Hydrocarbon flaring Millions of metric tons
Emissions reduction
Energy efficiency In 2015, energy used in our operations totaled 1.7 billion gigajoules. Energy consumed in our operations generates more than 80 percent of our direct greenhouse gas emissions and is one of our largest operating costs. As such, we have focused on energy efficiency for several decades. Since 2000, we have used our Global Energy Management System in the Downstream and Chemical businesses, and our Production Operations Energy Management System in our Upstream businesses to identify and act on energy savings opportunities. Through our commitment to energy efficiency, application of structured processes and continued use of a bottom-up approach, we continue to yield industry-leading results. For example, in the 2010, 2012 and 2014 Refining Industry Surveys, 3 ExxonMobil’s global refining operations achieved first quartile energy efficiency performance. Flaring In 2015, flaring volume from our combined Upstream, Downstream and Chemical operations totaled 5.3 million metric tons. This represents an increase of 0.8 million metric tons compared with our 2014 performance. The increase in flaring in 2015 was primarily due to operations in Angola, where a third-party-operated liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant was not operating. These increases were partially offset by flaring reductions resulting from the completion of commissioning work at our Papua New Guinea LNG plant and operational improvements at the Usan production field in Nigeria. ExxonMobil is a charter member of the Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership . In addition, we put in place our own parameters, the Upstream Flaring and Venting Reduction Environmental Standard for Projects , in 2005. Accordingly, our goal is to responsibly avoid routine flaring in new Upstream projects and reduce “legacy” flaring in our existing operations.
2006
8.2
2007
8.0
2008
5.7
2009
4.4
>$400 Million invested over the past 15 years at our refining facilities around the world to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
>$3.8 Billion invested since 2000 at our Upstream facilities around the world on emission reduction efforts, including energy efficiency and flare mitigation
2010
3.6
2011
4.1
2012
3.6
2013
3.7
2014
4.5
2015
5.3
Upstream Downstream Chemical
In 2015, flaring volume from our combined Upstream, Downstream and Chemical operations totaled 5.3 million metric tons. This represents an increase of 0.8 million metric tons compared with our 2014 performance.
For example, our joint venture operations in Qatar have recently begun using a jetty boil-off gas (JBOG) recovery facility to recover the natural gas that was previously flared during LNG vessel loading at the marine berths located at the Ras Laffan Port. Approximately 1 percent of the LNG loaded onto the ships evaporates due to the difference in temperature between the LNG and the ship tank. The JBOG recovery facility collects the boil-off gas and returns it to the LNG plants to be used as fuel or converted back into LNG. During one year of operation, the JBOG facility has recovered more than 500,000 metric tons of gas and reduced LNG vessel loading- related flaring by around 90 percent.
>$200 Million in capital expenditures at global Chemical facilities since 2004 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions >$2 Billion in support of Upstream and Downstream cogeneration facilities since 2001 to more efficiently produce electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions
3 The Solomon Survey provides a global benchmarking assessment of the refining industry and is conducted every two years.
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