In 2000 Total Exploration & Production decided to eliminate routine flaring (1) of gas in all new projects. The gas is either used wherever possible or reinjected into the field. It also limits flaring as much as possible at existing facilities. These measures reflect the commitments made under the Global Gas Flaring Reduction Public-Private Partnership (2).

On the offshore Amenam/Kpono field , the 15 million cubic meters a day of associated gas is reinjected. Most of the gas feeds the Bonny liquefaction plant in Port Harcourt, like the associated gas produced from the Ofon and Odudu fields near Amenam. The development plan eliminates emissions of 15 million metric tons of CO2 a year by not flaring gas.

Associated gas flaring accounted for 23% of the Group's greenhouse gas emissions in 2005. Despite significantly higher production, the amounts of gas flared in Total-operated facilities declined by 40% between 1998 and 2005.

Furthermore, the Group announced in December 2006 that it will redure gas flaring by 50% by 2012, for an overall reduction of 70% since 1998.

Bonny liquefaction plant

(1) Flaring of associated natural gas during oil production
(2) Launched by the World Bank in 2001.