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Sprint over time. This is a message that we as champions must amplify.
International and National Oil and Gas Companies( IOC’ s and NOC’ s) will remain focussed on reducing emissions based on shareholder pressure, Non-Governmental Organisations( NGO’ s) pressure( Green Peace, etc.), community pressure, and share prices will remain focussed on this. Additionally, there is the realization that Clean Energy & Energy Transition is the long-term lifeline to these companies remaining in operation. This is something we need to be emphasizing in global markets.
Collaboration
It is abundantly clear to everyone, I am sure, that none of us has a complete toolkit or indeed all the supporting knowledge and experience to deliver maximum emissions elimination on our own. It is therefore critical that we collaborate by leveraging not just experience, skills and new technologies but also learned experiences.
Access to the latest and continually improving technologies is of critical importance to all stakeholders, as this is what will allow us to set the compliance( or at least performance) bar higher and still clear it. Cross-party technologies that can be deployed at scale and across all geographical locations must be shared and made available and accessible to all players.
This document, published by the International Energy Agency, makes three clear observations:
• Tried and tested approaches and technologies already exist to significantly reduce emissions.
• Policies and working practices can have a significant impact on total emissions reduction.
• If these existing policies and technologies were adopted by operators globally, methane emissions could be immediately cut by nearly 15 %.
What this means is we have not even fully exploited what we have available today to reduce emissions, which is an eye-opening observation and one that events like Fugitive Emissions Summit can help address.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
David M. Anderson is a leader in Score and is responsible for the global deployment and development of the company’ s valve condition and performance monitoring products and services, which are focused on delivering emissions reductions, operating cost reductions, risk minimization and efficiency maximization for the benefit of all stakeholders.
In this opening address, it is not my intention to immediately jump into offering any opinions, solutions or recommendations. I have sought to merely stimulate discussion, debate, engagement and improved performance in all measures. But, Ladies and gentlemen, we only have two days together to share knowledge, experiences to help each other. It is not a lot of time, so we must move fast and cover as much as we can. Like eliminating emissions, we must move with urgency if we are to see immediate returns on our investments and have maximum impact in the short term.
Being self-driven and engaging fully at this event is your responsibility, so with a bit of poetic license I encourage you to now make the most of what opportunities are presented to you here and for those of you who have been watching the structure of my presentation closely, let me now summarise and encourage you to be Motivated, take positive Action, consider those Regulatory impacts, Collaborate with others and move urgently – Sprint to lower emissions.
In other words,“ On your MARCS, get set... and GO make it happen!”
With over 40 years of experience of working directly in the valve industry, David has worked in many roles. He is in his 31 st year of employment in the Score and has been involved in valve diagnostics and condition monitoring for over 25 years.
David is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors, a Chartered Quality Professional, a Member of the Chartered Quality Institute and a Member of the Institute of Asset Management. He is a time served Mechanical Engineering Technician by trade and has a wide array of Engineering and Business qualifications. David is passionate about sharing his knowledge and coaching / mentoring others and is a well-travelled, award-winning conference speaker.
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