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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has renewed its commitment to reducing carbon emissions by extending its partnership with TotalEnergies for another 24 months, with a focus on deploying advanced technologies to detect and curb methane and other greenhouse gas emissions.
NNPC Ltd.’s Executive Vice President, Upstream, Udy Ntia, and TotalEnergies Country Chair and Managing Director, Matthieu Bouyer, signed the agreement in Abuja on Wednesday.
Under the renewed arrangement, the Airborne Ultralight Spectrometer for Environmental Applications (AUSEA) technology will continue to be deployed across NNPC’s upstream operations to improve emissions monitoring and reduction efforts.
Ntia explained that the initiative aligns with the company’s broader environmental commitments, including its obligations under the Oil & Gas Decarbonisation Charter (OGDC), participation in the Oil and Gas Methane Partnership (OGMP) 2.0, and its goal of achieving near-zero methane emissions by 2030.
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“Today’s signing represents a practical step in NNPC Limited’s journey to build a credible, transparent and action-oriented decarbonisation programme,” Ntia said, adding that the company was satisfied with the progress recorded during the initial phase of the project.
He noted that the AUSEA initiative would enhance NNPC’s capacity to identify, measure and address methane emissions using advanced detection tools.
“Through the AUSEA initiative, we are strengthening our ability to detect, quantify and prioritise methane abatement opportunities using advanced measurement technology,” he added.
On his part, TotalEnergies Senior Vice President for Africa, Mike Sangster, welcomed the renewal of the partnership and expressed confidence in continued collaboration with NNPC.
Sangster said TotalEnergies was the first oil producer in Nigeria to eliminate routine gas flaring across its operations, describing the milestone as part of its wider sustainability drive.
He also explained that AUSEA is a drone-based emission detection technology developed by TotalEnergies in collaboration with the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the University of Reims, designed to identify and measure unaccounted sources of emissions previously.
