Investment: A Must For Oil and Gas Demand

New IOGP report tracks production in seven regions

Oil & gas demand is stable or rising in all regions of the world, meaning additional investments are needed for production to keep up. Growing indigenous requirements reduce volumes available for exports in many regions, IOGP’s new Global Production Report shows.

The report establishes an IOGP Production Indicator© (PI) – the level at which a region is able to meet its own oil or gas demand – for seven regions across the world. A PI higher than 100% means the region produces more than it needs to meet its own requirements and so can export.

The main conclusion of the report is that demand growth and the annual depletion rate of 6% of existing fields are driving the need for investment to gain additional volumes. Such investment will depend on regional and local policies that encourage responsible resource development.

The Report’s data shows three distinct groups of regions when it comes to supply/demand balance: net importers (Europe, Asia Pacific) self-sufficient ones (Central & South America and North America), and those that are net exporters of oil & gas (Africa, CIS and the Middle-East).

However, the rising demand trend – for natural gas in particular – could well turn a number of exporting regions into net importers in the coming years, including major exporting regions such as Africa and Central & South America.

“Clearly, oil & gas demand growth remains strong across the globe. The question is how we mobilize the investments necessary to make up for the depletion of existing fields and to meet this rising demand responsibly over the long term” says IOGP Executive Director, Gordon Ballard.

Production Report

You can access the IOGP Global Production Report by clicking here: https://www.iogp.org/production-report-2018/