News from Angola – The National Fuel Society of Angola (Sonangol) becomes the first African oil producer to join the “Aiming for Zero Methane”.
This is an initiative launched by the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) with the aim of encouraging the oil and gas industry to reduce methane emissions to close to zero.
According to a press release that Notícias de Angola had access to today, from the national oil company, it points out as one of the largest oil producers on the continent, it joins around 100 companies that have committed to doing everything to achieve, by 2030, almost zero methane emissions from operated oil and gas installations.
Reducing methane gas emissions into the environment is extremely important for meeting the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement and is a top priority for the OGCI, which launched the
initiative in 2022.
The goal of reducing emissions to close to zero also meets the essence of the Oil and Gas Decarbonization Charter, an agreement signed at the end of last year at COP28 in
Dubai.
Sonangol is an Angolan state-owned oil company, responsible for the administration and exploration of oil and natural gas in Angola.
The group has several subsidiaries, which normally have Sonangol itself as its main client.