Petrobras reports 41% slash in CO2 emissions 2015–23
Petrobras has reported a 41 percent reduction in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions between 2015 and 2023. The data were released Tuesday (Apr. 30).The result was “exceptional,” said the oil giant’s Energy Transition and Sustainability Director Maurício Tolmasquim. In last year’s report, the reduction in absolute operational emissions reached 39 percent from 2015 to 2022.In an exclusive interview with Agência Brasil, Tolmasquim said the result means that Petrobras produced the same amount of gas and oil while emitting less CO2, even with new platforms coming into operation in 2023. This was also the best performance in the company’s history for reduced emissions.The publication also reveals that methane emissions—the second of the three gases that aggravate the greenhouse effect—were sla...