Aramco Sustainability report 2025
Climate change and the energy transition
Climate change and the energy transition
We aim to provide affordable and reliable energy as one of the lowest upstream carbon intensity producers of hydrocarbon products, while we continue our ambition to achieve net-zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions across wholly-owned operated assets by 2050.
In 2025:
- Total Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions (market-based) rose by 5.1% and upstream carbon intensity increased by 3.0% compared to 2024, due to higher gas production to support the Kingdom’s growing domestic demand.
- Although our upstream methane emissions increased by 6.9% compared to 2024, due to a growth in operations, our upstream methane intensity remained unchanged at 0.04%**, which is within the OGCI’s aspiration of “well below 0.20% by 2025”
- Flaring intensity increased by 9.5% compared to the previous year, primarily due to increased gas production and pipeline maintenance.
- Energy consumption and energy intensity increased by 4.4% and 0.9% compared to 2024 respectively.
- We completed the first commercial sale of a verified lower-carbon Arabian Light crude cargo. Using a cradle-to-gate partial lifecycle assessment approach, the shipment of approximately 2MMbbl was calculated to have a carbon intensity of 2.62 kgCO2e/boe.
- Our Sustainability Fund invested $139 million, bringing our cumulative investment since inception to $639 million across 43 portfolio companies.
- Seven new renewable energy projects, with a combined capacity of 16.4 GW, reached financial closure, of which Aramco holds an ownership stake in 4.85 GW. In 2025, the equity stake of current installed operational renewable capacity is 1.28 GW.
Scope 1 emissions
(MMtCO2e)
(2024: 56.1**)**01234567890123456789.
0123456789Scope 2 market-based emissions
(MMtCO2e)
(2024: 12.4**)**01234567890123456789.
0123456789Upstream carbon intensity
(kg CO2e/boe)
(2024: 9.7**)**01234567890123456789.
0123456789Energy Intensity
(thousands Btu/boe)
(2024: 162.9)012345678901234567890123456789.
0123456789Total Scope 1 & Scope 2
market-based emissions
(MMtCO2e)
(2024: 68.5**)**01234567890123456789.
0123456789Flaring intensity
(scf/boe)
(2024: 6.07**)**0123456789.
01234567890123456789Upstream methane intensity
(%)
(2024: 0.04**)**0123456789.
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How does Aramco maintain one of the lowest upstream carbon intensities in the industry?
A leader in lower upstream carbon intensity
Aramco has one of the lowest upstream carbon intensities of any major oil and gas producer in the world, thanks to our sustainable reservoir management, effective water management, and our investments in infrastructure, technologies, and digital solutions.
WHAT WE DO ABOVE GROUND:
Flare gas minimization:
Our investment in infrastructure to capture and reduce flare gas, such as our Master Gas System and flare gas recovery systems, helps us maintain one of the lowest flaring intensities in the industry.
Monitoring and mitigating our emissions:
We employ a variety of digital solutions to monitor and mitigate our emissions and optimize efficiency. These include digital monitoring solutions that help track our emission reduction efforts, quantify the carbon intensity of our fields and products, and enhance our ability to make informed decisions.
Improving our energy efficiency:
We focus on improving energy performance and energy efficiency from the subsurface and across our production activities. This is enabled through electrification, automation, digital technologies, and innovation in our facilities.
Reducing methane emissions:
Our industry-leading upstream methane intensity of 0.04% is achieved through a comprehensive leak detection and repair program, our Methane Detection and Minimization Program, and the ongoing deployment of technologies to enhance our ability to detect, quantify, and reduce methane emissions. These include drones, satellites, optical gas imaging cameras and video imaging spectral radiometry.
WHAT WE DO BELOW GROUND:
Below ground, we prioritize sustainable production over the long-term and we use advanced technologies to optimize well placement and drilling route to avoid the production of unwanted water, decreasing emissions associated with lifting, treating, and reinjecting associated water.
Sustainable reservoir management:
While typical industry practice is to maximize production in each field, we prioritize the long-term health of our reservoirs and produce at lower rates from multiple fields. This low depletion strategy results in lower energy requirements in the long run and lower water use, reducing overall emissions per barrel produced.
Advanced well technologies:
Our production wells use advanced valves and devices to manage unwanted water production at the subsurface. This reduces energy requirements and associated CO2 emissions.
Geosteering and multilateral wells:
We use real-time geological data to adjust the drilling path of multilateral wells. This helps target the most efficient path and minimizes the energy-intensive lifting, treatment, and disposal of associated water.
Advanced reservoir modeling:
To optimize our well placement and field development plans, we use our advanced reservoir and basin simulators, such as TeraPOWERS, which predict water movement within the reservoir and optimize production efficiency. TeraPOWERS is our in-house reservoir simulator that is essential to our upstream operations. It utilizes next-generation hardware that helps reduce simulation run times, decreasing the computational power and energy required to model extremely large reservoirs.
TeraPOWERS also helps our CCUS operations be more efficient through its advanced modeling capabilities that allow the simulation of various CO2 sequestration activities, enable the optimization of CO2 injection strategies, storage site selection, and monitoring of CO2 behavior in the subsurface to help reduce the risk of CO2 leakage.
Our lower upstream carbon intensity is embedded in our downstream products
This, along with our efficient refining operations, results in products with advantageous carbon intensity compared to global averages.
Aramco products help our customers lower the emission intensity of their products and value chains.
We continue to measure and certify the carbon intensities of our in-Kingdom products. These include our base oils (which are the principal component of lubricants and greases), jet fuels, high sulfur fuel oils, and naphtha.
We are now expanding our carbon intensity certification to our chemical products.
