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In 2020, TotalEnergies embarked on a transition strategy anchored on two pillars: hydrocarbons, especially LNG, and the energy of the future: Integrated Power.
Exploration & Production is mobilizing to supply more affordable, more reliable and cleaner energy to as many people as possible, and to generate cash flow to make the Company’s transition possible. That means we will produce more energy but differently, with lower greenhouse gas emissions.
Thanks to the day-to-day efforts of our teams at our producing assets and our many projects under construction, and thanks also to a portfolio that is focused on projects with low breakeven and low greenhouse gas emissions, E&P expects to increase the Company’s production by 2% to 3% annually, while reducing that production’s carbon intensity from 18 to 13 kilograms per barrel of oil equivalent (boe), by 2028.
In 2023, annual hydrocarbon production rose by 2% to 2.48 million boe/d, driven primarily by 9% growth in LNG, but also by the start-ups of Absheron in Azerbaijan, Block 10 in Oman and Mero 2 in Brazil. Meanwhile, the Company’s methane emissions have been cut by 47% from 2020 levels and we reduced our Scope 1+2 carbon intensity in Upstream operations from 20 kg CO2e/boe in 2020 to 18 kg CO2e/boe in 2023. In our exploration activities, we have extended our record of success from Suriname and Namibia to Nigeria, Oman and Cyprus. In addition, the sale of our assets in Canada’s oil sands has helped to enhance our portfolio in terms of both Opex per barrel and carbon intensity.
We intend to stay on course in 2024 to meet the targets we have set and we will continue to play our part in a balanced energy transition.
This brochure provides an overview of our operations at E&P and presents some of the projects and accomplishments that defined 2023.
In 2023, annual hydrocarbon production rose by 2% to 2.48 million boe/d, driven primarily by 9% growth in LNG, but also by the start-ups of Absheron in Azerbaijan, Block 10 in Oman and Mero 2 in Brazil. Meanwhile, the Company’s methane emissions have been cut by 47% from 2020 levels and we reduced our Scope 1+2 carbon intensity in Upstream operations from 20 kg CO2e/boe in 2020 to 18 kg CO2e/boe in 2023. In our exploration activities, we have extended our record of success from Suriname and Namibia to Nigeria, Oman and Cyprus. In addition, the sale of our assets in Canada’s oil sands has helped to enhance our portfolio in terms of both Opex per barrel and carbon intensity.
We intend to stay on course in 2024 to meet the targets we have set and we will continue to play our part in a balanced energy transition.
This brochure provides an overview of our operations at E&P and presents some of the projects and accomplishments that defined 2023.
Safety is our core value. In 2023 we logged a satisfactory performance, with a Total Recordable Injury Rate (TRIR) at 0.56, which exceeded our target. E&P had no fatal accidents in 2023, and we remain focused on protecting our employees, contractors and stakeholders.
2023 Highlights
In 2023, TotalEnergies increased its oil and gas production and continued to develop new projects while reducing emissions. E&P’s safe and profitable operations draw on the latest technology and further the Company’s ambition of getting to Net Zero by 2050, together with society.
January
BRAzIL
Launch of the Lapa South-West Project.
Oil
Lebanon
TotalEnergies and Eni have completed the transfer to QatarEnergy of a 30% interest in offshore exploration Blocks 4 and 9.
Oil
OMAN
TotalEnergies announces the start of gas production from onshore Block 10 as well as an agreement with Oman LNG for a long-term LNG purchase contract.
Natural Gas/LNG
February
Mozambique LNG
TotalEnergies entrusts Jean-Christophe Rufin with an Independent Mission to Assess the Humanitarian Situation in Cabo Delgado Province.
Societal
DEnMARK
TotalEnergies obtains two CO2 storage licenses in the Danish North Sea.
Decarbonization
January
BRAzIL
Launch of the Lapa South-West Project.
Oil
Lebanon
TotalEnergies and Eni have completed the transfer to QatarEnergy of a 30% interest in offshore exploration Blocks 4 and 9.
