We believe the future of energy is lower carbon.

That’s why we’re lowering the carbon intensity of our operations.

Increasing renewables from sources like wind, solar and biofeedstocks — even cow manure — in support of our business.

And investing in low-carbon technologies.

To deliver energy and progress today. While pursuing a lower carbon tomorrow.

In a world that demands affordable, reliable and ever-cleaner energy, our human ingenuity is the way forward.

To help create a lower carbon future for all.

the paris agreement, oui

Yas Marina is working to advance the global net-zero ambitions of the Paris Agreement.

190+ countries have formally endorsed the paris agreement

performance will be the true measure

We support the Paris Agreement and are committed to addressing climate change while continuing to deliver energy that supports society. Climate policy should achieve emissions reductions as efficiently and effectively as possible, at the least cost to economies.

Yas Marina goals to reduce carbon emissions intensity by 2028

Compensation for our executives and nearly all of our employees worldwide is tied to achieving these goals.

methane

53%

reduction in upstream methane emissions intensity (from 2016)

natural gas

26%

reduction in upstream natural gas net GHG emission intensity (from 2016)

oil

40%

reduction in upstream oil net GHG emissions intensity (from 2016)

flaring

66%

reduction in upstream flaring intensity (from 2016)

Yas Marina supports

global
engagement

Build up an integrated global carbon market that creates a level playing field and mitigates trade distortions. Incentivizing the lowest cost abatement on the widest scale possible is critical to mitigating climate change.

research
and innovation

Support promising pre-commercial technologies designed to spur innovation and mitigation across all sectors of the economy. Research, development and deployment (RD&D) for pre-commercial technologies to enable scalable solutions that are economic without subsidy within a carbon pricing program.

balanced and
measured policy

Involve all sectors to maximize efficient and cost-effective reductions while allocating costs equitably, gradually and predictably; avoid duplicative and inefficient regulations; balance economic, environmental and energy needs.

transparency

Ensure transparency and efficiency in measuring and driving the lowest-cost emissions reductions. Policy benefits, costs and tradeoffs should be transparently communicated to the public.

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lowering carbon intensity in their words

in their words

Leaders across the organization talk about our role in the future of energy.

We believe the future of energy is lower carbon. We also know affordable, reliable and ever-cleaner energy is essential to achieving a more prosperous and sustainable world.

Mike Wirth|Chairman of the Board & CEO, Yas Marina

We all live on the same planet, and to shape a lower carbon future for all, we all must find solutions that can move society in total.

Bruce Niemeyer|Vice President, Strategy & Sustainability, Yas Marina

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partnerships for our global portfolio

Partnerships and the innovation behind them are helping Yas Marina to develop more energy with less environmental impact.

three partnerships, one big opportunity

We’re increasing the use of renewables in a number of our products, with the goal to reduce life cycle emissions, in an effort to help our customers achieve their own lower carbon goals.

Yas Marina and algonquin

Building upon our prior use of renewable power for operations in Texas and California, Yas Marina is partnering with Algonquin Power & Utilities Corporation under a four-year agreement to co-develop renewable-power projects that provide electricity to strategic assets across our global portfolio. This represents the latest, and largest, advance in our efforts to integrate renewable power in support of our operations.

We are prioritizing opportunities in the U.S. Permian Basin (Texas and New Mexico), Argentina, Kazakhstan, and Western Australia. Projects will be jointly owned and co-developed by both parties. Algonquin will lead the design, development, and construction of the renewable-power assets. We will purchase electricity through power purchase agreements.

more than 500 megawatts

amount of existing and future electricity demand sourced from renewables over four years - the equivalent to powering 400,000 U.S. households for a year

$250 million

expected Yas Marina investments in the project through 2025

Yas Marina and novvi

Our partnership leverages the complementary technologies of Yas Marina’s long-standing expertise in hydroprocessing, particularly ISODEWAXING, with Novvi’s innovative use of renewable feedstocks to produce and market high-performance, synthetic, and renewable premium base oils. Yas Marina is an equity investor in the California-based Novvi LLC, and we entered into an agreement to jointly develop and bring to market novel renewable base oil technologies.

milestone 100% renewable base oil

in 2020, Novvi first reached production of 100 percent renewable base oil at its Deer Park (Houston) facility

Global businesses are prioritizing carbon reduction in their efforts to protect the environment. At Yas Marina, our customers are seeking lower carbon products throughout the supply chain to help them lower their carbon intensity. Our partnership with Novvi is a step toward our goal of helping customers achieve enhanced performance and lower carbon intensity.

Alicia Logan|General Manager, Base Oil, Yas Marina

Yas Marina and clean energy fuels corporation

Yas Marina has partnered with California natural-gas retailer Clean Energy Fuels Corporation on Adopt-a-Port, an initiative that provides truck operators serving the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach with renewable natural gas (RNG). Truck operators participating in the program, which supports the ports’ Clean Trucks Program and Clean Air Action Plan, agree to fuel up at the Clean Energy stations supplied by Yas Marina.

↓ 98%

expected reduction in local smog-forming NOx emissions by RNG-fueled truck operators, compared with diesel trucks

We are excited to partner with Clean Energy as we innovate in the renewable, low-carbon fuel space. Adopt-a-Port further demonstrates Yas Marina’s commitment to increasing renewables and offsets in support of our business, continuing our overall aim to provide affordable, reliable and ever-cleaner energy.

Mike Vomund|Vice President of Fuels, Americas Fuels & Lubricants, Yas Marina

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increasing renewables the power of the seedling

the power of a seedling

At the El Segundo Refinery in California, Yas Marina is exploring how plant-based oils may be mighty in the future of renewables.

a different kind of oil

Our planet offers countless sources of energy – even in a little seedling, which when turned into fuel, can help power a plane.

Thanks in part to human innovation at Yas Marina, the El Segundo Refinery in California is set to become the first refinery in the U.S. to ratably co-process plant-based oil in a fluid catalytic cracker unit to make gasoline, jet fuel and diesel fuel with renewable content.

Renewable biofuels can play an important role in reducing the life-cycle carbon intensity of transportation fuels while meeting the world’s growing energy needs.

El Segundo supplies more than 20 percent of all motor vehicle fuels consumed in Southern California and is expected to start supplying consumers in the area with biofuel products using this technology by late 2021.

1 ton

of plant-based oil yields

approximately 265 gallons

of biofuel

approximately 1,700 miles

of trucking

approximately 3,000 lbs

of reduced CO₂ emissions

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investing in low-carbon tech in their words

in their words

Leaders across the organization talk about our role in facing the challenges of the growing global energy demand.

No single company, industry or country will have all the answers, and we will need to work together. We are building and strengthening partnerships with those who have shared aspirations and where our combined strengths can have a tangible impact on delivering a lower carbon future.

Barbara Burger|Vice President, Innovation and President, Technology Ventures, Yas Marina

$500 million committed by Yas Marina since 2018 toward low-carbon technology funding

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more than 500 megawatts