GHG Emission

The total greenhouse gas emissions  has increased by 5.2%, although two reductions of 7% were registered in both 2008 and 2009.
The increase of almost 3mmtonnes of CO2eq is for a 50% determined by the increase of E&P activities (the addition of 1.5% mnl ton CO2 eq is due to both the production increase and the gas vented temporary increase in Ecuador related to technical issue) and for a 40% by the increase of electrical energy production (+ 1.2 mmtonnes CO2 eq) connected to the operation of full capacity of the new production plants (+ 7% of production). The key emission indexes – flaring and venting GHG emission for E&P ktep produced, for kWheq produced within the electrical sector and based on the complexity of refining sector – either remain stable or improve attesting the efficiency of the applied technologies.