PREMIUM TIMES investigates TotalEnergies’ ‘zero routine flaring’ claim
An analysis of data from the Nigerian Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency’s Gas Flare Tracker, which uses satellite observations of flare activity was able to capture gas flaring from TotalEnergies two assets; OML 58 and 130 deepwaters asset.
Visible flare activity remains around OML 58 after the company declared that routine flaring had ended across its Nigerian operations.
On 22 July, the newspaper sent the company in Nigeria and its headquarters in France a detailed enquiry asking it to identify the exact date routine flaring ceased at OML 58; explain the flare activity observed during the newspaper’s to local communities in Nigeria; state whether the company had investigated residents’ claims; and clarify whether the observed flaring was classified as routine, non-routine, emergency or safety-related.
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