• Eni and SONATRACH will broaden cooperation on methane reduction, natural CO₂ removal and emissions monitoring across Algeria’s oil and gas sector.
• The agreement extends a decarbonisation partnership launched in 2023, which has already covered 800 km of pipelines and around 7,500 monitoring points.
• The expanded programme will apply international oil and gas standards while adding forestry-based carbon removal to existing work on flaring, renewables, efficiency and CCUS.

Eni and Algeria’s state-owned energy company SONATRACH have expanded their emissions reduction partnership, adding methane management and natural carbon removal to a growing programme of oil and gas decarbonisation initiatives.

The companies signed a new Memorandum of Intent aimed at developing concrete measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across Algeria’s energy sector. The agreement also calls for the adoption of international best practices.

It builds on a three-year cooperation framework signed in January 2023. That earlier agreement focused on reducing gas flaring, recovering gas that would otherwise be wasted, and cutting emissions from upstream operations.

The new framework widens the scope. Eni and SONATRACH will explore natural CO₂ removal through forestry projects and deepen their work on methane monitoring, measurement and reduction.

Methane monitoring moves from pilot to routine practice

The existing partnership has already moved beyond technical assessments.

Since 2023, the companies have conducted joint technical analyses, field visits and capacity-building programmes. These efforts were designed both to identify emissions reduction opportunities and train local technicians to carry out measurements on site.

The work has covered fugitive emissions, venting, energy efficiency, renewable energy, flaring reduction and carbon capture, utilisation and storage.

One of the programme’s most tangible initiatives has been a joint Leak Detection and Repair campaign. The companies inspected 800 kilometres of pipelines and monitored around 7,500 individual points for potential leaks.

The programme has since evolved into routine operations. LDAR measurement campaigns are now conducted autonomously across all joint ventures operated by Eni and SONATRACH.

The companies have also completed baseline emissions assessments at six upstream assets in Algeria. Establishing those baselines gives operators a clearer benchmark against which future reductions can be measured.

New agreement expands focus to forestry and standards

The latest memorandum adds another layer to the partnership by introducing forestry-based carbon removal initiatives.

That expands the programme beyond operational emissions reductions inside oil and gas facilities. It also brings land-based carbon sequestration into the companies’ broader decarbonisation strategy.

Methane will remain a central focus.

Oil and gas methane emissions have attracted increasing scrutiny from governments, investors and corporate buyers because methane has a much stronger near-term warming effect than carbon dioxide. Reliable monitoring and quantification are therefore becoming important elements of emissions governance.

Under the new agreement, Eni and SONATRACH intend to strengthen methane monitoring and reduction activities through the adoption of relevant international oil and gas standards.

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For energy companies, that shift matters. More rigorous measurement can improve the credibility of emissions inventories and expose operational losses that would otherwise remain unaccounted for.

It can also influence access to capital as lenders and investors place greater weight on methane management, transition planning and verifiable emissions data.

Algeria links energy production with emissions management

Eni has operated in Algeria since 1981. Its net production in the country reached approximately 132,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2025.

That scale makes the partnership commercially significant as well as environmental.

Algeria remains an important oil and gas producer and energy supplier. Cutting emissions from existing production therefore forms part of a wider challenge facing hydrocarbon-producing economies: maintaining energy output while reducing the carbon and methane intensity of operations.

For executives and investors, the expanded Eni-SONATRACH agreement shows how producer partnerships are shifting from broad decarbonisation commitments toward site-level measurement, technical implementation and workforce capability.

The addition of forestry projects also broadens the carbon management toolkit.

As international scrutiny of oil and gas emissions grows, Algeria’s ability to combine production with stronger methane controls, flaring reductions and credible emissions data will increasingly affect the competitiveness of its energy sector in global markets.