directorates, such as Safety, Environment, and Engineering, to deliver performance improvements within our Membership and the wider industry.

The road to Net Zero

The International Energy Agency publishes an annual report analysing the projected state of the world’s energy production and consumption in the medium and long-term future under several potential scenarios for global energy supply and demand.  In IEA’s Energy Outlook 2021, in all scenarios, oil and gas will play an important contribution towards energy demand for decades to come.

It is therefore vital that the oil and gas industry works to reduce emissions and helps the world reach the Paris Agreement objectives.

Throughout this transition, both oil and natural gas will retain an important role as affordable, reliable, and versatile energy products for a growing global population. The challenge is to address climate change through emissions reduction while also meeting global energy demand and supporting economic development in the long term.

To reach Net Zero, our focus will be on the decarbonization of our Members’ own operations, pursuing a systematic decarbonization pathway starting with a significant reduction of Scope 1 emissions.

IEA 2021- Total primary energy supply

Measuring emissions

In order to manage emissions, we first need to measure them. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions can be categorized as Scope 1, 2, or 3.

  • Scope 1 covers direct emissions, such as those from facilities and equipment directly owned by a company
  • Scope 2 covers indirect emissions from the generation of energy purchased by the reporting company
  • Scope 3 includes all other indirect emissions that occur in a company’s value chain. These are .emissions that result from a company’s activities, such as emissions created when consumers use the company’s products

Focus on Scope 1 emissions:

Breakdown of Scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas facilities

Stationary Combustion

Flaring

Venting

Fugitive emissions

The Energy Transition Directorate will focus on Scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions until 2025. Our industry emissions can be broken down as follows:

  • Stationary combustion
  • Flaring
  • Venting
  • Fugitive emissions

Our strategy addresses each of these areas.

Electrification

CCTS

Flares & vents

Energy efficiency

The four Energy Transition topics are:

  1. Electrification
  2. Carbon Capture, and Storage
  3. Minimization of all flaring and venting activities
  4. Best available technology in energy efficiency

These topics were chosen following an Opportunity Framing Workshop – a rigorous 9-month process involving the participation of over 150 subject matter experts. We will deliver recommended practices,  technologies catalogues, and technical guidance to support standardization across the oil and gas industry.

Governance

The Energy Directorate is supported by two Committees

Carbon Capture, and Storage Committee

The Carbon Capture, and Storage Committee will focus on accelerating the standardization of CCS to improve its cost, scheduling, and safety, thus enabling widespread implementation of CCS. It will collaborate with other associations working on climate change, as well as with international and regional regulators and standards organizations.

Low Carbon Operational Efficiency Committee

The Low Carbon Operational Efficiency Committee will focus on decreasing CO2 emissions and methane intensity in upstream operations. It will coordinate its efforts with global industry groups including the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), Ipieca, the American Petroleum Institute (API), the Energy Institute, the Methane Guiding Principles, and the Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership (GGFR).

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    The International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) has published new guidance to help its Members and the industry to eliminate routine flaring and reduce methane emissions. A result from the strong collaboration among the Oil & Gas Decarbonization Charter (OGDC), Methane Guiding Principles (MGP), the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), and the […]
  • Techno-economic methodology to assess carbon capture technologies
    Carbon capture and storage (CCS) plays a crucial role in decarbonizing the energy sector. Current projections show a significant increase of CCS projects in development, with carbon capture remaining the most cost-intensive aspect of the CCS value chain. Further development and innovation in this field can make a substantial impact. As more and more industries […]
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  • Guidelines for venting minimization and vent recovery systems
    This guideline identifies venting sources and discusses the design and operation of vent systems and Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) recovery systems, as well as the situations in which these systems can be employed to minimize venting. This guidance has been developed to assist engineering and operations staff at upstream production facilities and may be useful […]
  • Design guidance for subsea carbon capture and storage systems
    This Report provides guidance to designers and developers of carbon capture and storage (CCS) systems with all, or portions, of the system located underwater. Subsea CCS projects are new and no standards or clear regulations for their design exist. This Report is intended to help designers evaluate key decisions and mitigate risks unique to a […]
  • Guidelines for design and operations to minimize and avoid flaring
    This Report offers guidance for the design and implementation of solutions to assist the upstream oil and gas industry in minimizing or eliminating flared gas sources and volumes throughout the lifecycle of their assets. This Report can be used as a technical supplement to IOGP-Ipieca-GGFR Report 467 – Flaring management guidance. The post Guidelines for […]
  • Creating a sustainable business case for CCS value chains
    This paper focuses on the discussion of needed funding and de-risking mechanisms. The post Creating a sustainable business case for CCS value chains appeared first on IOGP Publications library.
  • Efficient use of energy in oil and gas upstream facilities
    The global oil and gas industry, as part of the energy transition, is focusing on decreasing energy use, increasing energy efficiency, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Energy optimization is part of the broader path to greenhouse gas emissions reduction in the upstream oil and gas industry, which includes minimizing energy demand as well as maximizing […]
  • Risk and uncertainty assessments for geologic storage of CO2
    This Report provides guidance related to the processes, methodologies, and tools available to assess risks and uncertainties for the geologic storage of CO2 in subsurface formations. Building on a growing library of resources related to CO2 storage risks and uncertainties, this document provides a synopsis of such resources and elaborates on how uncertainty and risks […]
  • Electrification technology deployment catalogue
    This technology deployment catalogue identifies and summarizes available electrification options/technologies that support effectively reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the upstream oil and gas industry. It focuses on high-level information aimed at non-electrical engineers or decision makers undertaking specific project, concept, or front-end engineering design (FEED). The post Electrification technology deployment catalogue appeared first on […]

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