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Who We Are

Nurturing brilliant minds

Lifting communities

Empowering our people

Planet

Accelerating the energy transition

Tackling climate change from within

Reducing our environmental impact

Principles

Living our culture

Leading by example

Thriving on inclusivity

A powerful new purpose.

“Courageously tackling the greatest challenge of our time, to bring our world the energy it needs in the most responsible way ever imagined.”

Helping us to define why we do what we do in a new way. Giving us a lens clearer than ever before to stride forwards through.

Expect us to take every step to boldly follow this path. We will measure every action, every investment and business decision against this.

How do we use our Energy Within to advance the transition?

Our manifesto

It takes remarkable energy within to stand up and tackle the greatest challenge of our time - to bring the world the energy it needs today in the most responsible way possible. Energy that’s reliable, and affordable enough to give everyone a fair and equal run at life’s opportunity. We’ve brought together over 12,000 of the most wonderfully different people on earth to go where others don’t. To speak truths that others won’t. To work ever smarter and safer. To try harder, think faster every day in every way to make the impact we all crave now in how we fill our energy system. We’re 100 years into our biggest fight yet and stand prouder than ever. Breaking new ground in renewable energy through hydrogen, offshore wind and energy storage, whilst rolling up our sleeves and tackling the tough work of decarbonising oil and gas production from within. Supporting a world of others like us, from boardroom to oil field, to make the biggest changes that matter most today while we build a better system for tomorrow.

Kent. Together we’re now big enough, smart enough, brave enough and maybe just weird enough to take on the responsibility of sourcing energy today in a better way than ever before. Tackling the ugly truths of today whilst creating a far more beautiful tomorrow - by harnessing our remarkable energy within.

Stepping up the good fight to open our eyes

We’ve created the ‘Open Your Eyes’ initiative to bring our purpose to life. We’re challenging our 12,000 strong team, our industry and society as a whole to make sure we tackle some uncomfortable truths about the way the world uses energy. We want to step up the good fight, take pride in what we do and ask everyone to come together to find smarter, faster answers.

Together we can turn ugly truths into beautiful futures.

80%

of world's energy supplies come from hydrocarbons

<10%

of world's energy supplies come from renewables

30% less

carbon produced by combusted gas as opposed to oil

2050

the year we must hit to reach net zero

Stepping up the good fight into action

What are we actually doing about it?

At Kent, we have the scale, the attitude, and the vision to deliver a real-world transition - and we’re doing it

Leading the way in offshore wind

We’re involved in 70% of the UK’s offshore wind farms, including delivery of 11 floating wind projects, 11GW of capacity, 20 offshore substations, and over 1500 structures

Advancing the viability of Hydrogen as an energy source

We have been involved in Hydrogen projects in various forms over the last 50 years, and now have an increasing presence in both Blue and Green hydrogen, most recently the ground-breaking HyNet Hydrogen Production Plant in the north west of England.

Decarbonising oil and gas through technology and carbon capture

We carried out the EPC of the world’s first commercial scale CCUS project on a power plant, we are active on the CCUS project on HyNet in the UK and carrying out the FEED on V Net Zero in the UK which is aiming to transport and sequester 12million tonnes of captured CO2 per annum

As we electrify our daily lives, we're solving the challenge of where to store the energy

In the UK, our process safety management team are helping Britishvolt plan their Gigaplant. In India, our design teams have delivered storage solutions that allow clients to safely draw on produced hydrogen. In Wales, our commissioning teams have been involved in ensuring that LNG can be stored and returned to usable form to balance the UK’s grid needs.

Ugly Truth #1

The ugly truth about energy creation

The future is sustainable. But to get there we need to accept the ugly truth that as a species we are still massively dependent on hydrocarbons. We need to innovate the energy we have now to help create a cleaner future. #OpenYourEyes

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Ugly Truth #2

The ugly truth about energy addiction

Naturally you want the world’s energy providers to tackle climate change. But what about the energy that powers your lifestyle? Should it be switched off? Of course not. A better future starts with a smarter now. #OpenYourEyes

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Ugly Truth #3

The ugly truth about limiting supply

Some say the way to tackle the climate crisis is to limit the supply of oil and gas immediately. But won’t this simply cause greater inequality between countries and across societies? We say there are smarter ways to tackle this truth. #OpenYourEyes

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Ugly Truth #4

The ugly truth about blaming others

Sides that stand apart, suspicious of one another. The climate crisis isn’t solved by angry words and bitter exchanges. We succeed only by creating sustainable solutions at speed and also de-carbonising traditional energy sources. All energy can be made better. #OpenYourEyes

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Ugly Truth #5

The ugly truth about moving forward

The dream of a world powered by sustainable, renewable energy relies on today’s oil and gas to power the change. We must improve all of it if we’re to create a fairer world.

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Fighting the good fight

People we admire, stepping up to the challenge

Sharing knowledge and opinion

How to realistically decarbonize the oil and gas industry

The OGCI gathers the CEOs of twelve of the world's largest oil and gas companies around an ambitious goal: to get one of the sectors contributing most to climate change to drastically lower their own carbon emissions. He describes a possible path for the industry to pivot to net-zero operations, reimagining the role it could play in helping decarbonise the economy and changing how we consume energy -- and he calls for setting a price on carbon.

Bjørn Otto Sverdrup is the Chair of the Executive Committee of the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative, whose industry members account for almost 30 percent of global production.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference and is in no way affiliated with Kent plc.

Net zero and energy resilience are not rival teams chanting different slogans

"How do you like your energy? Green and clean? Or fossil-fuelled and reliable – but polluting? That’s roughly how Britain’s debate over energy supplies has played out over the last decade or so. It’s simple, seductive, binary – and wrong."

Dierdre is CEO of Offshore Energies UK, the leading representative body for the UK’s integrating offshore energies industry. OEUK represents over 400 member companies with an interest in offshore oil, gas, CCS, hydrogen, and wind.

This article was featured on Dierdre Michie's LinkedIn page and neither OEUK or Dierdre Michie are affiliated with Kent plc.

Join the good fight

We’re big enough to start a good fight and smart enough to make a difference, but we only win if we all get on the same side and pull together. Join the debate. Work with us. Fight with us. Get smarter with us today. Let’s imagine new ways to source the energy our world needs in an even more responsible way.

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