Overview
ISO/TS 20790:2024 - "Oil and gas industries including lower carbon energy - Guidelines for green manufacturing and lower carbon emission of oil and gas‑field equipment and materials" provides practical guidance to reduce greenhouse‑gas emissions and material use across the full life cycle of oil and gas‑field equipment and materials. The Technical Specification defines a green attribute system and recommends sound practices for green design, processing, remanufacturing, evaluation and management applicable to design, construction, commissioning, operation, maintenance, decommissioning and reuse in the hydrocarbon industries.
Key topics and requirements
- Green attribute system: Principles and measurable indexes for identifying attributes that reduce resource consumption and emissions.
- Green design: Material selection, structure optimization and design-for-reuse/remanufacturing to minimize life‑cycle impacts.
- Green processing: Adoption of low‑impact manufacturing processes, resource consumption control and emission mitigation measures.
- Operation and resource circularity: Measures for energy efficiency, resource and energy cyclic utilization, recycling and reutilization rates.
- Typical practices: Examples include hydrogen‑ready pipelines and storage, low‑emission power engines, drilling rig energy recovery, pipeline coatings, and remanufacturing techniques.
- Green assessment: Requirements for assessing green performance, with emphasis on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and complementary evaluation methods.
- Green management: Implementation framework, documentation, identification and stakeholder responsibilities for ongoing green governance.
Practical applications
ISO/TS 20790:2024 is designed to be applied at multiple stages of the equipment life cycle and supports practical outcomes such as:
- Reduced embodied and operational carbon of field equipment and materials
- Design decisions that enable remanufacturing, reuse and recycling
- Selection of low‑emission engines, coatings and energy recovery systems
- Consistent green assessment and reporting using LCA principles
- Management processes to track green attributes, product documentation and identification
Who should use this standard
- Equipment designers and engineering firms
- Manufacturers and remanufacturers of oil and gas equipment
- Asset owners, operators and maintenance teams
- Procurement and sustainability managers in the hydrocarbon and lower‑carbon energy sectors
- Regulators and certification bodies seeking guidance for green manufacturing practices
Related standards
ISO/TS 20790:2024 complements life‑cycle and sustainability standards (for example, the ISO 14040/14044 LCA series) and other ISO/TC 67 publications addressing oil and gas industry practice. For implementation, organizations often align green assessments with established LCA methodologies and industry‑specific guidance.
Keywords: ISO/TS 20790:2024, green manufacturing, lower carbon emission, oil and gas, green design, remanufacturing, life cycle assessment, green attribute system.