Emissions from oil and gas production by country

Oil and gas fields in Russia released 1.36 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO₂e) in 2022, making the country the world's largest emitter from oil and gas production. Emissions from Russian oil and gas fields rose steadily from 2015 to 2019, but experienced a reduction of nearly eight percent in 2020 due to decreased demand following the outbreak of COVID-19. The top five emitters shown accounted for 60 percent of global emissions from oil and gas production and transport in 2022.

Greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas production and transport in selected countries worldwide from 2015 to 2022 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)

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January 2024

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Worldwide

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2015 to 2022

Supplementary notes

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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