Question 4155 — energy and fuels

Summary

Mr. Maxime Laisney draws the attention of the Minister to the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty, responsible for industry and energy, to the oil concessions of Seine-et-Marne and the reconversion of the French oil industry to respect France's climate commitments. It must first be remembered that France's oil production represents 1% of its consumption. Among the 63 oil concessions granted in mainland France, 18 are located in the department of Seine-et-Marne. In addition, the Government signed a decree at the end of 2023 authorizing the extension of the liquid or gaseous hydrocarbon mining concession, known as the “Nonville concession” (Seine-et-Marne), to the company Bridge Energies SAS. This extension is substantial and extends the perimeter to an area 5 times larger than before, encompassing several Natura 2000 biodiversity preservation sites and drinking water collection points of the public establishment Eau de Paris. This decision worries Mr. MP all the more as it resonates with the words of Overseas Minister Manuel Valls, who on February 11, 2025 told the Senate in favor of reversing the ban on research and exploitation of hydrocarbons in France. However, in accordance with its climate commitments and scientific recommendations, France will have to gradually phase out fossil fuels in order to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050; sine qua none condition for mitigating climate change and its effects on human health. To this end, France voted in 2017 for the “Hulot” law putting an end to research and the exploitation of hydrocarbons by 2040. However, the exit fossil fuels must be planned, both from an energy and social point of view. According to the Ministry of Regional Planning and Ecological Transition, the oil and gas exploration and production sector brings together around 64,000 jobs. To avoid repeating the announcement of the abrupt closure of the last coal-fired power plants in September 2024 by EDF and the Government, unacceptable from a social point of view, it It would therefore be a question of planning the retraining of employees in the oil industry. The Higher Energy Council particularly pointed this out in its opinion on the multi-year energy programming project by “calling attention to the future of jobs linked to the decline in activity in the oil and gas sectors in order to anticipate the necessary retraining of the employees concerned”. So he asks her what is his ministry's plan for the retraining of employees in the oil industry. He also wants to know how he justifies the opening of new oil wells in Seine-et-Marne in view of the country's international commitments in the fight against climate change.

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