REG-TotalEnergies SE United States: TotalEnergies and Qnergy Deploy an Innovative Technology to Reduce Methane Emissions on the Barnett Field

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11/10/2021 07:50

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United States: TotalEnergies and Qnergy Deploy an Innovative Technology to
Reduce Methane Emissions on the Barnett Field

 

As part of its effort for continuous progress and sustainable development,
TotalEnergies (Paris:TTE) (LSE:TTE) (NYSE:TTE) announces deployment of an
innovative technology developed by Qnergy, to significantly reduce methane
emissions related to its operations on the Barnett gas field in the United
States.

An innovative and efficient technology

The solution proposed by Qnergy uses a technology allowing to convert methane
powered instrumentation to compressed air powered instrumentation, thus
eliminating the release of methane to the atmosphere during the process.

During a successful pilot project at the Barnett site in March 2021,
Qnergy’s technology proved to be reliable, simple to install and easy to
operate, allowing to eliminate up to 98% of the methane venting emissions
related to instruments using natural gas.

Following successful additional tests, TotalEnergies has decided to install
this new technology by deploying 100 units on the Barnett field in 2021 and
2022. The deployment of 300 additional units throughout the field will reduce
methane venting emissions from pneumatic devices by approximately 7,000 tons a
year by end 2024.

From now on, new developments on the Barnett field and across the Company will
be designed without instruments using natural gas.

“To fully play its role in the energy transition, notably as a substitute
for coal, the integrated natural gas chain must limit its methane emissions as
much as possible. We have successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of
Qnergy’s technology on the Barnett field. By immediately deploying this
technology on our US onshore operations, we are actively demonstrating our
commitment to reducing our own methane emissions by 20% between 2020 and
2025,” said Carole Le Gall, Senior Vice President Sustainability &
Climate at TotalEnergies.

Ory Zik, CEO of Qnergy, declared: “We are thrilled to support
TotalEnergies’ global effort to eliminate methane emissions from the natural
gas supply chain. This 100-unit deployment is one of the largest projects in
the pneumatic devices sector. It marks the beginning of a new scale of
emission mitigation across this sector.”

Reducing methane emissions is a priority for TotalEnergies

TotalEnergies’ performance in reducing methane emissions is one of the best
in the industry. The company has cut its emissions by close to 50% since 2010,
through actions focused on different sources – such as flaring, venting and
fugitive emissions – and by complying with stringent design standards for
new projects to ensure that methane emissions are close to zero. The Company
has already reduced routine flaring by more than 90% since 2010 and has
pledged to eliminate the practice by 2030.

TotalEnergies’ achieved to lower the methane emissions intensity of its
operated gas facilities to below 0.1% in 2020. The Company has now set an
objective of a further 20% reduction of absolute methane emissions from its
operated oil and gas assets in 2025 compared to 2020.

In November 2020, TotalEnergies signed onto a second phase of the United
Nations Environment Programme’s Oil and Gas Methane Partnership (OGMP 2.0),
supporting a broader, more ambitious reporting framework extended to cover the
entire gas value chain and non-operated assets. The Company is also a
signatory of the Methane Guiding Principles.

TotalEnergies is a founding member of the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative
(OGCI), a $1 billion climate fund that has also invested in Qnergy.

About TotalEnergies

TotalEnergies is a broad energy company that produces and markets energies on
a global scale : oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables and
electricity. Our 105,000 employees are committed to energy that is ever more
affordable, clean, reliable and accessible to as many people as possible.
Active in more than 130 countries, TotalEnergies puts sustainable development
in all its dimensions at the heart of its projects and operations to
contribute to the well-being of people.

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About Qnergy

Qnergy provides power solutions that work reliably with a broad range of heat
sources including raw natural gas and biogas. Qnergy’s Stirling engines are
enclosed, frictionless external combustion systems that require no
lubrication, oil-change or repair and are capable of delivering tens of
thousands of hours of uninterrupted operation. Qnergy leverages it’s
reliable off-grid power to drive air compressors that help the natural gas
industry eliminate methane emission from pneumatic devices

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