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Australian Energy Producers Journal

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Australian Energy Producers Journal
Vol. 65 (2025), No. Supplement 1 (May), Pages 1-4
https://doi.org/10.1071/EP24230

The business case for abatement: the key levers for improving financial return of marginal abatement projects

Jessica Dwyer and Krista McGowan

A Worley Consulting, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.

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Emissions abatement projects often do not progress because they cannot meet the investment hurdles applied to projects. So what conditions are needed to create a compelling business case for a marginal abatement project? This paper describes the key levers for improving the business case, such as the global warming potential of methane, shadow carbon price, sales gas value, common user infrastructure and payback period. Drawing on examples from the natural gas production sector, it describes abatement projects that tend to be marginally negative in terms of return on investment and what conditions are needed to change that into a positive return. In many cases, small changes are enough to switch the Previous HiteconomicsTop into a positive outcome.

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