Environmental data

Environmental performance data

 

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

[A]

Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) comprise carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulphur hexafluoride and nitrogen trifluoride. The data are calculated using locally regulated methods where they exist. Where there is no locally regulated method, the data are calculated using the 2009 API Compendium, which is the recognised industry standard under the GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard. There are inherent limitations to the accuracy of such data. Oil and gas industry guidelines (IPIECA/API/IOGP) indicate that several sources of uncertainty can contribute to the overall uncertainty of a corporate emissions inventory. We have estimated the overall uncertainty of our direct GHG emissions to be around 2%. 2015-2018 emissions are calculated using Global Warming Potential factors from the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report. Data for prior years were calculated using Global Warming Potential factors from the IPCC’s Second Assessment Report.

[B]

These emissions were calculated using the market-based method in line with the GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard.

[C]

The term upstream in this context includes assets and activities from our Upstream and Integrated Gas businesses.

[D]

Nigeria includes SPDC onshore operations (0.5 million tonnes flared in 2018) and SNEPCo offshore operations (0.3 million tonnes flared in 2018).

[E]

Flaring from the Majnoon field in Iraq and from Malaysia amounted to 0.4 and 0.1 million tonnes of hydrocarbons respectively in 2018.

[F]

Methodology was updated in 2012. Data for prior years are not directly comparable.

[G]

Data are indexed to 2002, based on Solomon Associates Energy Intensity Index 2006 methodology.

[H]

All spill volumes and numbers are for spills of more than 100 kilograms. Due to the rounding of numbers, spill volumes for Nigeria and the rest of the world might not add up to the exact total volume of spills.

[I]

As of the end of March 2019, there was 1 spill under investigation in Nigeria that may result in adjustments.

[J]

All sabotage- and theft-related spills have occurred in Nigeria except in 2016 (0.001 thousand tonnes) and 2015 (0.005 thousand tonnes).

[K]

Nigeria includes SPDC onshore operations and SNEPCo offshore operations. A single spill at the Bonga field offshore Nigeria amounted to 4.8 thousand tonnes in 2011.

[L]

Nigeria includes SPDC onshore operations (15 operational spills in 2018) and SNEPCo offshore operations (0 operational spills in 2018).

[M]

2017 data reflect 4 spills caused by Hurricane Harvey in the USA.

[N]

Freshwater figures do not include once-through cooling water.

[O]

In 2018, we sent waste off-site for recycling or reuse, or sold around 400 thousand tonnes of material that would otherwise have been disposed of as waste.

n/c = not calculated.

Greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Carbon Footprint (gCO2e/MJ)

79

79

79

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Direct total GHGs (million tonnes CO2 equivalent) [A]

71

73

70

72

76

73

72

74

76

69

Carbon dioxide (CO2) (million tonnes)

68

70

67

68

73

71

69

71

72

66

Methane (CH4) (thousand tonnes)

92

123

138

132

126

120

93

133

128

127

Nitrous oxide (N2O) (thousand tonnes)

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) (tonnes)

31

23

21

18

16

17

23

22

23

25

Energy indirect total GHGs (million tonnes CO2 equivalent) [B]

11

12

11

9

10

10

9

10

9

9

GHG emissions associated with exported energy (subset of direct GHGs)

3

3

3

2

3

 

 

 

 

 

Flaring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flaring (upstream) (million tonnes CO2 equivalent) [C]

5.2

8.2

7.6

11.8

13.0

7.4

7.7

10.0

10.4

7.8

Flaring (upstream) (million tonnes hydrocarbon flared) [C]

1.5

2.5

2.3

3.5

3.8

2.1

2.3

3.4

3.6

2.6

Nigeria [D]

0.6

0.8

0.5

0.9

1.3

1.1

1.5

2.0

2.4

1.9

Rest of the world [E]

1.0

1.7

1.8

2.6

2.5

1.0

0.8

1.4

1.2

0.7

Energy intensity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Upstream excl. oil sands, LNG and GTL (gigajoules per tonne production) [C], [F]

1.06

1.05

1.02

0.83

0.87

0.89

0.83

0.75

0.74

0.76

Refineries: Refinery Energy Index [G]

94.3

94.8

95.4

95.4

94.9

95.6

98.4

100.8

101.8

102.2

Chemical plants: Chemicals Energy Index

88.5

88.2

91.0

91.6

90.3

89.8

91.7

90.8

89.3

92.0

Acid gases and VOCs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sulphur oxides (SOx) (thousand tonnes SO2)

69

81

83

88

97

99

113

136

139

141

Nitrogen oxides (NOx) (thousand tonnes NO2)

111

107

122

104

146

156

147

146

159

142

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) (thousand tonnes)

59

95

146

125

151

89

89

129

147

126

Ozone-depleting emissions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CFCs/halons/trichloroethane (tonnes)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.4

Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) (tonnes)

9

7

8

8

6

8

8

12

21

24

Spills and discharges [H] [I]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sabotage spills – volume (thousand tonnes) [J]

1.6

1.4

3.9

2.3

2.7

2.2

3.3

1.6

3.0

14.0

Sabotage spills – number [J]

111

62

49

95

139

157

137

118

112

95

Operational spills – volume (thousand tonnes)

0.8

0.4

0.8

0.8

0.7

0.9

2.1

6.0

2.9

1.4

Nigeria [K]

0.4

0.1

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.2

5.3

0.7

0.3

Rest of the world

0.4

0.3

0.5

0.7

0.4

0.5

1.9

0.7

2.2

1.1

Operational spills – number

92

104

72

108

153

174

207

211

195

275

Nigeria [L]

15

10

8

16

38

31

37

64

32

37

Rest of the world

77

94

64

92

115

143

170

147

163

238

Hurricane spills – volume (thousand tonnes) [M]

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Oil in effluents to surface environment (thousand tonnes)

1.4

1.2

1.0

1.0

0.9

1.0

1.0

1.3

1.6

1.5

Water [N]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fresh water withdrawn (million cubic metres)

199

201

195

186

199

198

203

209

202

198

Fresh water consumed (million cubic metres)

147

150

152

141

165

n/c

n/c

n/c

n/c

n/c

Waste disposal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hazardous (thousand tonnes)

592

638

658

455

529

770

820

740

1,048

962

Non-hazardous (thousand tonnes)

1,407

1,382

1,491

1,680

1,674

2,065

2,295

1,850

1,079

1,139

Total waste (thousand tonnes) [O]

1,999

2,020

2,148

2,135

2,203

2,835

3,115

2,590

2,127

2,101