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The push toward a lower-carbon economy is decades in the making.
It has seen numerous ups and downs. The last strong push before
this round of resurging low-carbon projects was in the early 2010s,
when we saw the participation of mostly the European contractors
for green projects in the region.
This round of efforts toward a lower-carbon economy is global.
Europe was leading in the number of green projects and still does
in terms of technology. Asia, especially mainland China, has put in
place ambitious low-carbon targets and is currently the world
leader in additional offshore wind capacity.
In doing their part contributing toward a lower-carbon future,
offshore oil and gas contractors also stand to gain in terms of new
markets to supplement lower oil and gas work as well as
accumulating reputational credits as their buyers are increasingly
being pressured either by the market or governments to place more
emphasis on the environmental footprint of their contractors and
supply chains. It is no longer just one's own carbon footprint that
is the focus.
As a result, the future of oil and gas contracting will be
geared increasingly toward the direction of a lower carbon
footprint. In addition, traditional oil and gas contractors seeing
the opportunities in the low-carbon markets will devote more
resources to pursuing those opportunities. There will be impacts on
the availability of capacity and capability to execute oil and gas
projects.
In this one-off special report, we seek to explore and hopefully
address these topics and concerns below, with a focus on offshore
engineering, construction, installation, and maintenance
markets.
Efforts and strategy to enter targeted low-carbon markets and
new product development.
Efforts to reduce one's operational carbon footprint.
Efforts to reduce clients' carbon footprint.
Transferability of existing resources between oil and gas and
target low-carbon markets.
Competitiveness against existing contractors in target
low-carbon market and success thus far.
Impact of entry into low-carbon market on the capacity
available to oil and gas projects.
The infographic below highlights the findings from this
report.
