5.3.2Environment


Emissions & Energy

Year to Year

2018 – Regional Breakdown

2018

2017

Brazil

Angola

North America & Equatorial Guinea

Asia

Number of offshore units (vessels)

13

14

7

3

2

1

SBM Offshore Production

Hydrocarbon Production (tonnes)

52,207,616

55,914,824

41,000,528

9,233,984

1,929,401

43,702

Energy Consumption

Offshore Energy Consumption – Scope 1 in GJ1

57,993,254

62,746,663

39,316,180

14,907,625

3,717,660

51,789

Offshore Energy consumption per production2

1.11

1.12

0.96

1.61

1.93

1.19

Onshore Energy Consumption – Scope 1 + Scope 2 in GJ1

40,538

34,397

Total Energy Consumption – Scope 1 + Scope 2 in GJ 3

58,033,793

62,781,060

Emissions – Offshore

GHG Scope 1

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) in tonnes

4,764,227

5,193,405

2,634,046

1,874,043

252,481

3,658

Methane (CH₄) in tonnes

10,132

11,917

2,736

7,012

383

0.02

Nitrous oxide (N₂O) in tonnes

295

314

184

93

17

0.25

Volume of GHG 4

5,105,292

5,584,850

2,757,337

2,077,107

267,115

3,734

GHG per production offshore – Scope 1 5

97.79

99.88

67.25

224.94

138.44

85.44

Flaring

Total Gas Flared per production6

9.81

10.92

2.84

40.90

9.46

-

Gas Flared on SBM Offshore account per production6

3.70

5.68

2.62

8.56

3.56

-

Proportion of Gas Flared on
SBM Offshore account

38%

52%

92%

21%

38%

n.a.

Other/Air Pollution – Non Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Carbon monoxide (CO) in tonnes

6,491

7,220

2,925

3,257

309

0.88

Nitrogen oxides (NOx)

7,184

7,578

4,719

2,030

428

6.76

Sulphur dioxides (SO₂)

1,448

7,735

49

44

1,350

4.57

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

1,068

1,268

262

766

39

0.12
  • 1 GJ = gigajoule
  • 2 gigajoule of energy per tonnes of hydrocarbon production
  • 3 GJ = gigajoule, energy from fuel gas and marine gas oil
  • 4 GHG = Greenhouse Gas Emissions; in tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
  • 5 tonnes of Greenhouse Gas Emissions per thousand tonnes of hydrocarbon production
  • 6 tonnes of gas flared per thousand tonnes of hydrocarbon production


Emissions & Energy (continued)

Year to Year

2018 – Regional Breakdown

2018

2017

Brazil

Angola

North America & Equatorial Guinea

Asia

Europe

GHG – Scope 1 (from buildings)

Onshore Scope 1 energy consumption1

988,918

827,221

148,353

n.a.2

03

03

840,565

Onshore Scope 1 emissions4

194

190

3

n.a.2

03

03

191

GHG – Scope 2 (from buildings)

Onshore Scope 2 energy consumption5

10,271,774

8,727,549

1,231,097

n.a.2

4,270,089

611,783

4,158,805

Onshore Scope 2 emissions4

3,880

3,608

121

n.a.2

2,584

411

765

GHG – Scope 3 (from air travel)

Air travel emissions

17,529

12,343

Emissions Total (Onshore + Offshore)

Total Scope 1 Emissions4

5,105,486

5,585,040

2,757,340

2,077,107

267,115

3,734

191

Total Scope 2 Emissions4

3,880

3,608

121

n.a.2

2,584

411

765

Total Scope 3 Emissions4

17,529

12,343

3,822

n.a.2

2,665

679

10,363

Total Emissions (Scope 1 + Scope 2 + Scope 3) 4

5,126,895

5,600,992

2,761,283

2,077,107

272,364

4,824

11,319
  • 1 kWh, energy from fuel
  • 2 Data not available because Angola shorebase is not in scope. See section 5.2.2. for details.
  • 3 The data represents the office and not the shorebase as it is out of scope. See section 5.2.2. for details.
  • 4 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
  • 5 kWh, energy from purchased electricity


Discharges

Year to Year

2018 – Regional Breakdown

2018

2017

Brazil

Angola

North America & Equatorial Guinea

Asia

Number of offshore units (vessels)

13

14

7

3

2

1

Discharges

Quantity of oil in produced water discharges in tonnes per million tonnes of hydrocarbon production

3.50

2.55

0.85

12.88

15.18

N.A

Spills

Spills (oil and chemicals) with release to sea (number)

6

13

4

1

1

-

Oil spills with release to sea (number)

2

12

1

1

-

-

Volume of Oil spills (m³)

0.325

0.006

0.16500

0.15890

0.0015

-

Number of Oil spills > 1 barrel (159 L)

-

-

-

-

-

-

Number of Oil spills > 1 barrel (159 L) per million tonnes of hydrocarbon production

-

-

-

-

-

-

Waste

Restricted Waste (kg)

2,026,018

2,706,168

1,460,706

100,779

463,233

1,300

Non Restricted Waste (kg)

1,406,838

1,573,654

913,416

344,970

139,852

8,600

Total Waste (kg)

3,432,856

4,279,822

2,374,122

445,749

603,085

9,900