From Pau, TotalEnergies tracks methane emissions across its global upstream operations

Who are you?
Hello, my name is Anthony Credoz. I’ve been working for twenty years in Earth and environmental sciences. I joined TotalEnergies ten years ago, and for the past year I’ve been in charge of our methane emissions monitoring center, the Methane Tracking Center.

What does your job at TotalEnergies involve?
We gather all the methane emissions monitoring data from across the Company. We visualize it on our screens here in Pau, and we alert the sites whenever emissions become too high.

Why is this strategic for the Company?
Because we have very clear objectives for reducing methane emissions by 2030 — in particular, cutting our emissions by 80% compared with 2020.

A misconception you would like to correct?
Methane is odorless. You can’t smell methane, and you can’t see it either. We need special cameras to detect it, which is why we’ve deployed dedicated tools and technologies to monitor it on all our sites worldwide.

What motivates you in this challenge?
Reducing our impact on the environment and the climate — just as I did in the past with other environmental areas, like groundwater, soils, and marine ecosystems. Today, I’m tackling methane to reduce our atmospheric emissions and greenhouse gases.

Would you rather explain your work to a child or to a grandmother?
I actually talk about it a lot with my six‑year‑old son, more than with any grandmother in the neighborhood. I think it’s important to talk to children about these greenhouse gas reduction goals.

Your favorite word in this job?
My favorite word is “Action”.

And a word you never want to hear again?
“We’ve always done it this way, why change?”

If your job were a cake, what would it be?
A chocolate éclair. An éclair because of how fast we had to build and deploy all these methane monitoring solutions. And chocolate because we put a lot of passion into it, too.

Your secret superpower at work?
Contagious enthusiasm. We work as a team, and it takes a lot of enthusiasm and positive energy to get everyone moving in the same direction toward reducing our emissions.