The Upper Zakum oil field was the leading fossil fuel extraction project in the United Arab Emirates in terms of lifetime emissions as of 2021. Over 14 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions can be attributed to the offshore oil field, which has been in operation in the Persian Gulf since 1963.
Leading fossil fuel extraction projects in terms of lifetime emissions in the United Arab Emirates as of 2021
(in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)
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Global Registry of Fossil Fuels. (November 1, 2022). Leading fossil fuel extraction projects in terms of lifetime emissions in the United Arab Emirates as of 2021 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 04, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342582/largest-fossil-fuel-projects-in-uae-by-emissions/
Global Registry of Fossil Fuels. "Leading fossil fuel extraction projects in terms of lifetime emissions in the United Arab Emirates as of 2021 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)." Chart. November 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed November 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342582/largest-fossil-fuel-projects-in-uae-by-emissions/
Global Registry of Fossil Fuels. (2022). Leading fossil fuel extraction projects in terms of lifetime emissions in the United Arab Emirates as of 2021 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342582/largest-fossil-fuel-projects-in-uae-by-emissions/
Global Registry of Fossil Fuels. "Leading Fossil Fuel Extraction Projects in Terms of Lifetime Emissions in The United Arab Emirates as of 2021 (in Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Nov 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342582/largest-fossil-fuel-projects-in-uae-by-emissions/
Global Registry of Fossil Fuels, Leading fossil fuel extraction projects in terms of lifetime emissions in the United Arab Emirates as of 2021 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342582/largest-fossil-fuel-projects-in-uae-by-emissions/ (last visited November 04, 2024)
Leading fossil fuel extraction projects in terms of lifetime emissions in the United Arab Emirates as of 2021 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph], Global Registry of Fossil Fuels, November 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342582/largest-fossil-fuel-projects-in-uae-by-emissions/
