Detection and quantification of gas leakage by infrared technology: This article aim to present thetechnology for detection and quantification of fugitive gas emissions in deep offshore activities of TOTALE&P Angola(hereafter mentioned as"Company").Company has been operating in Angola for more than 60 years,totally committed to the environmentalsustainability through full compliance to the local regulation,Company standards,and best oilfieldenvironmental practices.Fugitive emissions represent a general set of emission from industrial sources that cannot be connectedthrough controlled means to a definitive emission point.These normally and relatively small and hard-to-detect emissions from valve packing,pump seal,compressor seals and piping connections occur as partof normal industrial operations.They are characterized by a diffused release of VOC(Volatile OrganicCompounds: methane,ethane,methanol,etc)or other pollutants into the atmosphere.Methane's global warming potential is higher than carbon dioxide.Methane emissions in Company'soperated scope stood at 2.3 Mt CO2-eq in 2015 and nearly half or 1.1 Mt CO2-eq were specifically relatedto gas production.In all,they account for less than 0.5% of Company's marketed operated production;therefore improving methane measurement and mitigating these emissions are part of climate changestrategy of the Company.Reducing oil and gas methane emissions is an essential,low-cost strategy for slowing the accelerated paceof today's Global Warming.It is a major opportunity for climate progress that cannot be missed.This is whyall efforts were centered to join the Climate and Clean air Coalition(CCAC)Oil & Gas Methane Partnership,important step to understand the scope of the company methane emissions.The CCAC Partnership providescompanies with a credible mechanism to systematically address their methane emissions and demonstratethis systematic approach to stakeholders.
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