Replacing Norway’s oil and gas supplies to Europe with imports would increase emissions between 2024 - 2040
Published by Poppy Clements,
Assistant Editor
Hydrocarbon Engineering,
The report: ‘Norway Emissions Assessment’ was produced for Norwegian oil and gas producer Aker BP who commissioned Wood Mackenzie to conduct an independent analysis of the impact of reducing oil and gas production in Norway. This followed recent court rulings in Norway invalidating permits for three offshore oil and gas developments for not considering the impact of the future use of produced hydrocarbons on the global climate.
The report found that as Europe’s largest hydrocarbons producer with combined production of 4 million bbl of oil equivalent per day (boe/d). Norway sends more than 90% of its exports to the European market. Despite this, Europe is a net importer of oil and gas with regional production only accounting for 25% and 45% of demand respectively.
“Oil and gas demand is declining in Europe; however, it is forecast to account for over 50% of the primary energy mix in 2040 and will still play a critical role during the energy transition,” said Report Lead Author, Malcolm Forbes-Cable, Vice President of Consulting at Wood Mackenzie. “This means that Norway’s oil and gas, which has the world’s lowest average carbon emissions intensity, also has a critical role to play.”
Forbes-Cable adds that the low carbon emissions intensity of Norway’s oil and gas production is due to the country’s high operating standards and includes the widespread electrification of operations from hydropower and strict methane management. The proximity to the European market also makes a difference with other suppliers having to factor in emissions created by greater transportation distances.
The report also states that its findings discovered that oil imported into Europe has three times more carbon intensity than its Norwegian counterpart while gas had six times more.
Read the article online at: https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/refining/09082024/wood-mackenzie-replacing-norways-oil-and-gas-supplies-to-europe-with-imports-would-increase-emissions-between-2024--2040/
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