The projected carbon emissions from burning all of the oil and gas reserves held in currently producing or planned fields by Saudi Aramco is 68 billion metric tons. The majority of these emissions would come from the the State-owned oil companies vast oil reserves.
Carbon emissions from all the oil and gas remaining in fields worldwide as of 2021, by company
(in million metric tons of carbon dioxide)
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*Fields that have multiple participants are represented as belonging to each of the participants. Adding the data from multiple companies therefore risks double-counting emissions.
The companies analyzed in are the 25 companies that extracted the most oil and gas in 2021.
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Global Energy Monitor. (January 26, 2023). Carbon emissions from all the oil and gas remaining in fields worldwide as of 2021, by company (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 18, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/586019/potential-carbon-dioxode-emissions-from-proven-reserves-from-the-largest-oil-and-gas-companies/
Global Energy Monitor. "Carbon emissions from all the oil and gas remaining in fields worldwide as of 2021, by company (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide)." Chart. January 26, 2023. Statista. Accessed February 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/586019/potential-carbon-dioxode-emissions-from-proven-reserves-from-the-largest-oil-and-gas-companies/
Global Energy Monitor. (2023). Carbon emissions from all the oil and gas remaining in fields worldwide as of 2021, by company (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/586019/potential-carbon-dioxode-emissions-from-proven-reserves-from-the-largest-oil-and-gas-companies/
Global Energy Monitor. "Carbon Emissions from All The Oil and Gas Remaining in Fields Worldwide as of 2021, by Company (in Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide)." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Jan 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/586019/potential-carbon-dioxode-emissions-from-proven-reserves-from-the-largest-oil-and-gas-companies/
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