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PETROBRAS ACHIEVES RECORD LOW AMOUNT OF GAS FLARED OFF BY ITS NATURAL GAS PROCESSING PLANTS
This is a result of the company's efforts to make its operations more efficient and to emit less greenhouse gases (GHG).
Cacimbas Gas Treatment Unit (Photo: Petrobras Collection)
Petrobras achieved the best-ever annual figure for the percentage of gas flared off by the Natural Gas Processing plants that are linked to the company's Industrial Processes and Products Directorate in 2023, reaching a record low of 0.16%. This indicator is a measure of the percentage of gas flared off, compared to the total production for all of the plants.
This contributes to the Company's strategic objectives, which focus on a constant search for operational excellence. It is one of the areas of our Carbon Neutral Program, which will have a positive impact on the environment and for people.
From 2017 to 2023, this indicator has fallen by 78% in total, from 0.72% to 0.16%, and has shown a consistently downward trend. It is estimated that this improvement over the period is equivalent to preventing the release of 971 thousand tons of CO2, based on the rate for the first year of this period. It is worth mentioning that the total processing capacity of the plants covered by these figures is 65.2 million m3/day.
Maurício Tolmasquim, Petrobras' Director of Energy Transition and Sustainability, highlighted the fact that Petrobras reduced its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 39% between 2015 and 2022. “Efficiency Improvement Indicators like this are fundamental if we are to achieve our emissions reduction commitments for our operations more effectively and at lower cost,” commented Tolmasquim.
Petrobras achieved the best-ever annual figure for the percentage of gas flared off by the Natural Gas Processing plants that are linked to the company's Industrial Processes and Products Directorate in 2023, reaching a record low of 0.16%. This indicator is a measure of the percentage of gas flared off, compared to the total production for all of the plants.
This contributes to the Company's strategic objectives, which focus on a constant search for operational excellence. It is one of the areas of our Carbon Neutral Program, which will have a positive impact on the environment and for people.
From 2017 to 2023, this indicator has fallen by 78% in total, from 0.72% to 0.16%, and has shown a consistently downward trend. It is estimated that this improvement over the period is equivalent to preventing the release of 971 thousand tons of CO2, based on the rate for the first year of this period. It is worth mentioning that the total processing capacity of the plants covered by these figures is 65.2 million m3/day.
Maurício Tolmasquim, Petrobras' Director of Energy Transition and Sustainability, highlighted the fact that Petrobras reduced its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 39% between 2015 and 2022. “Efficiency Improvement Indicators like this are fundamental if we are to achieve our emissions reduction commitments for our operations more effectively and at lower cost,” commented Tolmasquim.
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