Global oil and gas production and transport generated 5.86 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO₂e) in 2022 – a year-on-year increase of 3.5 percent. Emissions from this sector fell nearly five percent in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic hit global oil and gas demand.
Greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas production and transport worldwide from 2015 to 2022
(in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)
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Emissions in billion metric tons of CO₂ equivalent
Figures are based on fugitive and exhaust emissions from flaring, venting combustion, and non-combustion related processes during oil and gas exploration, production, processing, and transport of crude oil, gas, and liquefied natural gas.
Oil and gas field- and basin-level carbon dioxide and methane emissions are estimated with the Oil Production Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimator (OPGEE) Model. Inputs include a number of oil and gas field characteristics, including satellite-derived flaring volumes. Field-level estimates are summed and scaled to country-level on an annual basis.
Figures account for greenhouse gas emissions based on their 100-year global warming potential (GWP).
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Climate TRACE. (January 11, 2024). Greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas production and transport worldwide from 2015 to 2022 (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1383670/global-oil-and-gas-production-and-transport-emissions/
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