Decarbonization Strategies for Energy Companies Training Course

Participants can establish a decision-useful emissions inventory for energy operations.

• GHG Protocol organizational boundaries selected using equity share and control approaches
• Scope 1 emissions calculated from fuel combustion, flaring, venting and fugitive releases
• Scope 2 accounting compared under location-based and market-based reporting methods
• Material Scope 3 categories screened using purchased goods and fuel-use data
• ISO 14064-1 principles applied to inventory relevance, completeness and consistency
• Data-quality scores assigned for activity data, emission factors and estimation methods

Participants can identify emissions hotspots and root causes across energy assets.

• Facility emissions intensity calculated per barrel, tonne, megawatt-hour or gas unit
• Process maps trace combustion, venting, flaring, electricity and refrigerant emissions
• Methane source inventories distinguish fugitives, pneumatic devices, tanks and compressors
• Loss-tree analysis identifies operational causes behind abnormal flaring and venting
• Benchmarking compares asset intensity against peer, regional and technology references
• Emission-reduction opportunities ranked by source magnitude, controllability and measurement confidence

Participants can set emissions targets that connect ambition with operating and portfolio choices.

• Absolute and intensity targets matched to business model and strategic purpose
• Base-year selection tested for acquisitions, divestments, production shifts and data quality
• SBTi target concepts assessed against sector pathways and organizational boundaries
• Interim milestones structured for annual management action and board oversight
• Target coverage defined across operated assets, joint ventures and value-chain categories
• Residual emissions distinguished from reductions, removals and avoided-emissions claims

Participants can build and interpret an abatement cost curve for a defined asset portfolio.

• Abatement initiatives specified through baseline, technical measure, cost and emissions effect
• Marginal abatement cost calculated using annualized capital, operating and fuel impacts
• MACC bars ranked by cost per tonne, volume and implementation timing
• Production effects, downtime and reliability constraints incorporated into initiative economics
• Carbon-price assumptions tested through sensitivity analysis and decision thresholds
• No-regrets measures separated from strategic options requiring scenario-dependent investment

Participants can select and prioritize methane and flaring interventions for oil and gas assets.

• OGMP 2.0 reporting levels linked to measurement maturity and source coverage
• Measurement-based inventories compared with engineering estimates and emission-factor methods
• LDAR programmes designed around surveys, repair windows, verification and recurrence
• Flare performance assessed through combustion efficiency, purge gas and uptime data
• Vapor recovery, electrification and pneumatic replacement assessed as methane controls
• Methane action plans align monitoring, maintenance, capital projects and accountability

Participants can evaluate operational efficiency and electrification opportunities using asset economics.

• Energy balances identify major fuel, steam, heat and electricity consumption points
• ISO 50001 energy-management concepts applied to significant energy uses
• Heat integration opportunities screened using pinch-analysis principles and operating constraints
• Electrification options assessed for load profile, grid capacity and power quality
• Variable-speed drives, waste-heat recovery and controls quantified through energy models
• Operational initiatives packaged with shutdown windows, maintenance plans and performance indicators

Participants can compare renewable electricity supply options for energy operations.

• Load profiles segmented by baseload, variable demand, criticality and location
• Onsite solar and wind screened against resource, land, interconnection and curtailment
• Corporate PPAs compared with utility tariffs, renewable certificates and self-generation
• Battery storage evaluated for peak shaving, resilience and renewable integration value
• Additionality and contractual claims examined for credible Scope 2 reporting
• Procurement strategies tested against price volatility, tenor, credit and delivery risk

Participants can assess where low-carbon fuels and hydrogen fit credible transition pathways.

