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t: +44 (0)20 7467 7142                                                                                                                               attention on         begins with a look at how the international
e: bdavis@energyinst.org                                                                                                                             the decommiss-       oil and gas sector is looking to transition to
Editorial Assistant                                                                                                                                  ioning of            a low carbon future. We assess how central
Anna Cole-Bailey                                                                                                                                     its North Sea        banks are positioning themselves to regulate
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e:acole-bailey@energyinst.org                                                                                                                                             the process, and highlight a call for fossil fuel
                                                                                                                                                                          companies to disclose potential greenhouse
Editorial enquiries                                                                                                                                                       gas emissions from their reserves as
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e: petrev@energyinst.org                                            conundrum                                                                        Source: Fairfield    possible downside risks. We also review
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Abbreviations
                                                                                                                                                                          markets, and how sources of financing will
The following are used throughout
Petroleum Review:                                                                                                                                                         help electricity network companies evolve to
                                                                                                                                                                          embrace new and disruptive technologies.
mn = million (106)       t/d = tonnes/day
bn = billion (109)
tn = trillion (1012)
                         kW = kilowatts (103)
                         MW = megawatts (106)
                                                         Features                                                                                                         Kim Jackson, Editor

cf = cubic feet          GW = gigawatts (109)
cm = cubic metres        kWh = kilowatt hour
b/d = barrels/day        km = kilometre                     Low carbon future                                                                                               Finance and investment
boe = b arrels of oil   sq km = square
       equivalent                 kilometres
                                                         12 Systemic risk or greenwashing?                                                                               28 Reasons to be cheerful
t/y = tonnes/year                                            Maria Kielmas                                                                                                   Maarten van Wesemael
No single letter abbreviations are used.
Abbreviations go together                                14 What’s at risk?                                                                                              30 The decommissioning conundrum
eg 100mn cf/y = 100 million cubic feet
                  per year.                                  Stephen Russell                                                                                                 Nick Cottam

                                                         16 Big Oil plans for a low carbon future                                                                           Supply chain management
Printed by Geerings Print Ltd                                Brian Davis                                                                                                 32 Oil price slump boosts logistics
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Perspective

        PERSPECTIVE

As much about oil as solar
                            N
                                      othing symbolised the          planet will be among those who          in which objective facts are less
                                      shifting tectonic plates       will drive the development of the       influential in shaping public
                                      in energy technology           alternatives we now need for our        opinion than appeals to emotion
                             more in 2016 than CEO Elon Musk         future low carbon existence.            and personal belief’.
                             unveiling Tesla’s solar roof tiles                                                  This reference to global politics
                             on the former set of TV show            Reach, influence and relevance          might seem a million miles away
                             Desperate Housewives.                   This context puts a premium on an       from our day jobs, but we have
                                 The cost of manufacturing one       organisation that has international     seen empirical evidence distorted
                             watt of solar PV cell capacity fell     reach and influence in the policy       and proven expertise called into
                             from a staggering $77 in 1977 to        making arena and expertise and          question closer to our own field.
                             an equally staggering 36 cents in       knowledge that spans the entirety       Witness the alarmism that has
                             2014 (according to Bloomberg New        of the energy system – what the         surrounded technologies such as
 Louise Kingham OBE          Energy Finance). Indeed, costs are      IEA describes as the ‘trade-offs, co-   onshore wind, shale gas, deepsea
 FEI, Chief Executive,       forecast to fall even further,          benefits and competing priorities       oil production, as well as attempts
 Energy Institute            between 40% to 70% by 2040 (IEA         that need to be untangled across        to discredit climate science.
                             World Energy Outlook, 2016).            the energy sector’.                         This is why I believe we are
                                 Factor in a similarly rapid drop        The Energy Institute intends to     vital, as individuals and, through
                             in the cost of storage and it is easy   position itself as that organisation,   the Energy Institute, as a
                             to see why smart innovators are         with a new strategic programme          professional and learned group
                             piling into the territory, putting      over the next three years aimed at      right across the energy sector. In
                             integrated, zero carbon lifestyle       growing internationally, engaging       this age of 140 character
                             solutions into a price bracket          actively in the policy debate and       communication via Twitter, we
                             accessible to mainstream                supporting the low carbon               must have pride and confidence in
                             consumers.                              transition.                             ourselves, of what we know, what
                                 But tectonic plates move slowly;        More specifically, by 2020 we       we do and how we do it.
                             this is no overnight transition. The    will aim to have expanded our               The public deserves an energy
                             IEA’s World Energy Outlook is clear     international reach into four           debate that is evidence based, not
                             – even in a post-Paris world aiming     regions we are currently                headline grabbing. We must do
                             to limit global average temperature     developing and a further four new       what we can to enlighten the
                             rises to 2oC, and despite the current   ones globally to support hundreds,      debate, to replace opacity with
                             challenging oil price – fossil fuels    if not thousands, of energy             clarity and to call out opinion
                             will continue to be ‘a bedrock of       professionals we don’t currently        where it is masquerading as fact.
                             the global energy system for many       reach.                                      This underscores the
                             decades to come’.                           We will be a recognised body of     importance of the values newly
                                 Some 60% of the investment          expertise valued for its objectivity    adopted by all of us at the Energy
                             needed globally in energy by 2040       and ability to be a safe, honest        Institute, which will come to the
                             will still be in fossil fuels. Gas      place to ask – and look to answer       fore in delivering our strategy. We
                             consumption in particular is            – the difficult questions. We will      will act with integrity, objectivity
                             projected to increase, with             also support members and                and professionalism; our work will
                             investment in LNG leading to the        partners to identify the skills,        be forward-thinking and creative;
                             creation of a global market.            knowledge and good practice             we will seek to demonstrate our
                             Consumption of oil in freight,          needed to make the low carbon           knowledge and competence; and
                             aviation and petrochemicals,            transition and address these issues     we will do so collaboratively.
                             where there are as yet few              in those sectors where we don’t             At the EI Awards last November
                             alternatives, will also continue        currently work within the next          President, Jim Skea CBE FEI said:
                             to grow.                                three years.                            ‘Energy fuels human progress and
                                                                         All of this will be founded on      is delivered by highly skilled
                             The journey ahead                       the knowledge, skills and good          people whose dedication helps to
                             So, contrary to the often polarised     practice on which professionals         develop and sustain society, often
                             public debate around energy,            across the industry already rely. We    with little visibility to those that
                             the co-existence of high and            will continue to deliver on familiar,   benefit.’ I believe it is our job to
                             low carbon is inevitable for the        valued work such as the Energy          improve that visibility and
                             foreseeable future. While Paris         Barometer, the Energy Systems           celebrate the work energy
                             sealed the discussion about the         conference and our annual awards        professionals do, now so more than
                             destination, the journey there is as    and other key events – but it will      ever. ●
                             much about using hydrocarbons           also mean doing things differently,
                             wisely and efficiently as it is about   including a significant shift to
                             renewables, nuclear and disruptive      online learning.
                             technologies.
                                Furthermore, many of the             Strong values in a ‘post-truth’ world
                             people whose skills and ingenuity       The Oxford Dictionaries’ word of
                             have successfully harnessed oil and     the year in 2016 was ‘post-truth’,
                             gas from some of the most               an adjective defined as ‘relating
                             inhospitable environments on the        to or denoting circumstances

