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  • Platform supply vessels: what contribution to CO2?

    Platform supply vessels: what contribution to CO2?

    This data-file calculates the contribution of Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) to an oil and gas asset’s emissions. Our base case estimate isย 0.1kg/boe for a productive asset in a well-developed basin. Numbers rise 4x in a remote basin, and by another c4x for smaller fields. 1kg/boe is possible. These emissions can be lowered by 10-20% through…

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  • Upstream technology leaders: weathering the downturn?

    Upstream technology leaders: weathering the downturn?

    Leading technologies correlate 50-80% with ROACEs and -88% with costs in the energy industry. Hence, we assessed 6,000 patents from 2018-19, to determine which Energy Majors are best-placed to weather the downturn, benefit from dislocation and thrive in the recovery. We find clear leaders in onshore, offshore, shale, LNG and digital.

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  • Net zero Oil Majors: four cardinal virtues?

    Net zero Oil Majors: four cardinal virtues?

    Attaining โ€˜Net Zeroโ€™ can uplift an Energy Majorโ€™s valuation by c50%. This means emitting no net CO2, either from the companyโ€™s operations or from the use of its products. This 19-page report shows how a Major can best achieve โ€˜net zeroโ€™ by exhibiting four cardinal virtues. Decarbonization is not a threat but an opportunity.

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  • China: can the factory of the world decarbonize?

    China: can the factory of the world decarbonize?

    China now aspires to reach โ€˜net zeroโ€™ CO2 by 2060. But is this compatible with growing an industrial economy and attaining Western living standards? The best middle-ground sees Chinaโ€™s coal phased out and gas rising by a vast 10x to 300bcfd. The biggest challenges are geopolitics and sourcing enough LNG.

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  • Inspection costs: drones versus traditional quality control?

    Inspection costs: drones versus traditional quality control?

    This data-file estimates the costs of drone inspections, for the construction and resources industries, using bottom-up numbers from technical papers. Costs per hour can be 30% lower than for traditional quality control. A single drone, including software licenses likely costs c$30k.

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  • Renewables+gas LCOEs versus standalone gas turbines?

    Renewables+gas LCOEs versus standalone gas turbines?

    Levelized costs of electricity depend as much on the system being electrified as the energy sources used to electrify it. This data-file captures solar+gas LCOEs (in c/kWh), when meeting different load profiles, as a function of solar capex (in $/kW), gas prices (in $/mcf), and the relative utilization of solar vs gas.

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  • End game: options to cure energy shortages?

    End game: options to cure energy shortages?

    This note considers five options to cure emerging gas and power shortages. Unfortunately, the options are mostly absurd. They point to inflation, industrial leakage and slipping global climate goals. But also opportunities in LNG, nuclear and efficiency technologies.

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  • Aspen Aerogels: insulation breakthrough?

    Aspen Aerogels: insulation breakthrough?

    Aerogels have thermal conductivities that are 50-80% below conventional insulators. Target markets include preventing thermal runaway in electric vehicle batteries and cryogenic industrial processes (e.g., LNG).ย This data-file notes some challenges, using our usual patent review framework.ย 

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  • Pressure ratings: industrial and energy processes?

    Pressure ratings: industrial and energy processes?

    The purpose of this data-file is to chart the typical pressures of industrial processes and energy processes, as a useful reference. We are all used to 1 atmosphere of pressure, which is 1.0125 bar, 0.10125 MPa and 14.7 psi. But what pressures do industrial processes use?

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  • Energy return on energy invested?

    Energy return on energy invested?

    Global average EROEI is around 30x. Sources with EROEI above average are hydro, nuclear, natural gas and coal. Sources with middling EROEIs of 10-20x are solar, wind and LNG. Sources with weaker EROEIs are oil products, green hydrogen and some biofuels.

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