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Our commitment to the progressive reduction of emissions from our operations includes cutting methane fugitive emissions and routine or process flaring and venting, and by investing in energy efficiency. We plan to achieve net zero emissions (Scope 1+2) for the upstream business by 2030 and for all Eni businesses by 2035. Remaining emissions will be voluntarily offset through high quality carbon credits. We are continuing to implement the collaborative actions signed with OGDC (Oil & Gas Decarbonization Charter), GFMR (Global Flaring and Methane Reduction, an initiative led by the World Bank), and OGCI (Oil and Gas Climate Initiative).
Furthermore, also for 2025, Eni has retained the OGMP (Oil & Gas Methane Partnership 2.0) Gold Standard Reporting of OGMP for its commitment to reporting emissions with the highest data quality. In 2024, we published the first Eni Methane Report, presenting emissions data in line with the initiative’s requirements.
Head of Sustainability at Eni
In the first Eni Report dedicated to methane, Eni acknowledges the importance of reducing methane emissions in the Oil & Gas sector to tackle climate change, while also recognising the role of natural gas in the energy transition. The Report describes in detail Eni's actions to lower methane emissions across all its operations, as well as how we share this experience with other industry operators.
Our actions to reduce methane emissions across our operations.
Actions to reduce methane and flaring emissions and investments in energy efficiency are central to our operations’ decarbonization strategy, which sets Net Zero emissions targets in the short and medium term. We expect to achieve Net Zero Scope 1+2 emissions for the Upstream business by 2030 (Upstream Net Zero) and for all Eni businesses by 2035 (Eni Net Zero).
At COP29 in 2024, the Oil & Gas Decarbonization Charter (OGDC) published its first progress report "The Oil & Gas Decarbonization Charter, 2024: a baseline for action". The collaboration & sharing programme is a cornerstone of the OGDC’s efforts to accelerate climate action.
This initiative complements Eni’s participation in the Oil & Gas Decarbonisation Accelerator, a platform launched by the COP28 Presidency to showcase the Oil & Gas industry's concrete contribution to the decarbonisation process.
Methane emissions along the Oil & Gas production chain are the focus of considerable attention in the international climate debate, in view of their significant impact on climate change and the technical and economic feasibility of reducing emissions in the short and medium term. The main sources of methane emissions are unintentional releases into the atmosphere (namely fugitive emissions), from the unburned fraction in flare gas and flue gas from combustion systems, and from venting.
We reaffirm our target to keep Upstream methane intensity below 0.2% for Upstream assets by 2030, in line with the "well below 0.2%" sectoral target of the Oil & Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI). We continue to focus in particular on reducing fugitive emissions and implementing abatement projects to cut methane emissions from venting and flaring. Eni has set a target to reduce fugitive methane emissions by 80% (compared to the 2014 baseline) by 2025. This target was already achieved in 2019, thanks to the rollout of LDAR (Leak Detection And Repair) campaigns carried out annually on assets operated by Eni. In 2025, Eni’s fugitive methane emissions from the Upstream sector were 97% lower than in 2014. LDAR campaigns cover all Eni-operated assets and are conducted annually, including through the use of optical technologies. Alongside LDAR campaigns, we are developing advanced technological solutions to improve the identification and quantification of emissions during operations, including continuous source monitoring systems such as our proprietary Gas Sensor Node technology. In 2022, we also helped launch the OGCI-led initiative Aiming for Zero Methane Emissions, which now has around 100 participating companies.
An Eye on Methane: International Methane Emissions Observatory 2023 Report
Routine gas flaring is the flaring of process gas associated with oil production that takes place during normal operations in the absence of sufficient facilities/infrastructures to allow the produced gas to be reinjected, utilized on-site or dispatched to a market. This flared gas is a significant source of CO2 and methane emissions; if recovered, it could be used to replace more carbon-intensive fuels, helping to improve access to energy and, consequently, global energy security.
Eni has confirmed that it has achieved its target of zero routine flaring by 2025 across its operated assets. For co-operated assets, target achievement depends on the completion of ongoing projects in Libya, currently expected in 2026. It has been confirmed that these performance levels will be maintained in line with the “Zero Routine Flaring” target promoted by the World Bank’s Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership (GGFR) for 2030. Eni has already implemented numerous gas enhancement projects aimed at producing electricity for local communities, domestic use or export, and several others are currently under development. In recent years, Eni has stepped up its efforts to identify and implement gas flaring mitigation initiatives, launching projects in Congo, Libya and Egypt, where logistical, operational and market barriers have so far limited the enhancement of associated gas.
Energy efficiency is a key element of Eni’s decarbonization strategy as it reduces energy consumption and, consequently, CO2 emissions.
In the coming years, in addition to intensive analysis of consumption through energy audits, which now cover almost all operated assets, we plan to progressively extend ISO 50001 certification (which covered 86% of energy consumption at Eni sites in 2024) to the most energy-intensive companies and plants. Adoption of Best Available Technologies from the initial design phases, integration of renewable energy, digitalization of processes and optimisation of our operations are the main pillars of this process, which aims to continuously improve the energy performance of our assets and reduce our carbon footprint.
Methane emissions along the Oil & Gas production chain are the focus of considerable attention in the international climate debate, in view of their significant impact on climate change and the technical and economic feasibility of reducing emissions in the short and medium term. The main sources of methane emissions are unintentional releases into the atmosphere (namely fugitive emissions), from the unburned fraction in flare gas and flue gas from combustion systems, and from venting.