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UpstreamUpdate

Sudanese oil agreement renewed
Landlocked South Sudan has renewed a contract allowing it to continue using a Sudanese pipeline to export oil

S
      udan and South Sudan
      recently agreed to extend
      an oil deal originally
negotiated in 2012, which will
enable landlocked and troubled
South Sudan to continue utilising
a Sudanese pipeline to export
its crude, reports Andrew Green.
‘We have agreed to extend it for
another three years,’ Sudan’s
Petroleum and Gas Minister
Mohamed Zayed Awad told local
news agencies after signing
the deal.
    Under the renewed deal, Juba
(the capital of South Sudan) has to
pay to use the pipeline, in addition
to paying transit and
transportation fees – the original
agreement included a $3bn
                                                                                                                        Source: Isaac Billy / UN Photo
transitional financial arrangement
(TFA). In total, Juba originally paid   Sudan President Omar al-Bashir (left) arrives in South Sudan ahead of that country’s official independence in
Khartoum (the capital of Sudan)         2011 and greets his southern counterpart, Salva Kiir (right)
about $25/b. As global crude oil
prices fell, Khartoum agreed in         forced cuts from 220,000 b/d to an              have a significant impact on
early 2016 to float that fee.           estimated 130,000 b/d.                          global markets.
    Details on the renewed                  ‘In the last two years, we’ve                  Oil has been a flashpoint since
arrangement are still scarce,           seen repeated statements from the               South Sudan seceded from Sudan
including how much money South          South Sudanese government that                  in 2011. It took with it 75% of the
Sudan still owes toward the TFA.        production will increase again,’                former united Sudan’s oil reserves,
South Sudan’s only official             says Luke Patey, a senior researcher            although it had no means of export
statement came after the signing,       at the Danish Institute for                     aside from the pipeline through
when its Petroleum Minister             International Studies, who                      the successor state of (northern)
Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth pledged            authored a book on the oil industry             Sudan. The two states were
cooperation with Khartoum.              in the two countries. ‘I’m not                  initially unable to reach an
    The deal comes as South Sudan,      confident that it will actually occur           agreement and in January 2012
mired in a three-year internal civil    this year.’ If production figures               South Sudan abruptly stopped oil
conflict, has struggled to maintain     remain low, Patey does not expect               production. The September 2012
production levels. The fighting has     South Sudan’s oil to                            agreement ended that stalemate.

                           Exploration and production

                          OGA publishes EOR delivery programme
                          The UK Oil and Gas Authority (OGA)                line with their field development               economics – ensuring the
                          recently published its Enhanced                   plans (FDPs).                                   economics of marginal EOR
                          Oil Recovery (EOR) Delivery                                                                       projects do not stifle investment.
                                                                        •   Maximising economic recovery
                          Programme, which expands on its
                                                                            (MER) for future EOR projects               •   Advance next EOR and support
                          earlier announced EOR Strategy.
                                                                            – ensuring EOR opportunities                    CO2 storage – ensuring that,
                          According to the OGA, there is still
                                                                            are identified early enough in                  while prioritising polymer and
                          a ‘significant prize’ to be gained by
                                                                            the field life cycle to maximise                low salinity EOR, other EOR
                          increasing recovery from existing
                                                                            economic recovery.                              technologies are not neglected.
                          UKCS oil fields. However, the average
                          recovery factor is projected to be            •   Workgroups and industry                     •   Knowledge management
                          around 46% at the end of field life.              partnerships – ensuring that EOR                – ensuring EOR knowledge is
                          Through advocating and facilitating               technology and implementation                   widely available, improving
                          the use of tertiary EOR techniques,               lessons are shared.                             awareness and knowledge
                          OGA seeks to support the extraction                                                               transfer.
                                                                        •   Technology development and
                          of up to 250mn boe.
                                                                            deployment – gaining additional             •   Communication and stakeholder
                              The Delivery Programme
                                                                            buy-in from EOR technology                      plans – ensuring investment in
                          describes eight areas of focus:
                                                                            providers and operators to                      EOR projects is not limited by
                          •   Existing EOR projects – ensuring              develop and then deploy                         lack of senior industry leadership
                              current polymer and low salinity              economical EOR technology.                      buy-in to the deployment of EOR
                              EOR projects are progressed in                                                                technology.
                                                                        •   Creating value – improving

