- TotalEnergies is the first exploration and production company in Nigeria to achieve upstream zero routine flaring.
- The firm now valorises previously flared gas for power generation and gas lift to enhance oil and gas production and LNG.
TotalEnergies has announced that it has achieved zero routine flaring in all its upstream operations in Nigeria. The Managing Director and Chief Executive of TotalEnergies Companies in Nigeria, Mr Matthieu Bouyer, disclosed this during a press conference in Port Harcourt yesterday. According to him, the firm is the first exploration and production company in Nigeria to achieve upstream zero routine flaring. Buoyer, who presided over the conference alongside the Deputy Managing Director of Deepwater Asset, Mr Victor Bandele and the Executive Director of JV Asset, Mr Obi Imemba, stressed TotalEnergies’ commitment to producing more energy while reducing emissions.
The TotalEnergies MD disclosed that the achievement was not just a practical demonstration of the firm’s commitment to delivering less carbon-intensive energy to its customers but also aligns with Nigeria’s objective to foster a low-carbon economy. Bouyer said the importance of the achievement is that it will fully stop routine flaring in the company by 2030, stating that the firm is a step ahead in Nigeria since it stopped in 2023. Regarding emissions reduction due to the zero flares project, The MD noted, “In the past years, we had 300 to 350 kSm3/d of routine flaring. It has now reduced to zero. This project will save 340 ktCO2e per year, giving a cumulative saving of close to 5.5 MtCO2e until the end of life of the asset”.
Bouyer explained that the previously flared gas from their facility is now valorised and used for power generation, gas lift to enhance oil and gas production, and the balance exported to Bonny for Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). With this milestone, TotalEnergies has diversified into other initiatives revolving around reducing carbon dioxide and methane emissions through mobilising the best available technologies. According to him, the firm signed a Memorandum Of Understanding with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited in December 2023 to support their journey to reduce methane emissions using the company’s AUSEA technology.
Furthermore, he appreciated the teams that helped the company achieve the zero-flaring feat, including the Federal Ministry of Environment, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) and its Joint Venture partner, NNPC Limited. At the end of the conference, Mr Bouyer proceeded on a visit to the company’s offshore fields alongside the Minster of State, Gas, Ekperikpe Ekpo; Minister of Environment, Dr Iziaq Adekunle Salako; Director General of National Oil Spill Detection Agency (NOSDRA), Mr Idris MUSA and Dr Ogechi S. Opete of NUPRC.