NOVATEK´s greenhouse gas emissions per barrel of production is already among the lowest globally.
Moscow, January 12 - Neftegaz.RU. NOVATEK and NLMK Group signed a Memorandum on Cooperation (MOU) to cooperate in areas to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions.
According to the MOU, the Parties intend to cooperate in carbon capture, utilization and storage solutions, hydrogen production technologies and the use of
hydrogen as a clean-burning fuel, as well as develop new products to be used in low-carbon technologies.
Leonid
Mikhelson, NOVATEK’s Chairman of the Management Board noted:
- NLMK is one of the largest industrial consumers of our natural gas;
- expanding our joint activities with our customers and suppliers in reducing our carbon footprint is of strategic importance to us;
- we are undertaking further work to develop low-carbon technologies in Russia to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to achieving the global emission goals as outlined in the Paris Climate Agreement.
The present level of
NOVATEK´s greenhouse gas emissions per
barrel of production is already among the lowest globally due to the use of state-of-the-art technologies and a high share of natural gas in the company's hydrocarbon production.
The company's Strategy considers the increasing role of LNG in the future global energy mix by replacing other types of fossil fuels (
coal, fuel oil and diesel), which reduces greenhouse gas and air pollutants emissions.