Oil
OMAN
TotalEnergies announces the start of gas production from onshore Block 10 as well as an agreement with Oman LNG for a long-term LNG purchase contract.
Natural Gas/LNG
Papua New Guinea
TotalEnergies launches integrated engineering studies for the Papua LNG project.
United Arab Emirates
TotalEnergies acquires CEPSA’s upstream assets in Sarb Umm Lulu.
March
Oil
Natural Gas/LNG
IRAq
Agreement between Iraq and TotalEnergies confirming all the terms of the Development & Production Contract signed in 2021.
April
Strategy/Natural Gas
SURINAME
TotalEnergies increases its presence and signs Production Sharing Contracts for shallow offshore Blocks 6 and 8.
Nigeria
TotalEnergies renews the OML130 deep offshore license.
May
Brazil
TotalEnergies signs Production Sharing Contract for the Agua Marinha offshore Block.
ANGOLA
Agreement related to the future development of the Cameia and Golfinho fields, located on Block 20.
OIL
OIL
OIL
OIL
February
Mozambique LNG
TotalEnergies entrusts Jean-Christophe Rufin with an Independent Mission to Assess the Humanitarian Situation in Cabo Delgado Province.
Societal
DEnMARK
TotalEnergies obtains two CO2 storage licenses in the Danish North Sea.
Decarbonization
Papua New Guinea
TotalEnergies launches integrated engineering studies for the Papua LNG project.
United Arab Emirates
TotalEnergies acquires CEPSA’s upstream assets in Sarb Umm Lulu.
March
OIL
Natural Gas/LNG
IRAq
Agreement between Iraq and TotalEnergies confirming all the terms of the Development & Production Contract signed in 2021
April
Strategy/Natural Gas
Papua New Guinea
TotalEnergies launches integrated engineering studies for the Papua LNG project.
United Arab Emirates
TotalEnergies acquires CEPSA’s upstream assets in Sarb Umm Lulu.
March
Oil
Natural Gas/LNG
IRAq
Agreement between Iraq and TotalEnergies confirming all the terms of the Development & Production Contract signed in 2021.
April
Strategy/Natural Gas
SURINAME
TotalEnergies increases its presence and signs Production Sharing Contracts for shallow offshore Blocks 6 and 8.
Nigeria
TotalEnergies renews the OML130 deep offshore license.
May
ANGOLA
Agreement related to the future development of the Cameia and Golfinho fields, located on Block 20.
Brazil
TotalEnergies signs Production Sharing Contract for the Agua Marinha offshore block.
OIL
OIL
OIL
OIL
NIGeRIA
TotalEnergies announces the Ntokon oil and gas discovery on OML102 offshore.
Asia-Pacific
TotalEnergies partners with Petronas and Mitsui on a Carbon Storage hub in Malaysia.
June
oil
Decarbonization
July
Algeria
TotalEnergies strengthens its gas partnership with Sonatrach and extends it to renewables.
Azerbaidjan
TotalEnergies announces start of production in the Absheron gas field.
Natural Gas & Renewables
Natural Gas/LNG
NIGERIA
TotalEnergies announces the Ntokon oil and gas discovery on OML102 offshore.
Asia-Pacific
TotalEnergies partners with Petronas and Mitsui on a Carbon Storage hub in Malaysia.
June
oil
Decarbonization
July
Algeria
TotalEnergies strengthens its gas partnership with Sonatrach and extends it to renewables.
Azerbaijan
TotalEnergies announces start of production in the Absheron gas field.
Natural Gas & Renewables
Natural Gas/LNG
Norway
TotalEnergies acquires a 40% interest in a CO2 storage exploration license (the “Luna” project).
August
Azerbaijan
TotalEnergies sells a 15% interest in the Absheron gas field to ADNOC.
Strategy
AustraliA
TotalEnergies acquires a 26% interest in the Cash-Maple gas discoveries for the long-term supply of Ichthys LNG.
