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Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from our operations
In 2008, our direct GHG emissions from our equity operations were 131 million metric tons, which is a reduction of about 10 million metric tons from 2007. Over 2 million metric tons of this change were due to reduction actions taken in 2008, including reduced hydrocarbon flaring in Nigeria. The remainder was due to normal variations in our operations and improved GHG emissions measurement at some of our facilities.
In 2008, our operations consumed approximately 1.5 billion gigajoules of energy.
With cogeneration, we can produce electricity to power our operations while also capturing heat to make steam to transform raw materials into consumer products.
We continue to implement procedures and projects to improve operations reliability and thereby reduce the flaring associated with unexpected operating events and equipment maintenance.
ExxonMobil is a leader in the development and use of component technologies essential for carbon capture and storage (CCS), which we have focused on in our oil and gas operations for many years.
We're working with others to develop next-generation technology for gasification.
We are investing more than $100 million in a test facility to develop carbon capture and storage.
