CLIMATE
SONATRACH is committed to a low-carbon future
We ambition to achieve a balance between our emissions by sources and removals by sinks of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) during the second half of the century.
When working out our strategy and long-term vision, fighting against climate changes constitutes a key element.
In parallel to our actions undertaken to offer a less carbonized energy, we endeavour to reinforce our daily actions to control our internal energy demand by promoting energy efficiency throughout the oil and gas chain :
- Putting in place a program of climate governance
- Reducing our Co2 and methane emissions
- Improving energy efficiency in all our facilities
- Integrating more renewable energies in our energy mix offer
- Considering production and use of other sources of energy such as green hydrogen and low carbon fuels
- Developing technological and natural programs of capturing, sequestering and valorizing Co2.
Today, SONATRACH is working to put in place a climate governance that integrates all the processes, policies and practices required for the control and reduction of the company’s impact on climate and also the risks posed by this phenomenon on its activity and sustainability.
“We remain convinced that all our present and future actions, to the benefit of climate will be achieved thanks to our employees and managers’adhesion”
This culture is nurtured by the active involvement of the company’s senior management. It is for this reason that managers are called upon to set an example by adopting climate-friendly practices and integrating low-carbon objectives into the company’s strategy.
The assessment and reduction of fugitive methane emissions represent a climatic and also economic challenge for us, this is why we have implemented a major program aimed at quickly detecting, repairing and preventing all leaks, releases and venting.
For this purpose, periodic energy audits are carried out as part of the implementation of the Energy Management Law with our Agency for the Promotion and Rationalization of Energy Use (APRUE) . This program has already covered 90% of our industrial sites and has allowed us to train more than 350 internal auditors and energy personnel.
With a volume of 400 million tree seedlings, it will cover a period of ten years and will span a planting area of 520 000 hectares spread across all the regions of the country.