Natural Gas/LNG
Decarbonization
Angola
TotalEnergies sells a 40% interest in Block 20 to Petronas ahead of its development.
September
SURINAME
TotalEnergies announces an oil project of 200,000 b/d in Block 58 and launches development studies with the objective of sanctioning the project end 2024.
OIL
Oil
canada
TotalEnergies closes the sale of its 50% interest in Surmont to ConocoPhillips and sells the remainder of its Upstream Canadian assets to Suncor.
October
Strategy
Angola
TotalEnergies sells a 40% interest in Block 20 to Petronas ahead of its development.
September
SURINAME
TotalEnergies announces an oil project of 200,000 b/d in Block 58 and launches development studies with the objective of sanctioning the project end 2024.
Oil
Oil
canada
TotalEnergies closes the sale of its 50% interest in Surmont to ConocoPhillips and sells the remainder of its Upstream Canadian assets to Suncor.
October
Strategy
OMAN
TotalEnergies extends beyond 2024 its interest in Oman LNG, by ten years, and in Qalhat LNG, by five years.
November
Natural Gaz
December
SURINAME
TotalEnergies expands its presence with a new offshore exploration license on the Block 64.
OIL
NIGERIA
TotalEnergies reiterates its long-term commitment to Nigeria and supports the country in reducing methane emissions.
Decarbonization
canada
TotalEnergies closes the sale of its 50% interest in Surmont to ConocoPhillips and sells the remainder of its Upstream Canadian assets to Suncor.
October
Strategy
December
SURINAME
TotalEnergies expands its presence with a new offshore exploration license on the Block 64.
OIL
NIGERIA
TotalEnergies reiterates its long-term commitment to Nigeria and supports the country in reducing methane emissions.
Decarbonization
OMAN
TotalEnergies extends beyond 2024 its interest in Oman LNG, by ten years, and in Qalhat LNG, by five years.
November
Natural Gaz
ADJUSTED NET OPERATING INCOME FOR OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION OF 2.0 Mboe/d
E&P
Our 2023 Key Indicators
OF PROVED OIL AND GAS RESERVES
IN OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION
Upstream Oil and Gas
OPERATIONS IN
E&P in 2023
A Coherent Exploration Strategy that’s Paying Off
The strategy adopted by Exploration in recent years is now bearing fruit, with major discoveries in Suriname and Namibia in particular, opening up promising new horizons for E&P.
At Suriname’s Block 58, E&P is studying the development of an oil project with an eye toward its impact on jobs and the country’s economy, while mobilizing the best available technology to eliminate routine flaring and keep greenhouse gas emissions to a minimum.
In Namibia, work is still underway to assess the highly promising potential of Venus in Block 2913B, located in the Orange Basin.
The discovery of oil and gas in Nigeria’s Ntokon well, on OML102, near the Ofon facilities, is expected to help maximize production at our existing installations.
And off the coast of Cyprus, 2024 has brought confirmation of the lateral extension of the Cronos-1 gas discovery. Two previous discoveries, Calypso-1 and Zeus-1, were made in the same Block in 2018 and 2022.
Suriname
Namibia
Nigeria
Natural Gas, Fueling the Transition
As the world’s third largest supplier of LNG with a 12% market share and a global portfolio totaling some 50 million tons/year, TotalEnergies enjoys solid, diversified positions across the LNG value chain. The Company is working to boost its production and long-term purchases of LNG by half between now and 2030.
Multiple Gas Projects Ahead
Algeria
Algeria
In 2023, the Company solidified its partnership with Sonatrach by continuing to invest in the Tin Fouyé Tabankort II (TFTII) and Tin Fouyé Tabankort South (TFT South) fields, with the goal of increasing gas production at the two fields and extending the LNG delivery chain to France to enhance that country’s energy security. TotalEnergies will also be developing renewable projects in the country to bring solar power to hydrocarbon exploration and production sites.
