Ministry of Petroleum Hosts Workshop with SLB to Tackle Methane Emissions in Energy Sector

Ministry of Petroleum Hosts Workshop with SLB to Tackle Methane Emissions in Energy Sector

Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources’ First Undersecretary for Energy Efficiency and Climate & Safety Alaa El Bata opened a workshop organized by SLB company under the title “Carbon Reduction and Limiting Methane Emissions among the Petroleum Sector” in participation of representatives from the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources’ (MoPMR) international partners.

During the opening speech, El Batal pointed out that creating an attractive investment environment, while maintaining safety, energy efficiency and reducing emissions is one of the main pillars of the MoPMR, explaining that the sector continues to work on implementing projects to reduce emissions and improve energy efficiency in cooperation with partners, in order to apply the best practices, innovative methods and modern digital solutions in this field.

During the workshop, SLB representatives reviewed modern technologies in the fields of measuring and reducing methane emissions, in addition to the company’s digital platform that works to integrate emissions data from multiple sources and contributes to identifying available opportunities to implement projects to reduce emissions.

At the conclusion of the workshop, and in light of the most important points that were reviewed, it was agreed to continue joint cooperation towards implementing the recommendations, selecting the best areas, and preparing an action plan to begin directly implementing solutions and projects with technical and economic feasibility to reduce emissions.

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Fatma Ahmed is a staff writer with six years’ experience in Journalism. She is working in the field of oil and gas for four years. She also worked in the field of economic journalism for 2 years. Fatma has a Bachelor Degree in Mass Communication.

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