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UpstreamUpdate

Exploration and production

Cypriot well could be transformative for Eastern Med
Driven by the success of Eni’s            economics.’                              potentially commercially viable.
major Zohr feld gas discovery                 The Zohr Field is one of the             The competitive landscape in the
offshore Egypt in 2015, companies         largest conventional gas discoveries     region has already begun to change
are rethinking the Eastern                of recent years. It has in-place         in anticipation of the potential. In
Mediterranean region’s gas                resources of 32tn cf of dry gas,         November 2016, BP purchased a
potential, according to new analysis      with possible recoverable resources      10% equity stake in the Shorouk
from IHS Markit. Furthermore,             of about 20tn cf, according to           offshore block (including Zohr) from
Total’s announcement that it will         Eni statements. Phase 1 of the           Eni, with the option to acquire a
drill a 2017 exploration well in its      field development is due to come         further 5% stake.
deepwater block 11 located offshore       onstream in 2017.                            Meanwhile, the December 2016
Cyprus indicates the growing                  ‘The existence of a carbonate        announcement of results from
interest in the wider region.             reef play, which Zohr has proven         Cyprus’s Third Offshore Licensing
    Indeed, the market analyst            to be, is very different from the        Round confirmed the interest of
company believes that Total’s             turbidite sand-play discoveries in       established and new companies in
Cypriot well will be one of the ‘most     the Israeli Levantine Basin and the      the Eastern Mediterranean region’s
critical wells drilled globally in 2017   Egyptian Nile Delta Basin,’ Bliss        growing gas potential. Eni extended
for the E&P industry, especially given    said. ‘If the Zohr carbonate play        its key role in the region with its
the slowdown in exploration drilling      extends northward into Total’s           award of offshore Cyprus
worldwide’.                               block 11, then the potential for         block 6 (north-west of block 11) with
    Total’s offshore Cyprus block         a significant discovery in block         partner Total, as well as offshore
11 is located to the north of Zohr’s      11 exists, resulting in profound         block 8 (north-east of block 11).
Egyptian Shorouk offshore block,          implications for the region. A major     ExxonMobil won the bid for offshore
which, according to Graham Bliss,         find would provide competition           block 10 (which Total had previously
Senior Director of Plays and Basins       with offshore Israel gas fields to       relinquished). The ranks of larger
Research, IHS Markit, is the first        fulfill Egypt’s rising gas demand, and   companies in the region have now
time in the region that a carbonate,      within the complex jigsaw puzzle         swelled to include Total, ExxonMobil
rather than a sand, reservoir has         of gas supply and demand in the          and Rosneft, in addition to the
been targeted. ‘The carbonate             Eastern Mediterranean, could even        established players Eni, Shell and BP.
reservoir that comprises Zohr is          potentially lead to gas exports to           While gas is the primary target
of particularly high quality,’ he         Turkey,’                                 for the Total Cyprus block 11, the
said. ‘As such, it will likely enable         IHS Markit research has also         IHS Markit analysis suggests there
development using a minimum               concluded that direct pipeline           is some potential for a deeper, but
number of wells and, therefore,           exports from the Eastern                 unproven, Cretaceous target, which
reduce costs and enhance project          Mediterranean to Greece are              could have oil potential.

                                     IN BRIEF
                             ADNOC has awarded BP a 10%              18 Nigerian companies secured           in Uganda, with Tullow retaining
                             interest in Abu Dhabi’s onshore oil     contracts, 11 traders, five foreign     a 11.76% interest in the upstream
                             concession operated by ADCO, the        refiners, three government-backed       project and pipeline, which
                             Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore           companies and two trading units         would reduce to 10% when the
                             Petroleum Operations. As part of        of NNPC. All of the contracts are       government of Uganda formally
                             BP’s interest in the concession,        for 32,000 b/d, apart from NNPC’s       exercises its right to back-in. The
                             it will become asset leader for         Panama-registered Duke Oil unit,        Lake Albert project is expected to
                             the Bab integrated asset group          which won a deal for 90,000 b/d.        achieve around 230,000 b/d when it
                             within ADCO. It is hoped the new        Meanwhile, NNPC has reiterated its      reaches plateau.
                             partnership model will bring            intent to proceed with two new LNG
                             technology, expertise and financing     projects in Nigeria – Brass LNG and     The Veolia and Peterson partnership
                             aimed at maximising the value of        OK LNG – describing both as ‘priority   has been awarded two platform
                             the resources and supporting the        ventures’.                              decommissioning contracts for
                             transfer of knowledge. BP joins                                                 recycling at its facility in Great
                             Total of France, Inpex Corporation      Ashurst is advising Tullow Oil on a     Yarmouth (see pic below). With an
                             of Japan, and GS Energy of South        substantial farm-down of its assets     aim of reaching 96% recycling rates
                             Korea as shareholders of ADCO and       in Uganda to Total E&P Uganda.          the work to recycle materials and
                             the onshore concession, who each        Under the terms of the agreement,       assets is expected to begin in spring
                             own a 10%, 5% and 3% interest           Total will acquire 21.57% in the        2017 when the platforms arrive
                             respectively. ADNOC will continue to    Lake Albert development project         onshore.
                             explore opportunities with potential
                             partners for the remaining 12%
                             stake of the 40% earmarked for
                             foreign partners.