Iraq
IRAq
In Iraq, E&P is pursuing the Company’s multi-energy strategy through its development of the Gas Growing Integrated Project (GGIP). The GGIP has four component projects: capturing value from the gas, developing the upstream Ratawi field (Phase 1 of which was sanctioned in 2023), constructing a seawater withdrawal and treatment plant and constructing a solar photovoltaic power plant.
Qatar
QATAR
Consistent with the Company’s goal of increasing the share of natural gas in its production mix to 40% by 2030, TotalEnergies has been chosen to partner with QatarEnergy on the North Field East (NFE) and North Field South (NFS) LNG projects. Those two projects will follow the most stringent standards for reducing their GHG emissions intensity: the native CO2 generated during treatment of the gas will be captured and sequestered, and the electric liquefaction trains will be connected to Qatar’s grid, which will gradually increase the share of renewable power it supplies.
United States
United States
TotalEnergies is poised to cement its status as the U.S.’s leading exporter of LNG, with annual production rising from 10 million to 15 million tons by 2030. That LNG is helping to secure Europe’s supply of natural gas while providing our Asian customers with an alternative to coal.
Australia
Australia
To secure additional resources for the future supply of the Ichthys LNG plant, in August 2023 the Company acquired a 26% interest in the Cash-Maple gas discoveries.
We are also pursuing our efforts to maintain our competitive advantage as a low-cost producer, maintain a high level of availability of our facilities and start our many projects on time and on budget.
To ensure profitable, resilient operations, E&P assesses capital projects based on an environment of $50/barrel and a CO2 price of $100/ton as of 2025, and focuses on projects with technical costs of less than $20/boe or where breakeven is less than $30/barrel and whose Scope 1+2 emissions intensity amounts to less than 18 kilograms CO2e/boe.
Furthermore, E&P continues to manage its portfolio assertively. That includes restructuring or disposing of our lowest-performing assets and accessing new low-cost and low-emission resources, through exploration, (with a drilling objective of 15 to 20 new wells each year), or the acquisition of previously discovered resources.
Continued demographic growth is driving energy demand up. To meet that, Exploration & Production is moving forward with new projects designed to maintain a reliable, more sustainable and more affordable supply of energy and create the best possible conditions for a just transition.
With nearly a dozen large-scale, low-cost products set to come on stream over the next five years, the Company expects to boost production of oil and gas (largely LNG) by 2% to 3% annually. At the same time, E&P will continue to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. New projects will avoid emissions more than ever before. On our existing facilities we will carry out projects to improve energy efficiency and reduce fuel gas consumption . Our focus will be on eliminated methane emissions, bringing routine flaring to an end, and capturing and storing the remaining emissions at site.
Producing More,
Producing Differently
The Tyra offshore gas field in Denmark testifies to our ability to upgrade our infrastructure to produce more, more responsibly. In 2017, when the installations had subsided more than five meters into the seabed, the decision was made to rebuild and modernize those facilities to ensure operational continuity and Safety at the field, which had been producing for more than forty years. The obsolete installations — comprising enough steel to build seven Eiffel Towers — have now been dismantled and 98.5% reused or recycled, with new platforms installed in their place. The new Tyra complex, recommissioned in March 2024, boasts the most advanced technology (particularly digital technology) in the world; as a result, it will produce more efficiently, with a greenhouse gas emissions reduction of 30% compared to the old installations.
Denmark: Tyra, a Responsible, Revitalizing Transformation on the Cutting Edge of Technology
Denmark, Tyra
Denmark, Tyra,
Developing new reserves responsibly: this is E&P’s ambition in Brazil.
For example, a Final Investment Decision (FID) was made in early 2023 to develop Lapa South-West, an operated field in the Santos pre-salt basin that represents a key growth area for the Company.
Sepetiba, the newly commissioned second FPSO at the Mero field, with a production capacity of 180 kboe/d, has been designed to eliminate routine flaring and thereby minimize greenhouse gas emissions, consistent with the Company’s strategy.