We reaffirm our target to keep Upstream methane intensity below 0.2% for Upstream assets by 2030, in line with the "well below 0.2%" sectoral target of the Oil & Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI). We continue to focus in particular on reducing fugitive emissions and implementing abatement projects to cut methane emissions from venting and flaring. Eni has set a target to reduce fugitive methane emissions by 80% (compared to the 2014 baseline) by 2025. This target was already achieved in 2019, thanks to the rollout of LDAR (Leak Detection And Repair) campaigns carried out annually on assets operated by Eni. In 2025, Eni’s fugitive methane emissions from the Upstream sector were 97% lower than in 2014. LDAR campaigns cover all Eni-operated assets and are conducted annually, including through the use of optical technologies. Alongside LDAR campaigns, we are developing advanced technological solutions to improve the identification and quantification of emissions during operations, including continuous source monitoring systems such as our proprietary Gas Sensor Node technology. In 2022, we also helped launch the OGCI-led initiative Aiming for Zero Methane Emissions, which now has around 100 participating companies.
An Eye on Methane: International Methane Emissions Observatory 2023 Report
Routine gas flaring is the flaring of process gas associated with oil production that takes place during normal operations in the absence of sufficient facilities/infrastructures to allow the produced gas to be reinjected, utilized on-site or dispatched to a market. This flared gas is a significant source of CO2 and methane emissions; if recovered, it could be used to replace more carbon-intensive fuels, helping to improve access to energy and, consequently, global energy security.
Eni has confirmed that it has achieved its target of zero routine flaring by 2025 across its operated assets. For co-operated assets, target achievement depends on the completion of ongoing projects in Libya, currently expected in 2026. It has been confirmed that these performance levels will be maintained in line with the “Zero Routine Flaring” target promoted by the World Bank’s Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership (GGFR) for 2030. Eni has already implemented numerous gas enhancement projects aimed at producing electricity for local communities, domestic use or export, and several others are currently under development. In recent years, Eni has stepped up its efforts to identify and implement gas flaring mitigation initiatives, launching projects in Congo, Libya and Egypt, where logistical, operational and market barriers have so far limited the enhancement of associated gas.
Energy efficiency is a key element of Eni’s decarbonization strategy as it reduces energy consumption and, consequently, CO2 emissions.
In the coming years, in addition to intensive analysis of consumption through energy audits, which now cover almost all operated assets, we plan to progressively extend ISO 50001 certification (which covered 86% of energy consumption at Eni sites in 2024) to the most energy-intensive companies and plants. Adoption of Best Available Technologies from the initial design phases, integration of renewable energy, digitalization of processes and optimisation of our operations are the main pillars of this process, which aims to continuously improve the energy performance of our assets and reduce our carbon footprint.
Eni's Gas Sensor Node continuously monitors and measures fugitive methane emissions, reducing operating costs and ensuring OGMP 2.0 compliance.
Go to the pageWe have launched tangible actions for collaboration and knowledge-sharing to reduce emissions, both through industry organisations and public–private partnerships such as the Oil & Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) and the World Bank’s Global Flaring and Methane Reduction (GFMR) and via bilateral agreements with producing countries and their national oil companies. Eni, as a member of OGCI, is a sponsor of its Satellite Monitoring programme, which uses satellite technology to monitor 50 of the world’s most emission-intensive sites, facilitating the identification of solutions to reduce methane emissions. The results of the campaigns carried out over the 2022–2023 period in Algeria, Kazakhstan and Egypt proved the effectiveness of joint efforts and new technologies deployed with rapid results, such as the mitigation of three emission sources with an average of 3,200 kg/h of methane emissions. In 2024, OGCI expanded the campaign to include more countries and operators, doubling the number of assets and countries involved, with new areas added in Central Asia, North Africa and South America. Through the OGCI Climate Investment, Eni has contributed to the development of technologies that can identify and monitor methane emissions. OGCI recognises that technological innovation plays a central role in combating climate change, combined with the promotion of collaboration between companies in the energy sector, first and foremost national oil companies.
Eni has also joined the World Bank’s Global Flaring and Methane Reduction fund to support the reduction of methane flaring and venting in high emitting and low- income countries.
To support national oil companies’ decarbonization initiatives, we have started collaborations with Sonatrach in Algeria, and with the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS), in Egypt, on field activities and training programmes focused on flaring reduction and the measurement, mitigation and reporting of methane emissions. Similar initiatives are taking place in Libya, the United Arab Emirates and Indonesia.
Specifically, with our Algerian partner Sonatrach, we have concluded strategic agreements for the reduction of greenhouse gas and methane emissions, which include the launch of energy efficiency initiatives, the development of renewables, hydrogen production, and carbon capture and storage projects. In particular, in 2024, Eni and Sonatrach completed a joint Energy Assessment project at the ZCINA site, a facility operated by Sonatrach in Algeria. The project reflects their shared commitment to identifying potential CO2 emission reduction initiatives and implementing the best available technologies to achieve this goal.
Our actions to achieve the decarbonization of processes and products by 2050.
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We engage with institutions, energy players, suppliers, civil society, governments and legislators to combat climate change.
Initiatives to protect land and ecosystems and technological solutions to offset greenhouse gas emissions.
See the GHG emissions data reported in the Annual Report 2025.
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