                             Nigerian National Petroleum
                             Corporation (NNPC) has awarded
                             contracts to 39 companies for
                             crude oil offtake in 2017–2018.
                             According to Global Energy Research,                                                                     Source: Veolia

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DownstreamUpdate

Ghanaian power generation shift
Investment support from the World Bank Group is to help Ghana transition to a low carbon future

I
    FC and MIGA, members of
    the World Bank Group, have
    committed $517mn in debt
and guarantees to support Ghana’s
Sankofa gas project, an integrated
offshore oil and natural gas project
that will provide a source of
reliable, affordable energy in the
West African country. The project
will fuel up to 1,000 MW of power
generation, helping Ghana meet its
growing energy needs and displace
oil-fired power generation with a
clean-burning alternative.
    The $7.7 bn Sankofa project will
be developed by Vitol Ghana and
Eni Ghana, in partnership with
Ghana’s National Petroleum
Corporation. IFC has committed a
loan of $235mn to Vitol Ghana and
is arranging another $65mn in
                                                                                                                                Source: Vitol
debt from the Managed Co-Lending
Portfolio Program, a loan-                                                      The Sankofa project involves the development of multiple
syndications initiative that enables                                            subsea wells tied back to a FPSO which will be connected to
third-party investors to participate                                            shore via a gas export line
passively in IFC’s senior loan
portfolio. The IFC financing is part   the road each year or planting          emissions and provide a clean
of a $1.35bn loan facility provided    152mn trees.                            source of power for generations.’
by commercial banks, including            Sankofa is expected to generate      MIGA Executive Vice President and
HSBC, Société Générale, ING,           $2.3bn in revenues for Ghana’s          CEO Keiko Honda, added: ‘The
Standard Chartered Bank, UKEF,         government and provide a stable,        natural gas from the Sankofa
among others. MIGA has                 long-term source of domestic gas        project underpins the nation’s
committed these commercial             that will help solve the country’s      transition to a low carbon future.’
lenders with up to $217mn in           chronic gas supply constraints.            With this announcement, IFC
political risk guarantees.                Phlippe Le Houérou, IFC              and MIGA support brings World
    Ghana’s government has             Executive Vice President and CEO,       Bank Group financing for the
identified the Sankofa project as a    said: ‘Ghana will require significant   Sankofa gas project to
transformational project that will     power generation and                    approximately $1.217bn, building
help the country achieve its COP21     infrastructure to meet the growing      on a $700mn guarantee package
commitments for climate                needs of its young and expanding        from the World Bank announced
mitigation. Once it starts to          population. This project                last year that will help Ghana’s
produce gas in early 2018, the         demonstrates that private capital       National Petroleum Corporation
project is expected to reduce          can be mobilised on a large scale to    ensure timely payments for gas
carbon emissions in Ghana by an        contribute to the country’s energy      purchases and that has enabled the
estimated 1.6mn t/y as gas             security. Developing Ghana’s            project to secure financing from its
displaces heavy fuel oil –             domestic natural gas resources will     private sponsors.
equivalent to taking 1.2mn cars off    help the country reduce carbon

                          Fuel retailing

                         BP and Woolworths agree fuel retail partnership
                         BP is to establish a strategic          of its kind for Australia’s growing         programme will expand the Metro
                         partnership with Woolworths, one        convenience sector, bringing                at BP format across more than
                         of Australia’s largest supermarket      together BP’s quality fuels,                200 sites.
                         retailers. The deal includes BP         Woolworths’ Everyday Rewards, fuel             The acquisition of Woolworths’
                         acquiring, rebranding and operating     discount dockets and a new range of         fuel and convenience sites will add
                         Woolworths’ existing 527 fuel and       high-quality, ready-to-eat and take         to BP’s existing network of 350
                         convenience sites, as well as an        home fresh food products, reports           company-owned retail sites across
                         additional 16 sites currently under     the oil major.                              Australia. BP also supplies fuel and
                         construction, across Australia for a        Initially, the partners will launch     branding to a further 1,000 sites
                         total consideration of $1.3bn.          a Metro at BP pilot programmes              owned by independent business
                            A new fuel and convenience           across 16 BP fuel and convenience           partners.
                         offer, Metro at BP, will be the first   sites and phase two of the

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DownstreamUpdate

Gas distribution

Ukraine lifts regulatory restrictions on gas exports
Ukraine has amended legislation            restricted by regulatory obstacles        to pay the tariffs for using Ukraine’s
that previously restricted exports         such as licensing (issued by the          gas system exit capacity at those
of natural gas and anthracite.             Ministry of Economy) and quotas           interconnectors. Such tariffs are
‘This represents an unexpected             (such quotas being determined on          calculated and approved by the
move for a country which is a net          the basis of the Annual Gas Balance,      Ukrainian energy regulator (the
importer of natural gas,’ comments         usually equal to zero), explains CMS.     National Commission on the State
international law firm CMS. ‘If            As a result, Ukrainian gas producing      Regulation of the Energy and Public
it achieves its desired aims the           companies (both state-owned and           Utilities Sector) for each particular
Resolution will mark a significant         private ones) have not exported           exit point in $/1,000 cm. ‘At present,
step towards the liberalisation of         natural gas from Ukraine since 2011.      the relevant exit tariffs are only
the natural gas market in Ukraine,            It should be noted, however,           established for a number of exit
enabling the flow of natural gas           that due to Ukraine’s recent switch       points and vary from $16.74 to
from European Union countries with         to a system of tariffs for entry/         $32.8/1,000 cm depending on the
which Ukraine has interconnectors,         exit capacity at Ukraine’s gas            exit point in question,’ notes CMS.
and also from Ukraine to them.’            interconnectors with neighbouring
    Since 2006, the export of gas of       EU countries, exporters of natural
Ukrainian origin has been heavily          gas from Ukraine are now required

