Offshore staff
LYSAKER, Norway — Aker BP has joined the UN’s Oil and Gas Methane Partnership (OGMP 2.0) to support the company’s work on monitoring and reducing its offshore emissions in the Norwegian sector.
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas that is equally important to focus on as CO2, says Axel Kelley, Aker BP's discipline leader for climate and sustainability.
The company has found that about 1,000 tons of methane are released from its production platforms and drilling rigs offshore Norway.
Methane emissions offshore arise from cold ventilation, incomplete combustion of natural gas and diesel, and leaks from process plants. The company monitors, quantifies and reports emissions levels annually to environmental authorities in accordance with national industry standards.
At OGMP 2.0, Aker BP will work alongside with Equinor, bp and other oil and gas majors and commit to further monitoring/reductions of global methane emissions.
“Through even better monitoring, we will be able to uncover leakage points and identify source streams where it is possible to reduce emissions of methane,” Kelley said. “We have set a long-term goal of limiting the methane intensity to less than 0.05%, which is far more ambitious than the goal for upstream activities of 0.2%. It aligns well with our plan to reduce our greenhouse emissions by 50% by 2030 and close to zero by 2050.”
10.16.2023
