The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) is
working in collaboration with the United States Department of States and
international management consultancy firm, Deloitte, to meet its net-zero
carbon goals by embarking on a project aimed at reducing the emission of
methane and other greenhouse gases from its upstream operations.
NNPCL Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Mr. Olufemi
Soneye disclosed this in a statement.
According to the statement, the project which is at its
conceptual stage was the focus of a three-day Technical Assistance on Oil &
Gas Sector Global Methane Abatement and De-carbonisation Workshop which kicked
off at the PTDF in Abuja, yesterday.
The workshop, which was a follow-up on an earlier one held in
July 2023, was, amongst other things, aimed at defining the critical success
elements of the project.
Some of the critical elements of the project tabled at the
workshop include: determining the scope of the project, establishing a baseline
for methane and carbon emissions from the selected operation sites, collecting
relevant data on the selected sites and helping the Deloitte consultants to
understand the operations and expectations of NNPC Ltd.
Participants at the workshop unanimously selected OML 34
located onshore in Western Niger Delta which has the Utorogu and Ughelli Fields
as the operation site for the pilot stage of the project.
Participants were drawn from relevant NNPC Ltd.’s
subsidiaries and Departments such as Exploration & Production; New Energy;
Gas Infrastructure; Health, Safety, and Environment, as well as Federal
Government agencies like the National Council on Climate Change.
The project is sponsored by the United States Department of
State Bureau of Energy Resources, Energy and Mineral Governance Programme
(EMGP).
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