                                     IN BRIEF
                             BP and PTT have entered into a sales       price changes also reflect seasonal       time, a long-term brand licence
                             and purchase agreement under               movements in international oil            agreement has been renewed with
                             which BP will provide PTT with             product prices, as diesel prices have     Shell soVivo Energy will continue to
                             approximately 1mn t/y of LNG.              responded to higher demand during         operate under the Shell brand. Vivo
                             The term of the agreement is 20            the Northern Hemisphere winter.           Energy, the company behind the
                             years. LNG supply will commence in         As Brazilian law guarantees pricing       Shell brand in Africa, was created
                             2017 and will be sourced from BP’s         freedom in the market for fuels           by Helios, Vitol and Shell in 2011
                             diverse portfolio of LNG, including        and oil products, the refinery price      when Shell divested its majority
                             the Freeport LNG project in the US.        changes made by Petrobras may or          share in its downstream operations
                             Commercial terms of the agreement          may not be reflected in consumers’        in 14 African markets. Since then, its
                             have not been disclosed.                   end prices. This will depend on price     shareholders have made significant
                                                                        changes made by other players in          investments in people and assets,
                             In line with the pricing policy            the fuel chain, especially distributors   expanding the retail network
                             announced by Petrobras in October          and gas stations. If the adjustments      from 1,300 to 1,700+ stations and
                             2016, the company raised the price         made are fully passed on and no           its presence to 16 countries. Vivo
                             of diesel sold at its refineries by 6.1%   changes take place in the other           Energy plans an additional $300mn
                             on average, in January 2017. The           elements that make up the end price       of investment over the next three
                             price of gasoline sold at its refineries   for consumers, diesel prices could        years.
                             remains unchanged. The decision            increase by 3.8% or around R$0.12
                             is mainly due to the effect of the         per litre on average, notes Petrobras.    Energy UK recently reported that
                             continued, although modest, rise in                                                  overall in 2016, some 4,822,885
                             oil prices in international markets,       Helios Investment Partners and            UK consumers switched electricity
                             the strengthening of the Brazilian         Vitol have agreed the acquisition         supplier, an increase of 26%
                             real since the last price review,          of Shell’s 20% shareholding in Vivo       compared to 2015.
                             and adjustments to Petrobras’              Energy for $250mn. On completion
                             competitiveness in the domestic            in 1H2017, Vivo will be owned 100%
                             gasoline and diesel markets. The           by Vitol and Helios. At the same
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IndustryUpdate

Fossil fuels aren’t going away soon
Fossil fuels will provide nearly 80% of global energy demand in 2040, according to ExxonMobil’s latest Energy Outlook

G
         lobal population growth of
         nearly 2bn, a doubling of
         worldwide economic output
and rapid expansion of the middle
class in emerging economies
are all expected to contribute to
energy demand growth of about
25% from 2015 to 2040, according
to ExxonMobil’s 2017 Outlook for
energy: A view to 2040.
    Efficiency gains across
economies worldwide are expected
to play a significant role in limiting
the growth in energy needs. Energy
demand in member nations of the
Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development
(OECD) is likely to be flat to 2040,
while demand in non-OECD
nations is expected to increase 40%
as prosperity expands and access
to modern energy increases.
    Growth in global energy
demand will be led by greater
electrification of the global
economy. Some 55% of the energy          economy will improve from about         •   Oil will provide about one-third   It will take all energy types
demand growth over the next              30 miles per gallon (m/g) to nearly         of the world’s energy in 2040,     to meet demand in 2040
                                         50 m/g, reflecting significant                                                 – oil, natural gas and coal
quarter century will be tied to                                                      remaining the No. 1 source of      are expected to account for
power generation needed to               strides in efficiency of                    fuel, with growth driven by        77% of the energy mix at
support the increasingly digital         conventional vehicles and a shift           commercial transportation and      this time
and plugged-in lives of society,         in the fleet mix favouring hybrid           chemicals demand. Average          Source: ExxonMobil Energy
according to the company’s annual        vehicles, the report shows.                 global fuel economy for new        Outlook 2017
long-range supply-and-demand                Global energy-related carbon             light-duty vehicles is expected
energy forecast.                         dioxide (CO2) emissions are                 to improve by about two-
    Average electricity use per          expected to peak during the 2030s           thirds.
household will rise about 30%            and then gradually decline. This is
                                         supported by an increasing shift to     •   Carbon intensity of the global
between 2015 and 2040. The share
                                         less carbon-intensive energy for            economy is likely to be reduced
of the world’s electricity generated
                                         power generation and higher                 by 45% through 2040, reflecting
by coal is expected to fall to about
                                         energy efficiency across all sectors.       significant gains in the energy
30%, from approximately 40% in
                                            Key findings of the ExxonMobil           efficiency of economies
2015 as the use of lower-emission
                                         report include:                             worldwide and a gradual
energy sources including natural
                                                                                     transition to lower carbon-
gas, nuclear and renewables
                                         •   From 2015 to 2040, global               intensive energy types.
increases.
                                             demand for energy is expected
    ‘As economies expand around                                                  •   Global energy-related CO2
                                             to increase by about 25% –
the world, energy demand will                                                        emissions are likely to peak
                                             roughly equivalent to the total
increase as more people seek                                                         during the 2030s and begin to
                                             energy used today in North
higher standards of living,’ said                                                    decline, even as global
                                             America and Latin America.
William Colton, ExxonMobil’s Vice                                                    economic output doubles from
President of Corporate Strategic         •   In 2040, oil and natural gas are        2015 to 2040.
Planning. ‘Humanity’s dual                   expected to make up nearly
                                                                                 •   North America, which for
challenge is to meet growing                 60% of global supplies, while
                                                                                     decades had been an oil
energy demand while managing                 nuclear and renewables will be
                                                                                     importer, is likely to become a
the risk of climate change. Our              approaching 25%.
                                                                                     significant net exporter by
Outlook for energy can help people
                                         •   Natural gas demand will                 2025.
understand factors influencing
                                             expand significantly,
future energy supply and demand                                                  •   India is likely to surpass China
                                             accounting for about 40% of
and inform industries and                                                            as the world’s most populous
                                             the projected growth in global
governments as they consider                                                         nation by 2025. The two
                                             energy demand.
future energy policy.’                                                               countries are expected to
    With the global middle class         •   Nuclear and renewable energy            account for about 45% of the
more than doubling to about 5bn,             sources – including bio-energy,         growth in global energy
the number of cars, sport-utility            hydro, geothermal, wind, and            demand.
vehicles and pickups are expected            solar – are also likely to
to increase about 80% to 1.8bn               account for 40% of the growth
vehicles by 2040. During the same            in global energy demand to
period, average new car fuel                 2040.

