In help of Nigeria’s greenhouse fuel emission (GHG) discount targets of 20 p.c unconditional and 47 p.c conditional, the NNPC Ltd. and TotalEnergies SE three way partnership has achieved zero routine fuel flare in all its belongings.
NNPC introduced the milestone in a media launch after a joint staff of NNPC and TotalEnergies inspected OML 100 within the southeastern Niger Delta, off Port Harcourt to establish the success of the OML Flare Discount challenge launched in December 2023.
The NNPC Ltd-TotalEnergies Joint Enterprise, because the concession holder of 4 leases, had beforehand efficiently eradicated routine flaring throughout OML 99 (2006), OML 102 (2014) and OML 58 (2016). Nonetheless, routine flaring was nonetheless ongoing in OML 100, making it the one lease the place this apply continued.
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The importance of this achievement, in response to NNPC, is that the final routine flare quantity of about 12 million normal cubic ft per day of fuel has now been eradicated giving rise to a greenhouse fuel emissions discount of about 341 kilotons of carbon dioxide equal per 12 months.
The achievement is an consequence of a program launched by the NNPC to impress motion in direction of reaching zero routine flare by 2030 throughout its portfolio of belongings. NNPC additionally mentioned that the achievement highlights NNPC’s prioritization of sustainability anchored on the primary R of its 5R Technique (Cut back, Exchange, Renew, Re-plant, Repurpose), because it strives to cut back its carbon footprint.
Work is ongoing throughout all different belongings inside NNPC’s Upstream Directorate to make sure that all belongings obtain zero routine flaring by 2030 or earlier, in response to the media launch.
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