The Tupi oil and gas field is the leading fossil fuel extraction project in Brazil in terms of lifetime emissions. As of 2020, this project had released over 20 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO₂e) into the atmosphere. This was followed by the Búzios oil and gas field, at some 8.3 GtCO₂e.
Leading fossil fuel extraction projects in terms of lifetime emissions in Brazil as of 2021
(in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)
Including carbon dioxide and methane emissions associated with pre-combustion and combustion of fossil fuels sourced from project sites.
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Global Registry of Fossil Fuels. (February 27, 2024). Leading fossil fuel extraction projects in terms of lifetime emissions in Brazil as of 2021 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342064/largest-fossil-fuel-projects-in-brazil-by-lifetime-emissions/
Global Registry of Fossil Fuels. "Leading fossil fuel extraction projects in terms of lifetime emissions in Brazil as of 2021 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)." Chart. February 27, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342064/largest-fossil-fuel-projects-in-brazil-by-lifetime-emissions/
Global Registry of Fossil Fuels. (2024). Leading fossil fuel extraction projects in terms of lifetime emissions in Brazil as of 2021 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342064/largest-fossil-fuel-projects-in-brazil-by-lifetime-emissions/
Global Registry of Fossil Fuels. "Leading Fossil Fuel Extraction Projects in Terms of Lifetime Emissions in Brazil as of 2021 (in Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Feb 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342064/largest-fossil-fuel-projects-in-brazil-by-lifetime-emissions/
Global Registry of Fossil Fuels, Leading fossil fuel extraction projects in terms of lifetime emissions in Brazil as of 2021 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342064/largest-fossil-fuel-projects-in-brazil-by-lifetime-emissions/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Leading fossil fuel extraction projects in terms of lifetime emissions in Brazil as of 2021 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph], Global Registry of Fossil Fuels, February 27, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342064/largest-fossil-fuel-projects-in-brazil-by-lifetime-emissions/