Brazil: An Exceptional Growth Driver
Brazil, FPSO Sepetiba
January 2023
July 2023 marked the start of production at Azerbaijan’s Absheron field. This will eventually produce 4 million cubic meters of gas and 12,000 barrels of condensate per day, all destined for the country’s domestic market. That’s enough to meet the country’s energy demand and make a positive contribution to the gas balance, which will benefit Europe as a whole.
A Successful Production Start-up in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, Absheron
Preserving and Restoring Nature Areas
TotalEnergies will not begin the voluntary offsetting of its residual Scope 1+2 emissions via NBS (Nature Based Solutions) carbon credits until 2030. In 2023, the Company continued to invest in forestry, regenerative agriculture and wetlands protection projects.
August 2023
Denmark offers ample potential for geological storage in the North Sea, as well as proximity to major industrial emitters in Central Europe, Germany, the Baltic region and Denmark itself. As a result, the country is a key location for the Company’s carbon capture and storage program.
To give one example, a 3D seismic survey was conducted in the summer of 2023 in the Bifrost production Block. Subject to further evaluation and appraisal work, Bifrost could eventually store more than 5 Mt CO2 a year starting in 2030.
Bifrost
En Route to Zero Methane and the Elimination of Routine Flaring
Brazil, Lapa
Exploration & Production aims to reduce routine flaring to less than 0.1 cubic meters per day by 2025 and to eliminate it completely by 2030; we’re also taking steps to eliminate methane emissions, targeting an 80% reduction from 2020 levels at our operated sites by 2030. That’s consistent with the pledge we made at COP28, when TotalEnergies signed the Oil and Gas Decarbonization Charter (OGDC).
The Company’s tangible commitment to zero methane has not gone unnoticed: TotalEnergies has been awarded Gold Standard 2.0 status by the International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO), part of the United Nations Environment Programme, in recognition of our 2023 action plan.
Among the Company’s major innovations in this area: the AUSEA (Airborne Ultralight Spectrometer for Environmental Application) drone, which detects and quantifies methane emissions under real-life conditions. Following a 2022 campaign deployed at all of our operated sites worldwide, the Company successfully carried out the AUSEA drone’s maiden flights in 2023 at non-operated sites in Qatar, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates and Azerbaijan, and we signed multiple agreements to provide the technology to our partner national oil companies.
In Pursuit of Zero-Carbon Growth
E&P is producing more but differently and mobilizing all its resources to help meet the Company’s goal of reducing Scope 1+2 emissions at our operated facilities by 40% from 2015 levels by 2030, slashing methane emissions by 80% from 2020 levels and eliminating routine flaring altogether.
Less Emissions:
The Road to Decarbonization
Culzean is a high-pressure, high-temperature (HP/HT) gas condensate field located in Block 22/25a in the North Sea. It’s also one of the Company’s most advanced digital offshore facilities, including a SMART (Support and Monitoring of Assets in Real Time) room designed to provide seamless communications among onshore support crews, SMART room staff and offshore operators to streamline operations.
In 2023 Culzean reduced its greenhouse gas emissions from flaring by about 40%, thanks to measures taken to reduce process leaks in the flaring system.
United Kingdom: Effective Maintenance
Taking Action to Combat Greenhouse Gases (GHGs)
Exploration & Production is investing in an array of carbon footprint reduction (CFR) projects, including more energy-efficient processes; reductions in flaring and methane emissions; electrification of our facilities using green power; and carbon capture and storage (CCS). Those investments bore fruit in 2023, yielding a reduction of more than 47% in methane emissions from 2020 levels and a 36% decrease in Scope 1+2 emissions from 2015 levels at E&P’s upstream operated sites.
USA, TEP Barnett
Innovating to Avoid and Reduce Emissions
Brazil
Uganda
Suriname
United States
Brazil
Brazil’s Mero 3 field will use high-pressure subsea separation technology to reinject gas directly into the reservoir. It’s a solution that will lessen GHG emissions intensity while increasing the field’s production capacity.
uganda
At the Tilenga project in Uganda, a plan for propane and butane extraction will enable the capture of about 83,000 tons of LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) each year, a portion of which will be set aside for local supply to reduce reliance on wood as the traditional cooking fuel. The project will reduce GHGs by approximately 30% over the field’s lifetime.
