Italian energy group Eni and Algeria’s state-owned SONATRACH have expanded their partnership to accelerate greenhouse gas reductions.
The companies signed a new Memorandum of Intent to broaden operational decarbonization across Algeria’s vital oil and gas sector.
Under the agreement, the alliance will extend methane abatement strategies and integrate forestry-based natural carbon removal projects nationwide.
This pact deepens a framework established in 2023 that targeted gas flaring, upstream efficiency, and carbon capture technology deployment.
Field efforts have already inspected 800 kilometers of energy pipelines and monitored approximately 7,500 potentially vulnerable leak sites.
Leak Detection and Repair operations now run routinely across all joint ventures managed together by Eni and SONATRACH.
The companies completed comprehensive baseline emissions assessments across six key upstream extraction assets to track future progress precisely.
The expanded initiative aims to align regional energy infrastructure with rigorous international methane measurement and abatement standards.
Strengthening methane controls remains crucial as global capital markets increasingly demand verifiable environmental performance data from producers.
Eni, operating in North Africa since 1981, produced nearly 132,000 barrels of oil equivalent daily within Algeria last year.
Algeria continues balancing heavy global hydrocarbon demand with rising international pressure to curb the sector’s operational carbon footprint.