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Disruptive Technologies in Transport FuelsStudy Overview

Study Overview

Never before has there been somuch uncertainty about the futuresupply and demand of hydrocarbons.What drives great companies?

There are a number of reasons for this uncertainty, but technology assumptions are a key driver. Newtechnologies that either have higher yields per unit of energy input, or allow new sources of energy tobe cost-competitive have the potential to completely change future supply and demand levels. Inaddition, future options to reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs) will vary from those being widelyconsidered today. Transport fuels account for approximately 50 percent of global primary oilconsumption and up to 30 percent of global carbon dioxide (CO

) emissions.

Accenture’s study looks at technologies in transport fuels that have the potential to “disrupt” thecurrent views of supply, demand and GHG emissions in the next 10 years.