KAZAKHSTAN UPSTREAM OIL AND GAS technology and R&d ...

Technology solutions
Over 230 possible individual technology
solutions were identified to address the
fifteen prime challenge areas. These
individual solutions were grouped, where
appropriate. The relative value ranking of
these (grouped) solutions was determined
on the basis of their likely ease of
implementation, local industry opportunities
and their power to develop intellectual
capacity in Kazakhstan. This solution
overview (together with a variety of other
output from the project over nearly three
years) formed the basis of the fifteen topic
roadmaps. The topic roadmaps add detail
to the challenges and indicate the best way
of overcoming them in the future. It is very
clear from these topic roadmaps that there
exists a wealth of opportunities for local
industry and academia in Kazakhstan – and
also a number of areas where skills need to
be developed.
The topic roadmaps are technology-focused
and they provide guidance for technical
developments in the upstream oil and gas
industry. It will be important for the academic
community, local industry, the operators
and service companies to work together
now in genuine partnership and to plan
ahead to address the challenges facing
the industry. Optimising this partnership
and the way it works will be of immense
benefit to Kazakhstan; the roadmap
contains recommendations about how to
do this, in terms of R&D focus, local industry
opportunities and skills development. One
of the next steps will be to undertake a more
detailed local capacity assessment in the
highest-priority technology areas.
There is a strong argument for the industry
adopting technology roadmapping as an
integral part of the planning process. It
provides decision-makers with a good way
of identifying, evaluating and selecting
the strategic technological objectives that
will deliver most value to Kazakhstan. It
is a comprehensive tool that increases
collaboration, knowledge-sharing and new
partnerships and reduces the risk of costly
investment in less appropriate technology
and R&D.
The main benefit of technology roadmapping
is that it supplies information to help make
better technology investment decisions and
provides a collaboration framework around
which to build links between the industry,
government and academia.
Creating a successful alliance of industry
members is the key to developing the full
spectrum of technologies that future markets
will demand – only by working together will
technology challenges be converted into
technology solutions.
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The main benefit of technology roadmapping is that it supplies information
to help make better technology investment decisions.
Kazakhstan Upstream oil and gas technology and R&D roadmap