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IndustryUpdate

Finance and investment

France launches more than €20bn in green bonds
France has announced it is launching      in this area – even as noted climate
more than €20bn of green bonds, in        change sceptic Donald Trump
a move that follows hot on the heels      becomes US President.
of Poland, which became the first             However, there are legal
country to do so as 2016 drew to a        challenges and obstacles to
close, writes Robert Follie of law firm   overcome if sovereign green bonds
Holman Fenwick Willan.                    are to take off and thrive. These
     According to France’s debt           challenges are mainly caused by
agency, the country will issue the        a lack of common definition and
green bonds over two to three years,      legal framework; for instance,
including 2017 – with an initial          no monitoring mechanism is in
offer at the start of January raising     place to ensure that the funds                                                               Source: Pixabay
at least €2.5bn. At the close of          raised are actually used to finance
2016, the Polish government issued        environmentally friendly projects.
€750mn of sovereign bonds.                    The French government has           difficult to achieve. This may
     Green bonds are distinctive in       tried to address these issues and       discourage investors from investing
that their proceeds are earmarked         avoid ‘greenwashing’ criticisms         as they perceive the bonds as being
for use in financing projects or          by implementing two innovative          less liquid than other assets.
initiatives that have environmental       mechanisms:                                 To tackle this issue, France
and climate benefits. Indeed,                                                     has developed the Transition
according to Bloomberg, French            •   an ex-ante control based on the     Energétique et Ecologique pour
Finance Minister Michel Sapin                 intervention of an independent      le Climat (TEEC) label. It comes
emphasised in early January 2017              rating agency (Vigeo Eiris) and     in addition to the Green Bonds
that the government expected the              the issuance of an annual report    Principles (GBP) or the Climate
green bond market to promote                  by the French government on         Bond Initiative (CBI), the two main
‘climate awareness by all actors,             the allocations of the funds        international voluntary frameworks
bankers, companies and states’.               invested; and                       used to label green bonds.
     France and Poland are making         •   an ex-post control based on the         Finally, it must be noted that
their first forays into the green bond        opinion of a committee of           most of the green bonds are held
markets against the backdrop of the           experts in environmental issues.    by institutional investors. A way
Paris Agreement on climate change,                                                forward could be to ease individual
which came into force in November            However, some uncertainties          investors’ access to the market.
2016. The agreement obliges 195           remain and the committee                    For these reasons, with hope that
countries to hold global warming          members selection process is yet        developments in France and Poland
to no more than 2oC above pre-            to be determined. Moreover, these       represent a new era, there is more
industrial levels.                        monitoring measures are limited to      progress to be made in terms of
     The global market is currently       France and will have little impact      bringing legal certainty on a global
dominated by development banks,           globally.                               perspective.
businesses and local authorities, and        Another consequence of the
it is hoped the entrance of powerful      lack of common definition is
state bodies could build momentum         standardisation might be more

                                     IN BRIEF
                             Wood Group has secured a                and 10 – Total. Some mid-tier           but also for aerial photography,
                             five-year, multi-million dollar         NOCs appear to be struggling, with      surveying and security. The
                             framework agreement to continue         Mexico’s Pemex down three places        technology is particularly attractive
                             to provide engineering and              to 18th and Libya’s National Oil        for its use in improving safety. For
                             project management services to          Corporation sliding two to 33rd.        example, sending unmanned aircraft
                             Saudi Aramco’s onshore capital          Spain’s Repsol jumped seven places      instead of people into confined
                             programmes in the Kingdom of            following its acquisition of Canada’s   spaces to conduct inspections
                             Saudi Arabia. Effective immediately,    Talisman. Meanwhile, headwinds          reduces risk, and is also effective and
                             the contract also includes three,       in shale hit US independents, with      efficient. We expect their usage to
                             one-year extension options and will     Anadarko dropping five places and       grow.’ The new guidelines aim to
                             be delivered locally in Saudi Arabia.   Chesapeake three.                       achieve consistency with the high
                                                                                                             safety and operating standards
                             Energy Intelligence has released its    A new publication to help guide the     already adopted on the UKCS for
                             annual ranking of the world’s 100       growing use offshore of unmanned        offshore oil and gas production and
                             largest oil and gas companies, which    aerial systems (UAS) – also known       helicopter flight operations. ‘The
                             compares private sector firms with      as drones – has been published          intention is to encourage offshore
                             national oil companies (NOCs). The      by Oil & Gas UK. According to           operators planning on using this
                             Top 10 companies in this year’s         Mick Borwell, Health, Safety and        emerging technology to think about
                             rankings are 1 – Saudi Aramco;          Environment Director with Oil & Gas     the whole operating and safety
                             2 – NIOC; =3 – CNPC and                 UK: ‘A small but increasing number      system offshore and not just the air
                             ExxonMobil; 5 – PDVSA; =6 – BP          of oil and gas operators are using      vehicle,’ concluded Borwell.
                             and Rosneft; 8 – Shell; 9 – Gazprom     UAS for inspections predominantly,