Suriname
Engineers at Suriname’s Block 58 will draw on the best available technology to reduce GHG emissions, particularly on combined-cycle gas turbines (CCGTs).
united states
Our TotalEnergies E&P USA Barnett affiliate is deploying new solutions for continuously monitoring and capping its methane emissions. To that end, the affiliate is electrifying its equipment, installing solar panels and relying on air compressors rather than their gas equivalents. Result: as much as 85% of methane emissions have been eliminated.
Target: Zero Routine Flaring
Denmark
Brazil
Angola
Nigeria
Denmark
Work was completed in 2023 to eliminate routine flaring at the Halfdan offshore field’s facilities; as a result, the field’s annual emissions have been reduced by around 14 kt CO2e/y.
NigEria
In 2023, E&P hailed the completion of its campaign to end routine flaring on OML100. In the process, TotalEnergies became the first company to discontinue routine flaring across all of its operations in Nigeria. More than 5 Mt CO2 will be avoided. TotalEnergies is also sharing our AUSEA technology with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), in support of the country’s decarbonization initiative.
Angola
In 2023, E&P approved the installation of a closed flaring system at Dalia, in Block 17, and continues to assess the feasibility of adopting that equipment at Pazflor and Girassol. A similar study is underway for Block 32. The use of closed flaring can prevent approximately 50 kt CO2e/y per FPSO.
Brazil
The Iara and Atapu fields have moved to zero flaring, substantially shrinking the carbon footprint of the P68 and P79 Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) units.
Norway, Northern Lights
To reduce residual Scope 1+2 emissions from our upstream oil and gas assets and downstream refinery infrastructure, the Company is developing industrial solutions for carbon capture and storage, or CCS. We are also investing in storage-as-a-service projects to store carbon for third parties.
Supporting Net Zero with CCS
Northern Lights
NEP
Aramis
Luna
NEP
The Northern Endurance Partnership project, set to launch in 2028 in the east of England, is expected to generate carbon storage capacity of 4 million tons per year. Ultimately the project aims to boost that capacity to 10 million tons. The initial beneficiaries will be carbon-emitting companies in the UK.
Aramis
The Aramis project in the Netherlands will offer significant CO2 storage capability and help reduce emissions from the steel, chemical, cement, refining and waste incineration industries, among others. The project’s initial phase will get underway in 2029, with a goal of storing 2.5 Mt CO2 per year in depleted gas fields. That storage capacity could grow to as much as 5.5 Mt CO2 annually in subsequent years.
Northern Lights
Phase 1 of the Northern Lights project in Norway will provide storage for 1.5 Mt CO2 a year (including carbon generated in the Netherlands) beginning in 2025. As part of the project’s Phase 2, that storage capacity could grow to 5 Mt CO2 a year by 2028.
Luna
From its location near Northern Lights, Norway’s Luna project — in which TotalEnergies acquired a 40% stake in 2023 — is solidifying its regional position. Luna’s annual storage capacity could total in excess of 5 Mt CO2 by 2030.
United by Strong Values
Ensuring our Company makes strides on Diversity and Inclusion does more than simply help us attract and develop talented employees; it’s also a very powerful driver of performance.
So, TotalEnergies has set a number of targets for 2025. The Company aims to have women in 30% of upper management and senior executive positions, and non-French nationals making up 40% of our top managers and 45% of senior executives.
We also conduct training and coaching programs in support of career development and employee well-being.
Contributing to Local Societal Development
One of E&P’s commitments is to share value with our local stakeholders and contribute to sustainable growth in each country by promoting local content and building long-term local supply chains. To fulfill that commitment, E&P is keen to act as a responsible employer and operator. That involves ensuring everyone’s Safety. The Road Safety Education for the Next Generation program, now introduced in multiple countries, is part of that pledge.
