Reducing Our Carbon Footprint

Our offshore platforms as well as St Fergus Gas Terminal and Lindsey Oil Refinery (LOR) are regulated under the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme. Under the scheme all of our CO2 emissions data must be independently verified each year by an accredited external verifier.

Managing our energy production and use is key to reducing our environmental emissions. In 2010, Total E&P UK (TEP UK) completed a series of energy efficiency assessments for all onshore and offshore installations, with the final assessment performed on our Dunbar platform. During 2010, the challenge for TEP UK was to plan for the execution of improvements identified in these assessments.

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Assisting our Customers with Energy Efficiency

Total Gas & Power installed a further 6,140 automated meter reading (AMR) technology units. AMR provides customers with highly accurate information about how they use their energy, enabling them to control consumption more effectively and so save money and lower their carbon emissions. It also contributes to greatly improved billing accuracy and fewer estimated bills. Total Gas & Power’s energy services business was set up to help both existing and new electricity and gas customers reduce consumption and hence consequential emissions by using AMR and voltage correction technologies.

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Monitoring Energy Use

Total Petrochemicals regularly monitors the exhaust from boilers used in the production of polystyrene so that air emissions can be accurately controlled. Whilst these boilers are capable of being run on diesel fuel, they burn natural gas in preference. Natural gas is one of the cleanest sources of combustion energy. The company continually monitors energy use in its production process so that targets for improvement can be identified and plans for action drawn up.

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Harnessing New Energy Resources            

Total is a partner in Scotrenewables Tidal Power which has designed a tidal powered generator with a 250 kW capacity. The generator is tethered and allowed to swing around on its moorings, enabling it to operate at maximum efficiency 24 hours a day throughout the tidal sequence. It is 30 metres long, weighs 80 tonnes and power is generated via two rotors fitted at the end of arms, on either side of the hull, which are turned as the tide comes both in and out.

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