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Gas capital expenditure boost to fuel the energy transition: DNV GL

The forecast points to a faster, leaner and cleaner oil and gas industry in the future. (Image source; DNV GL)

Natural gas projects are expected to receive a significant investment boost over the coming years, which will enable gas to overtake oil as the world’s primary energy source in 2026, according to DNV GL’s 2018 Energy Transition Outlook

The outlook predicts global upstream gas capital expenditure to grow from US$960bn in 2015 to a peak of US$1.13 trillion in 2025. Upstream gas operating expenditure is set to rise from US$448bn in 2015 to US$582bn in 2035 when operational spending will be at its highest.

While DNV GL’s model predicts global oil demand to peak in 2023, demand for gas will continue to rise until 2034. New resources will be required long after these dates to continue replacing depleting reserves.

“The energy transition will be made up of many sub-transitions. Our Outlook affirms that the switch in demand from oil to gas has already begun. Significant levels of investment will be needed in the coming decades to support the transition to the least carbon-intensive of the fossil fuels,” said Liv A Hovem, CEO of DNV GL – Oil and Gas.

“Gas will fuel the energy transition in the lead-up to mid-century. It sets a pathway for the increasing uptake of renewable energy while safeguarding the secure supply of affordable energy that the world will need during the energy transition,” Hovem added.

Rising global demand for gas will impact activity across the oil and gas value chain, according to DNV GL’s Outlook. Conventional onshore and offshore gas production is forecast to decline from about 2030, while unconventional onshore gas is expected to rise to a peak in 2040. DNV GL expects this trend to lead to leaner, more agile gas developments with shorter lifespans.

North East Eurasia (including Russia) and the Middle East and North Africa will account for most onshore conventional gas production in the lead-up to 2050, while North America will continue to dominate unconventional gas production. In the offshore sector, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) will see the highest annual rate of new gas production capacity from now until at least 2050.

Liquefied natural gas capacity will increase as production rises. DNV GL expects it to double by the late 2040s, as the midstream sector connects shifting sources of gas with changing demand centres. Seaborne gas trade is forecast to treble from North America to China by 2050. An increase in trade from Sub-Saharan Africa to the Indian Subcontinent and South East Asia is also expected.

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