A total of 80% of E&P employees responded to the 2023 TotalEnergies Pulse Survey, a significant participation rate for helping us understand workforce needs, integrate new employees and ensure a balanced transformation.
The survey assesses employee engagement and well-being; E&P received a score of 83% (an improvement over 2022 and 2019).
The Pulse Survey: A Motivated Workforce
2019
Engagement Score (%)
80
80
83
2022
2023
Exploration & Production hosted its first Sustainab’ALL Day on October 6, 2023. The event is designed to rally the workforce behind 10 objectives and indicators aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — on climate and sustainable energy, employee well-being, environmental protection and positive impacts on stakeholders — and gave employees an opportunity to describe the actions undertaken at their site. Our affiliate in Nigeria, for example, explained its plastics recycling program, while teams in the United Arab Emirates mobilized to collect and clean up waste materials on the beach. The workforce in Suriname presented a signed Biodiversity Action Plan aimed at preserving local flora and fauna, while in Uganda, employees devoted the day to planting trees.
Sustainab’ALL: Creating Ambassadors for Sustainable Development
Preserving Biodiversity
In all of our operations, E&P deploys tailored, tangible solutions for developing energy resources while reducing the impact on biodiversity. We define biodiversity action plans for every project and site.
For fields nearing the end of their life, it is essential to anticipate and reduce the cost of decommissioning the facilities and, above all, limit the environmental impact of those operations, especially on biodiversity. That task has been entrusted to the Site End-of-Life Management, or SELMA, project team in our R&D division.
In 2021, the SELMA team partnered with several universities to conduct a pilot project in Qatar. They studied the marine biodiversity that had sprung up around the offshore facilities in the Al Khalij field to determine how the infrastructure could be decommissioned at the end of its life without damaging the surrounding marine ecosystems.
Qatar: Safeguarding Marine Ecosystems
Uganda, Tilenga
Uganda, Tilenga
In Uganda and Tanzania, where E&P is conducting the Tilenga-EACOP project, concrete measures for reducing the environmental and visual impact of our operations have been integral to the project’s design. We have enlisted a host of scientific partners, NGOs and local communities to restore forest continuity by planting 140,000 trees across 350 hectares of land in the Bugoma-Budongo forest corridor, a natural chimpanzee habitat.
Uganda and Tanzania: Biodiversity, a Critical Concern
Namibians have very high expectations about how our operations might boost the economy, especially employment. But the affiliate’s desire to see Namibia reap greater rewards from its operations in the country, and even from a single exploration campaign, goes beyond direct job creation. For example, an airline service to the previously inaccessible region of southeast Namibia and a policy of supplying only locally sourced fish to our offshore facilities both came at TotalEnergies’ initiative. Environmental and anthropological studies will also be conducted in the country to gain greater insight into the setting for any potential project.
Namibia: TotalEnergies as a Responsible Partner
Laurent Roché
Managing Director and Country Chair, TotalEnergies E&P Namibia
Since we’re potentially now embarking on a long-term oil venture in Namibia, we have a fantastic opportunity to get off on the right foot by bringing in local stakeholders from the outset.
Namibia
Producing Responsibly, a Collective Ambition
In implementing its strategy, the Company draws on the values defined in our Code of Conduct. Our actions are directly inspired by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and by our four pillars: climate and sustainable energy, care for the environment, acting for the well-being of employees and sharing value with stakeholders.
Exploration & Production is wholly aligned with this policy, with business principles founded on clear commitments: showing respect for the environment by maintaining biodiversity, providing for zero net deforestation on all our new projects, doubling the circularity of our business operations by 2030, supporting and contributing to employee development by promoting Diversity and Inclusion, sharing created value with our stakeholders and combating corruption and fraud.
Always More Sustainable:
Our Ambition to Produce Differently
Netherlands, L7
Those principles are reflected in concrete actions in the field, such as our decommissioning of the L7 field in the Netherlands: 97% of the materials have been recycled and a portion of the infrastructure has been repurposed for the Aramis carbon capture and storage project.
Netherlands: Decommissioning of the L7 Field
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