• Hydrogen production routes compared: electrolysis, natural gas reforming and biomass conversion
• Levelized hydrogen cost model built from power, feedstock, utilization and capital assumptions
• Hydrogen demand assessed for refining, ammonia, steel, mobility and power balancing
• Sustainable aviation fuel pathways compared by feedstock, yield, carbon intensity and scale
• Renewable natural gas evaluated through feedstock supply, upgrading and certificate markets
• Fuel-switching decisions tested for infrastructure readiness, safety and customer acceptance

Participants can assess carbon capture and storage projects through full-chain feasibility criteria.

• Capture technologies matched to concentration, pressure, contaminants and source size
• CCUS value chains mapped from capture through transport, injection and monitoring
• Storage appraisal considers capacity, injectivity, containment and long-term liability
• Capture cost estimates separate energy penalty, equipment, transport and storage charges
• Hub-and-cluster models assessed for shared infrastructure, contracts and volume aggregation
• MRV plans define measurement, reporting, verification and permanence evidence requirements

Participants can determine the appropriate role of carbon credits within a decarbonization strategy.

• Compliance and voluntary carbon markets distinguished by obligation, eligibility and governance
• Carbon-credit quality assessed through additionality, permanence, leakage and verification
• Internal carbon prices structured as shadow prices, fees or investment hurdles
• Residual-emissions strategy separates direct reductions from neutralization and compensation claims
• Credit procurement controls address vintage, registry, retirement and counterparty risk
• Carbon-market exposure modelled under changing policy, allowance price and demand scenarios

Participants can test portfolio decisions against alternative energy-transition scenarios.

• IEA NZE Scenario assumptions translated into demand, price and technology variables
• Scenario narratives distinguish orderly transition, delayed action and fragmented policy futures
• Portfolio sensitivity tested for commodity prices, carbon costs and demand destruction
• Asset life assumptions challenged using decline rates, utilization and closure triggers
• Stranded-asset indicators identified through cash-flow erosion, impairment and regulatory constraints
• Strategic options compared using resilience, reversibility, timing and capital-at-risk criteria

Participants can prepare investment cases for emissions-reduction projects under uncertainty.

• Project cash flows include capital, operating, energy, carbon and revenue effects
• NPV and IRR calculated using project-specific discount rates and financing assumptions
• Abatement cost reconciled with investment-return metrics and strategic-value considerations
• Sensitivity tables test utilization, energy price, carbon price and capital-cost uncertainty
• Real-options logic applied to phased pilots, expansions and deferred commitments
• Investment memos state assumptions, decision gates, risks and approval recommendations

Participants can create an executable decarbonization roadmap with clear governance and controls.

• Initiative roadmaps sequence quick wins, enabling projects and long-lead investments
• Critical-path analysis identifies permitting, interconnection, procurement and technology dependencies
• RACI matrices assign accountability across operations, finance, engineering and sustainability teams
• Transition governance defines board oversight, executive sponsorship and investment authorities
• Key performance indicators connect emissions outcomes with operational and financial measures
• Assurance controls establish data ownership, evidence retention and management review cycles

Participants can communicate transition plans credibly to internal and external stakeholders.

• Transition-plan disclosures connect targets, capital expenditure, assumptions and financial effects
• Materiality assessment distinguishes decision-useful climate information from promotional claims
• Climate-risk registers classify physical, transition, liability and reputational exposures
• Investor communications explain abatement priorities, capital discipline and execution milestones
• Workforce transition plans address skills, redeployment, contractor impacts and safety requirements
• Community engagement identifies local benefits, land-use concerns and consent requirements

Participants can build, review and present a complete decarbonization strategy for an energy company or asset portfolio.

• Emissions baseline and hotspot analysis consolidated into a decision-ready starting position
• Abatement portfolio prioritized using cost, feasibility, timing and strategic-fit criteria
• Scenario-tested capital plan links operational measures, technology investments and portfolio actions
• Implementation roadmap assigns milestones, owners, dependencies, controls and performance indicators
• Board paper summarizes investment case, risks, trade-offs and requested decisions
• Peer review challenges assumptions, evidence quality, delivery feasibility and stakeholder implications