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© 2006, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
Expert Meeting on Economic DiversificationMaritim Hotel, Bonn, 16-17 May 2006
Ramiro Ramirez Energy Studies DepartmentOPEC Secretariat, Vienna
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Why is OPEC here?
• Organization of developing countries with a commitment to bring stability to a historically very volatile “commodity” market– Important because it seriously jeopardizes our
economic and social structure
– Important to consumers as it affects their economies too
• Our countries provide a unique, non-renewable resource which is traded world-wide as if it were simply another “commodity”
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Why is OPEC here?
• Huge amounts of capital are required to simply maintain production and
• Huge amounts of capital are also required to expand production in order to meet demand forecasts
• Projects do not happen overnight (long lead times) • Uncertainty regarding project investment is a critical
issue to us• Kyoto Protocol implementation will affect us• Economic diversification is of great importance to us
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OPEC profile
• Average GDP per capita: $2,500 (2005 estimate) • But there is a very wide range ($730 - >$50,000)• 95% of the 544 million people in OPEC live in a
country where GDP per capita is no higher than $5000
• This compares with OECD average GDP per capita of close to $30,000
• Average life expectancy: 61 years• Socioeconomic development needs: reflected, for
example in the relatively low values of HDI (Human Development Index)
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Human Development Index, 2003
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OPEC member countries HDI:Most ranked below 70th
HDI typically below 0.8 Unemployment levels very high, often as much as 25-30% Particular problem with youth unemployment Fast rates of population growth
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OPEC dependency on petroleum
Share of oil exports in total exports 76% (17%-98%)Share of oil exports in GDP 38% (7%-80%)
Oil reserves: 897 billion barrels (78% of world total)Crude oil production: ca. 30 mb/d (35% of world total)
Gas reserves: 89 trillion standard cubic metres (49%)Gas production: 464 billion st cu. m. p.a. (17%)
OPEC study suggest that by 2010 of the 12 most dependent countries in terms of net fossil fuel exports as a percentage of GDP, 10 will be OPEC countries
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OPEC dependency on oil
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Impact of Kyoto implementation
Significant impact on OPEC MCs
Why?
• High dependency on oil exports revenues• High human development needs
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Impact of Kyoto implementation
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What should we be trying to achieve?
Reduce global emissions on a level playing field (Article 3 of the Convention on Principles)
Sustainable economic growth and development through:
• Stable markets for commodities important to the developing world• Encourage technology transfer (energy efficient, cleaner, more
sustainable use of our energy resources)• Encourage investment (win-win-win)• Encourage trade (on a level playing field)
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The challengesAn OPEC perspective
Encourage initiatives that would bring about economic diversification for OPEC MCs (developed countries commitments under Article 4.8 of the Convention and 2.3 of the Kyoto Protocol)
• Investment and transfer of technology (win-win-win)
• More access for exports into Annex B markets
• Encourage trade opportunities for oil exporting developing countries
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What does it all mean?
1. Be realistic energy efficiency for all development and quick deployment of cleaner fossil
fuel technologies for all
Be fair elimination of distorting taxes
Be cooperative lets look for win-win-win opportunities
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Possible areas for diversification
How could they contribute to stop deterioration of our environment and yet assist them in diversifying their economic dependence on hydrocarbon exports?
Manufacture of energy intensive goods with CO2 sequestration?
Further development of natural gas projects?
CDM gas flaring reduction projects
Depending upon natural endowments and human resources, other sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing, and services including information technology could be expanded
Importance of policies to promote local content development and technology assimilation.
Greater vertical integration of the petroleum industry, as well as further expansion of petrochemicals and other products
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Possible areas for diversification: natural gas
Switching to natural gas use and export contributes to diversification efforts, frees up exports of oil
Need to encourage the development of LNG and pipeline infrastructure
West African Gas Pipeline
initial talk of a CDM project
Trans-Saharan pipeline from Nigeria to Algeria
Gas sector offers considerable scope for further exploration
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Expanded gas use and exports through reduced gas flaringFlared gas as a percentage of gross production
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Huge success in reductions in flaring
Still scope for improvement (7% vs 2%)
Low population densities prohibit expansion of domestic markets, large distance to foreign markets, infrastructure developments too expensive
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Carbon capture and storage
40 Gt CO2
<2% of Emissions to 2050
400-10,000 Gt CO2
20-500 % of Emissions to 2050
920 Gt CO2
45% of Emissions to 2050
Source: IEA
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The Way Forward
• Bonn Agreement/Marrakech Accords give priority to "assisting developing country Parties which are highly dependent on the export and consumption of fossil fuels in diversifying their economies".
• Are there funding possibilities? – GEF? (has, for example, a history of providing funding to
investigate technical and economic issues associated with gas flaring)
– SCCF? (includes explicit mention of diversification)
• What about the Kyoto mechanisms?– CDM? Efforts underway, how to expedite?
• Need for serious, extensive review of the options
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Who gets what from a litre of oil in the G72005
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United Kingdom
Italy
Germany
France
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USA
USD/litrePurchase of crude oil (FOB)
Industry Margin (e.g. transport, insurance, refining and other costs)
National government taxes
Source: OPEC Research Division, 2006. Based on selected secondary sources.