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IP Week 2017 to assess impact of eventful
past year on industry future
I
    n the wake of the UK vote to                                                         ‘Over the years, IP Week has
    leave the European Union,                                                        become an unmissable event for
    the ratification of the Paris                                                    oil and gas industry executives as a
Agreement on climate change,                                                         global platform for thought-
Donald Trump’s election to the                                                       leadership on the issues affecting
US presidency; and with further                                                      the sector,’ says Louise Kingham
political and economic milestones                                                    OBE FEI, Chief Executive, Energy
ahead, International Petroleum                                                       Institute. ‘This year will be of
(IP) Week – hosted by the EI in               Barkindo, OPEC’s Secretary General,    particular interest considering the
London from 21 to 23 February –               Dr Hoesung Lee, Chair of the           significant events of the past few
will offer a timely forum to assess           Intergovernmental Panel on             months. We are entering a new era
the future impact of these events             Climate Change (IPCC), H.E.            in international relations and
on the global oil and gas sector.             Dr Mohammed Bin Saleh Al-Sada,         trade, and IP Week 2017 will
It will also debate the effect of             Minister for Energy and Industry,      represent a particularly valuable
industry-specific issues such as the          State of Qatar, alongside leaders      opportunity to gauge the mood
challenging oil price environment             from many major oil and gas            and expectations of the oil and gas
and OPEC’s production cuts.                   operators, including Igor Sechin,      industry in these challenging
   Over the three days of                     CEO of Rosneft. Those attending        times.’
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         IN YOUR AREA                                       Queen’s Honour for EI Vice-
North East YPN visit Drax Power Station
In October, the EI North East Young
                                                            President Dr Bernie Bulkin FEI
Professionals Network (NEYPN) organised
a visit for 25 members to the Drax Power                    Many congratulations to the EI’s Vice-
Station in Selby, North Yorkshire, which                    President Dr Bernie Bulkin FEI who has
supplies around 7% of the UK’s power at any                 been made an OBE in the Queen’s New
one time. Having been welcomed by Phillip                   Year Honours List for services to the
Batty of Haven Power, the delegates were                    energy industry.
given a summary of operations at the power                      Dr Bulkin has been an eminent and
station, from the supply chain behind the                   influential voice in the energy world
fuels used on site (coal and biomass), to Drax              for many years, having served across
work towards cleaner power generation.                      industry, policy and academic circles. He
                                                            has had an extensive portfolio of roles
                                                            ranging from Chief Technology Officer
                                                            of BP Oil and then as Chief Scientist of
                                                            BP to Member of the DTI Energy Board
                                                            (2006 – 2009) and Chair of the Office
                                                            of Renewable Energy in Department
                                                            of Energy and Climate Change (2010 –
                                                            2013).
                                                                As an academic, Dr Bulkin has been
                                                            Honorary Professor at the University
                                                            of York and Professorial Fellow at
                                                            Cambridge, where he co-founded the
They then toured the facilities, including
                                                            ‘Environment on the Edge’ lecture series.       companies AEA Technology and Pursuit
the national grid HV infrastructure, cooling
                                                            Some of the lectures were published             Dynamics.
towers, biomass storage systems and control
                                                            by the UN Environment Programme                     Following the publication of his
room. The turbine sheds were particularly
                                                            and programmes on the theme were                book Crash Course in 2015, he currently
awe-inspiring for the visitors. The branch
                                                            broadcast on Voice America.                     coaches companies in leadership
would like to thank Drax Power Station and
                                                                Dr Bulkin has also worked as a              techniques as a senior partner of UK
Haven Power for helping organise the event,
                                                            venture capitalist, first as a partner in US    consultancy Refresch.
Newcastle University for their financial
                                                            firm Vantage Point, and more recently               Dr Bulkin joined the EI Council in
help, and Marcelo Calispa Aguilar for the
                                                            for Ludgate Investments Limited. He             2012 and was appointed Vice-President
photography.
                                                            has been a Non-executive Director of            at the latest AGM in June 2016. We
For more detailed reports from the EI branches              Severn Trent and currently serves as a          are honoured and grateful to enjoy
network, including speaker presentations, and further       Non-executive Director of US firm ATN           the support of such a respected figure
information about forthcoming activities and events in      International. He chaired UK public             toward our work.
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                                                           international stakeholders and resolving         added to the EI’s extensive eLibrary
                                                           feedback from stakeholder review.                collection – one of the most valuable
                                                                                                            resources from the EI Knowledge Service,
                                                           2017 Energy Barometer                            alongside the Energy Matrix, Information
                                                           The 2017 Energy Barometer survey will be         sheets and access to periodicals.
                                                           emailed to EI College members this month.        Dodson, Jago, et al. Planning after
                                                           If you accepted your invitation this year,       petroleum: preparing cities for the age
                                                           or completed the survey for the first time       beyond oil. 2017.
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                                                                                                            FitzRoy, Felix; Papyrakis, Elissaios. An
                                                           the 2017 questionnaire online. The survey
                                                                                                            introduction to climate change economics.
                                                           enables a number of EI members to share
                                                                                                            2016.
                                                           their insights and concerns about the future
                                                           of the UK energy system with policymakers.       Navanietha Krishnaraj, R.; Yu, Jong-Sung.
                                                           In a recent blog (blog.energyinst.org),          Bioenergy: opportunities and challenges.
                                                           Dr Joanne Wade FEI, Chair of the EI Energy       2016.
 Dr Anthony Kitson-Smith (right) receives certificate of   Advisory Panel, reflects on the impact of        Newton, David E. Fracking: a reference
 appreciation from Martin Hunnybun MEI, Technical          last year’s report and how the EI was able       handbook. 2015
 Team Manager, Energy Institute
                                                           to build on its findings to further inform       Henderson, Harry. Nuclear power: a reference
 The EI has presented Dr Anthony Kitson-                   energy policy. The 2017 report will be           handbook. 2nd ed. 2014
 Smith with a Certificate of Appreciation in               published in June.
                                                                                                            Adaramola, Muyiwa. Wind resources and
 recognition of his much valued services as                knowledge.energyinst.org/barometer
                                                                                                            future energy resources: environment, social
 Chairman of the Aviation Committee,
                                                                                                            and economic issues. 2015
 2015 – 2016, and significant contribution                 Energy Efficiency conference and workshop
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     During his tenure, Anthony has                        returns next month with an additional
 demonstrated considerable leadership,                     workshop taking place the following day.
                                                                                                            Sadly, we have been notified, over the past
 been responsible for significantly                        Under the theme ‘Embedding behaviour
                                                                                                            few months, of the deaths of the following
 progressing key projects, represented the                 change to unlock efficiency potential’, the
                                                                                                            members:
 EI at a number of stakeholder events and                  conference will discuss how to reduce
                                                                                                                                                  Born
 devoted a lot of his time to committee                    carbon emissions and lower operational
                                                                                                            Mr G Cardinal FEI                     1947
 activities. Highlights include establishing               costs, and explore the issue at the heart
                                                                                                            Mr T M Jensen FEI                     1938
 the committee’s highest priority items                    of effective energy management: people.
                                                                                                            Mr K Gladstone-Millar FEI             1921
 and focusing available resources on their                 Topics will include behaviour change,
                                                                                                            Mr C H D Lamb MEI                     1945
 completion; updating the committee on                     management strategy and performance
                                                                                                            Mr N A Osbourn CEng FEI               1924
 IATA Fuel Forums, UK MoD Aviation Fuels                   monitoring. The workshop will build on
                                                                                                            Mr G G Pyett MEI                      1932
 Committee meetings, a National Institute                  the conference outcomes and focus on the
                                                                                                            Mr S P Redgrave MEI                   1948
 of Storage Tank Management conference                     latest behaviour change techniques and
                                                                                                            Dr W Stockdale FEI                    1945
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                                                                                                                             Petroleum Review | February 2017 11
Low carbon future

