Energy Transition in the Oil and Gas Industry

The oil and gas industry is in the midst of a paradigm shift, moving from developing solely petroleum-based energy to producing alternative energy forms, including renewables. Energy Transition in the Oil and Gas Industry offers a comprehensive overview of renewables and their applications in oil and gas industry during the current energy transition period. It includes the latest methods and workflows in renewables and oil and gas processes as well as integrated and hybrid approaches currently used as the industry begins its transition to production of alternative forms of energy.• Provides a synopsis of fossil fuel resources, along with the latest technologies, applications, and economics, and offers a general outline for the energy transition• Details various alternative and renewable energy forms and discusses their advantages, disadvantages, maturity levels, and applications, including solar, geothermal, wind, hydropower, fuel cells, hydrogen, biofuels, ocean energy, and nuclear• Discusses carbon capture and storage, electric vehicles, and energy storage technologies• Covers the latest advances and technologies related to digital transformation in the oil and gas industry• Summarizes future trends and directions of technologies related to renewable energy and energy transition in the oil and gas industryAddressing energy holistically from a technology and engineering perspective, this book offers engineering professionals in the energy sector a wide-ranging view of current and near future changes taking place in this critical industry.

Cenk Temizel is an energy professional with 20 years of international experience in conventional and unconventional oil and gas reservoirs. He was a research assistant at Stanford University before joining the industry. He received his M.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Southern California and BSc from Middle East Technical University - Ankara.Ali Başer is the managing partner of Flux Energy Solutions, a firm focused on bringing coupled AI solutions to oil, gas, and geothermal firms. Having hands-on experience in both drilling and reservoir engineering aspects of the industry, he worked as an advisor to major geothermal energy companies in Türkiye, specializing in reservoir modeling, production, and injection optimization. Previously, he worked as a programmer for various firms, creating video games, desktop applications, and web applications. His research interests include machine learning-assisted reservoir engineering methods, time series analysis of production dynamics, and the usage of “serious games” as a training medium in the oil and gas industry. He holds a B.Sc. in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, and an M.Sc. in Computer Engineering from Başkent University, Ankara.Onder Saracoglu is the Managing Partner at Flux Energy Solutions. He has 27 years of experience working on reservoir simulation, reservoir management, field development, and reservoir engineering studies with NOC, service companies, and international E&P companies in the Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa. He has published numerous publications in reservoir and geothermal engineering. He holds a BS (1996) and MS (1999) degrees from the Middle East Technical University in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Ankara, Türkiye.Tolga Tural received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1991 an M.S. degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 1995 and MBA Finance & Investment Management from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC , 2017. Earlier in his career, Mr. Tural specialized in semiconductors specifically integrated circuit design and development design and development engineering roles for both networking and wireless communication applications in both Canada and the US. Later in his career, he focused in renewable industry to develop renewable projects as well as to build commercial and large scale power plants for power utilities and oil & gas industry. Mr. Tural has 28 years of diversified experience in semiconductors, wireless and data communications, power utilities and oil&gas industries. Mr. Tural is currently working at Saudi Aramco New Energies Strategy & Marketing Consultant. His current role is leading decarbonization development with renewables including project development, portfolio transaction and technology validation. Mr. Tural currently holds several technical publicat