Advancing emissions cuts using technology and nature solutions

Aramco tightens its carbon footprint through efficiency, methane cuts, carbon capture, renewables and nature projects in order to reach the net-zero Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2050

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The urgency of climate action is reshaping how energy companies plan, invest and operate. Therefore, for Saudi Aramco, the question is no longer whether to decarbonise operations, but how to do so at speed and scale while sustaining reliable, affordable energy supplies.

The company’s pathway focuses on reducing operational emissions across its value chain, tightening methane performance, scaling carbon capture and storage, integrating renewable power, and advancing nature-based solutions.

These are underpinned by better measurement, stronger governance and deeper collaboration.

The goal is to shrink the carbon intensity of every produced barrel and processed molecule, proving that operational excellence and emissions reduction can be pursued together rather than traded off.

In 2024, Aramco reported an upstream operational carbon intensity of 11.2 kg CO₂e per boe (location-based) or 9.7 kg CO₂e per boe (market-based), alongside Scope 1 emissions of 56.1 MtCO₂e and Scope 2 emissions of 18.5 MtCO₂e (location-based) or 12.4 MtCO₂e (market-based.

Aramco’s playbook is deliberately practical. It targets near-term, material gains from efficiency and methane abatement, then layers in system-level changes such as electrification, renewable integration and carbon capture.

Digital tools, including Al, digital twins and advanced analytics, sit alongside engineering classics like heat integration and waste-heat recovery.

In parallel, nature-based projects are being mobilised to sequester carbon and restore ecosystems along the Kingdom's coasts.

The combined effect is intended to deliver measurable, auditable reductions today, while building the foundations for deeper cuts through 2030 and beyond.

EFFICIENCY, METHANE & MEASUREMENT

Energy efficiency remains the lowest-cost tonne of abatement, and Aramco has treated it as a core engineering discipline for years.