From the EIC Members’ comment
The
BIG question
What is the role of the supply chain in the energy transition?
A sustainable supply chain is now a business imperative and critical to the success of the organisation as a whole. Energy Focus asks four members what the energy transition roadmap means to them. Energy Focus puts the big question to four members
John MacAskill
Stephen Booth
Group Marketing Director at AqualisBraemar LOC
Subsea Managing Director at Crondall Energy
The energy transition is seen as an opportunity for AqualisBraemar LOC. We recognise that sustainability is central to our business. So understanding where we are positioned, and more importantly, where we want to be in 10 years, drives our strategy and day-to-day decision making, and is vital for our company’s future and the world in which we operate. We are an asset-light independent marine, engineering and adjusting consultancy, which lets us respond quickly to changes in market conditions. Our focus is on derisking and driving the energy and industrial transition in energy and the world’s oceans. From de-risking rig operations for the world’s offshore oil and gas majors to accelerating offshore wind growth across the globe, AqualisBraemar LOC works deeply within the energy transition. We see this transition – one that will drive the reduction of carbon intensity of oil and
The transition allows us to innovate new services and offerings gas operations, the development of new marine vessels and fuels, to taking offshore wind deeper and further from shore – as an opportunity for our current services, but also as allowing us to innovate new services and offerings. This approach also drives our mergers and acquisitions strategy. Following the acquisition of the LOC Group, we will be creating a position of Chief Energy Transition Officer to help focus and drive the group’s activities in the energy transition.
AqualisBraemar LOC is a global independent marine, engineering and adjusting consultant working in energy and oceans to de-risk and drive the energy transition, serving the renewables, maritime, oil and gas and power sectors from around 200 global locations.
At Crondall Energy, we believe that the energy transition is both the biggest opportunity and the biggest threat we have faced since starting the business. As with any technical revolution, companies that can react quickly will benefit from first-mover advantage. Other benefits of developing new energy sources and the new exciting work it brings include motivating staff. Energy transition won’t be easy, but it is inevitable, and companies operating in the oil and gas sector won’t survive if they don’t embrace it. As in any new area, there is much to learn, from macro-issues such as ‘what is the best way to transport and store energy?’ to critical detailed issues such as ‘what equipment qualification is required for carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS)?’ All the issues need both leadership and support from the supply chain. Our background is subsea, and pipeline
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