NNPC Ltd, TotalEnergies Sign MoU On Adoption Of Methane Detection Technology

<h4>NNPC Ltd<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>reports that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd&period; &lpar;NNPC Ltd&period;&rpar; has signed a Memorandum of Understanding &lpar;MoU&rpar; with TotalEnergies for the adoption and deployment of a methane detection technology known as Airborne Ultralight Spectrometer for Environmental Application &lpar;AUSEA&rpar; in all its upstream operations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This is contained in a statement signed by Olufemi O&period; Soneye&comma; Chief Corporate Communications Officer&comma; NNPC Ltd and made available to OpenLife&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The statement emphasized that with the agreement&comma; which is a direct benefit from the Company’s participation at the recently concluded United Nations Climate Change Conference &lpar;also known as COP28&rpar; in Dubai&comma; UAE&comma; NNPC Ltd&period; will be able to deploy the TotalEnergies AUSEA technology on its upstream operations sites to ascertain the level of methane emissions from them&comma; with a view to working out emission curtailment measures to help in combating global warming and climate change&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The MoU was signed by NNPC Ltd&period;’s Executive Vice President&comma; Upstream&comma; Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan&comma; and Managing Director and Country Chair&comma; TotalEnergies EP Nigeria&comma; Matthieu Bouyer&comma; on behalf of their respective companies&comma; under the watch of the Group Chief Executive Officer &lpar;GCEO&rpar; NNPC Ltd&period;&comma; Mele Kyari&comma; and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TotalEnergies&comma; Patrick Pouyanné&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking on the collaboration at the MoU signing event&comma; the GCEO&comma; NNPC Ltd&comma; Mele Kyari&comma; described TotalEnergies as a great and reliable partner over the years with whom the Company was looking forward to exploring greater opportunities in the nation’s energy sector&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On his part&comma; the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TotalEnergies&comma; Patrick Pouyanné&comma; said his company was offering the technology to NNPC Ltd&period; in keeping with its commitment to promote responsible production of hydrocarbons&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">He applauded NNPC Ltd&period; for its successful transition into a limited liability company&comma; stressing that he could see and feel the energy that the reforms have brought about&comma; not only in the company but also in the sector&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Putting the deal in proper perspective&comma; the NNPC Ltd&period;’s Executive Vice President&comma; Upstream&comma; Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan&comma; said the pilot phase of the TotalEnergies AUSEA deployment would be on NNPC Ltd&period;’s owned operations&comma; adding that the deal would enable the company to deploy methane abatement measures&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Other benefits of the TotalEnergies AUSEA technology include identification of unaccounted emission sources&comma; establishment of a basis for querying and improving current emission reporting processes&comma; provision of data to review operational system and implement corrective actions&comma; and estimation of flare combustion efficiency&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;23438" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-23438" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-23438" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;12&sol;NNPC-X-TotalEnergies-3-300x151&period;png" alt&equals;"NNPC Ltd&comma; TotalEnergies Sign MoU On Adoption Of Methane Detection Technology" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"151" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-23438" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>NNPC Ltd and TotalEnergies Senior Management after NNPC Ltd&period; and TotalEnergies signed an MoU on the use of the latter’s Airborne Ultralight Spectrometer for Environment Detection &lpar;AUSEA&rpar; Technology&comma; aimed at detecting and monitoring methane emissions in oil and gas operations<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;