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Conference Report the Congress organization such as International Energy Agency IEA, OPEC, IFP Energies Nouvelles, International Energy Forum IEF and others. The congress took place and evolved through broad and complex programme structure over four days. More than 600 speakers covered the latest developments and future strategies for the oil and gas sector. High level Plenaries from leading industry decision makers, interactive Round tables and Special sessions with CEOs and international experts, in-depth Forums and innovative Posters on wide variety of industry sectors addressed the status quo and the main challenges the sector is facing. Although the official statistics and Congress outcomes have not yet been published here are the most important messages and congress topics in the view of the author of this article: Population The United Nations indicated that the world population could possibly exceed 16 billion by the end of the century, or more conservative growth assumptions suggest a global population to be around 9 billion by 2050 and 11 billion by 2100. Demand for energy will grow as well. Forecast shows the demand will go up around 30% over the next two decades. To meet the increasing demand and rising living standards, oil and gas will still play a vital role in energy supply with a different more sustainable energy mix, with new energy sources and innovative technologies. The growing population and the rising energy demand will happen in non-OECD countries, at the same time it is expected that OECD countries energy demand will decrease, part of the demand will be compensate with by increased energy efficiency. As a consequence the industry is migrating to the Eastern Hemisphere were emerging economies (such as India and China) and strong consumer are (Japan). Paris agreement The Paris 2015 climate agreement signed and ratified by 160 countries and parties so far, aims to limit the global average temperature increase well below 2°C by century end compared to the preindustrial era. It means the inevitable need to reduce GHG (mostly carbon) emission and to build the low carbon economy by the end of the century. The oil and gas industry have a responsibility to help drive the transition to a low carbon economy. The task is very complex and challenging: to provide more energy than ever and reduce carbon emission more than ever before in the world that will be more competitive than The oil and gas industry has to be the leader in finding the solution to provide more energy than ever and reduce carbon emission more than ever before. ever before. The oil and gas industry have to be the leader in finding the solution and being the part of the solution. Natural gas and LNG The more logic first step in the transition to low carbon economy is the increase of use of natural gas, with lower carbon dioxide emissions and virtually no nitrogen oxide, sulphur dioxide and particulate matter emissions. It has been estimated that if all existing coal-fired power stations were switched to gas fired plants, the total energy related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions would be reduced by 10 percent. It will be a tough and lengthy process. Natural gas as Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) will be used increasingly as a transport fuel for heavy duty road vehicles and ships, especially in major markets of North America, Europe and China. Renewables and alternative fuels Today more than 56 % of oil produced is used in the transport sector. The transport sector is the second largest contributor (after the power sector) of GHG emissions with 23 % of current world CO 2 emissions. The need of substantial emission reduction in transport is obvious trough energy efficiency and alternative fuels. The use of biofuels of the first generation and advanced biofuels (second generation technologies from lingo-cellulosic biomass) is growing not only in road transport but in aviation sector as well. Electric vehicles are regarded as one way to reduce environmental impact of transport. It is expected that the light-duty EV market (including battery electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles) will considerably grow. Despite the recent enthusiasm, 1 million EV in 2015 little more electric cars now days, displace only 0.01 % of global oil demand, and with possible 100 million EV by 2035 in total can reduce the oil demand by 1-1.5%. Hydrogen and fuel cells with zero tail-pipe emissions could play an important role in air pollution reduction. All known alternative solutions to fossil fuels could result in only 15% reduction of today’s oil consumption in 2040. It would represent significant part of oil consumption but it would not represent a radical change in the transport energy mix. New solutions are needed to make the change. 30 Fuels&Lubricants No. 1 OCTOBER 2017
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