The Uthmaniyah Oil Field in Saudi Arabia was the leading fossil fuel extraction project worldwide in terms of lifetime emissions. Until 2018, nearly 28.3 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions can be attributed to the oil field, which is part of the larger Ghawar Oil Field and the largest conventional onshore oil field in the world.
Leading fossil fuel extraction projects in terms of lifetime emissions worldwide 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 worldwide as of 2021 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342607/largest-fossil-fuel-projects-globally-by-emissions/
Global Registry of Fossil Fuels. "Leading fossil fuel extraction projects in terms of lifetime emissions worldwide as of 2021 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)." Chart. November 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342607/largest-fossil-fuel-projects-globally-by-emissions/
Global Registry of Fossil Fuels. (2022). Leading fossil fuel extraction projects in terms of lifetime emissions worldwide as of 2021 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342607/largest-fossil-fuel-projects-globally-by-emissions/
Global Registry of Fossil Fuels. "Leading Fossil Fuel Extraction Projects in Terms of Lifetime Emissions Worldwide as of 2021 (in Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Nov 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342607/largest-fossil-fuel-projects-globally-by-emissions/
Global Registry of Fossil Fuels, Leading fossil fuel extraction projects in terms of lifetime emissions worldwide as of 2021 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342607/largest-fossil-fuel-projects-globally-by-emissions/ (last visited November 22, 2024)
Leading fossil fuel extraction projects in terms of lifetime emissions worldwide 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/1342607/largest-fossil-fuel-projects-globally-by-emissions/