  FINANCE

Systemic risk or
greenwashing?
           Central banks are poised to regulate both the                                                        Market awareness
                                                                                                                Richard Tol, Professor of the
           transition to a low carbon economy and the                                                           Economics of Climate Change at
                                                                                                                Sussex University, disagrees. ‘Do we
           environment, writes Maria Kielmas.                                                                   really believe that governments are
                                                                                                                secretly preparing a climate policy
                                                                                                                and the suckers on Wall Street
                                                                                                                are not aware of this? There is no

                                 ‘C
                                           limate change is the         a new financial powder keg.             bubble.’ Government energy and
                                           tragedy on the horizon,’     Carney in particular has come           climate policies affect companies,
                                           warned Bank of England       under fire since Britain’s June 2016    he adds. This was seen when
                                 Governor Mark Carney in                vote to leave the European Union        the ExxonMobil share price rose
                                 September 2015 when addressing         for ‘overreach’, straying into the      when the market anticipated that
                                 members of the Lloyds of London        political arena and claiming a say      with former ExxonMobil CEO Rex
                                 insurance market. His aim was to       in environmental regulation.            Tillerson at the State Department,
                                 highlight how climate change is            Underpinning the central            the US may lift sanctions against
                                 a risk to global financial markets.    bankers’ concern about climate          Russia, thus enabling growth in
                                 His speech followed one by Paul        risks is the ‘carbon bubble’ thesis.    ExxonMobil’s Russian investments.
                                 Fisher, Bank of England Executive      First proposed in 2011 by London-       But Tol does not believe that there
                                 Director of Insurance Supervision,     based environmental advocacy            is a risk of climate policy causing
                                 that the insurance sector faces        group Carbon Tracker, this states       mayhem. ‘Sensible governments
                                 major losses if it continues to        that the world must keep within a       won’t do this,’ he said. Although
                                 invest in fossil fuel-based assets     ‘carbon budget’– the CO2 volume         noting that ‘Germany is the
                                 should governments take action         that may be emitted to avoid            exception,’ referring to Germany’s
                                 to cut greenhouse gas emissions        global mean temperature from            energiewende, the transition to
                                 in line with recommendations           rising 2°C above pre-industrial         renewables that has had profound
                                 from the United Nation’s               levels by 2050 – to avoid a             effects on utilities such as RWE
                                 Intergovernmental Panel on             catastrophic climate change. This       and E.ON. These companies were
                                 Climate Change (IPCC). Speaking        benchmark was recommended by            left with stranded hard coal,
                                 in Berlin one year later, Carney       the IPCC and endorsed by the 2016       though not lignite, and gas-fired
                                 said that ‘climate transition and      Paris Agreement. If this logic is       power generation plants and laid
                                 green finance can help resolve’ this   followed, then up to 80% of world       off thousands of workers. But the
                                 looming tragedy.                       proven oil, gas and coal reserves       combination of state subsidies
Underpinning central                 Reactions to the Bank of           would be unproduceable without          and unlimited access to the power
bankers’ concern about           England statements ranged from         expensive carbon capture                grid for renewable producers
climate risks is the ‘carbon
bubble’ thesis, which states
                                 positive from the insurance and        technology, left ‘stranded’, and lead   irrespective of demand has led
that the world must keep         reinsurance industries to vitriolic    to a collapse in the market value of    at times to negative wholesale
within a ‘carbon budget’–        from capital markets players who       all fossil fuel-based companies.        electricity prices. The surplus
the CO2 volume that may
be emitted to avoid global
                                 blamed central bank policies of        Proponents of this thesis claim         passed free to neighbouring
mean temperature from            quantitative easing since the 2008     that this is comparable, but worse,     Austria and Switzerland, but
rising 2°C above pre-            financial crisis for suppressing       than the housing and sub-prime          Germany had to pay for its
industrial levels by 2050 – to
avoid a catastrophic climate
                                 market interest rates, artificially    mortgage bubble whose collapse          disposal and consumers face ever
change                           inflating asset prices, contributing   was one of the causes of the 2008       increasing domestic retail power
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