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WELCOME TO THE NOVEMBER EDITION

OUR CONTRIBUTORS EDITOR’S LETTER

ROB DALE AS THE UK makes a somewhat faltering attempt
Founder and to emerge from the doldrums of the pandemic, the
Director, question on the minds of many is how we can
Beyond2050 rebuild our dented economy.
Rob is an award- With the added pressures of the end of the
winning political Brexit transition period looming, the UK
consultant. In government is looking for any and all ways to get
2020, he established Beyond2050, people into new jobs, rescue struggling sectors
a communications agency that is and, as they would put it: ‘build back better’.
collaborating with major organisations But recovering from an economic smackdown
seeking to unlock and grow a world- like the one we have just suffered was never going to be an easy thing. It
leading hydrogen economy in the UK. will take ingenuity, creativity and, most importantly, the courage to make
big decisions.
HARI In this edition, Cadent’s Dr Angie Needle explains why a commitment now
VAMADEVAN to developing large-scale hydrogen could be the shot in the arm our country
Senior Vice needs, with blending hydrogen into our current network being the first step
President, DNV GL to creating a world-leading hydrogen economy.
– Oil & Gas The UK has the potential to become a global leader in renewable and low
Hari is currently carbon hydrogen technology, but many believe we must move fast to realise
head of the oil this opportunity and achieve the maximum economic benefits. Award-
and gas operations in the UK and winning political consultant Rob Dale explains why we need a UK-wide
West Africa and is also chairperson hydrogen strategy sooner rather than later.
of all DNV GL’s UK entities. He has 30 Meanwhile, research has indicated that gas will continue to play a pivotal
years’ experience in both technical, role as we transition to low carbon sources, becoming the world’s largest
management and leadership positions energy source in the mid-2020s, according to DNV GL’s latest Energy Transition
in the oil and gas industry: onshore Outlook report. You can read the major findings of that report here.
and offshore, upstream, midstream However, paradigm shifting change cannot be achieved without the
and downstream. He leads a buy-in of consumers. Measuring how British people feel about the way
500-strong UK oil and gas team with a their homes are heated, and how receptive they are to change, is a key step
focus on safety, efficiency, innovation on the road to transformation. Find out the results of the latest Department
and digitalisation. Hari is a thought of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) report examining the
leader on primarily balancing the attitudes of the British public.
short-term challenges of cost and All of this is accompanied by the news from our first ever online Annual
production efficiency versus the long- Conference and Sir Denis Rooke Memorial Lecture, which were so successful
term vision of energy transition to a that we have decided to bring our next conference Gas Utilisation: Forces for
decarbonised future. Change to your screens later this month.
We hope you enjoy the November edition,
DR ANGIE
NEEDLE
Director of
Strategy, Cadent
Angie is
responsible for
creating Cadent’s SHARON BAKER-HALLAM
transformational strategies. She EDITOR
has previously worked at Centrica, BA (HONS) AIGEM
heading up its contracting strategy INSTITUTION OF GAS ENGINEERS AND MANAGERS (IGEM)
that supports 10,000 British Gas
engineers, and at Anglian Water,
where her roles included managing
sewer networks, heading up an R&D
programme and being responsible for
all things energy, carbon and climate
change. Angie is a big advocate of SEE YOUR WORK IN Gas international
both environmental and diversity
issues and a Founder of the Women’s We are always seeking to share the latest research and ground-breaking
Utilities Network. industry developments in IGEM’s journal. If you would like to see your
work featured in the pages of Gi, contact the Editor by emailing
sharon@igem.org.uk with a short synopsis of your contribution.

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