Our Vision
Due to the rising requirements of the
emerging markets the
demand
for energy
is steadily increasing. At present fossil
fuels
make up
more than 85% of the whole
energy supply.
According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) this power
mixture will remain constant over the next decades (Figure 1) This
chart shows both
oil and gas as the dominant
energy sources with
some
60% of the total production.
A lot of the oil and gas resources are
explored and produced in high-
ly sensitive
areas
like rainforests, arctic regions or close
to coast-
lines. The ecosystems of these zones
are extremely vulnerable and
often very slow to recover from damage. For this
reason, "zero
discharge" of pollutants should be standardized.
Figure 3 shows the main global oil and gas deposits. Many of these
production areas are
situated far away from final consumers. So
the
fluids have to be transported, either in a raw
or refined state
over long distances (Figure 4). Each treatment of oil and gas results
in a
spoiling
loss
of hydrocarbons into the environment.
The amount of oil and gas is limited
and environmental pollution
leads, amongst others, to
extremely high external costs (Figure 2).
So this squandering has to be minimized. We aim
at reducing the
environmental consequences such as the damage of habitat and
biodiversity, greenhouse gas emission, regional and
local air
pollution and soil or water contamination.
Our vision is the zero loss of the precious hydrocarbons in the long
chain from production
to the final consumer. All members of this
chain need intensive and individual
consultation to
achieve these
objectives. Therefore a strict environmental management
and the
steady checking of all the operations involved is required. Environmental
protection
and sustainability are the cornerstones
of our business.
Figure3: The global distribution of the 27 most important
regions with oil and gas sources. These regions consist of
877 oil or gas fields (>500 mio. bbl of ultimately recoverable
oil or gas equivalent) which account for 67% of the worlds
petroleum reserves. At nearly all places where oil and gas
are produced, air, water and soil contaminations occur.
Figure to the top4: Refineries (yellow circles), major oil and gas pipe-
lines (schematic red lines) and major storage (white arrows)
in Russia, the Caucasus, the Caspian region and Middle Asia.